What I’m Reading
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Hello September
And just like that, another month floated by! I have not been sleeping well, so last night, I foraged for some bedtime reading and settled on Moby-Dick. I believe it was 2009 when I read MD; it was good sleepy reading then, and it is good sleepy reading now. You don’t have to think too… Continue reading
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What I’m Reading: August 2024 edition
I’m on an autofiction kick at the moment. My current read is Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au, a novella from 2022 I’d never heard of before. I stumbled upon it in a small bookstore, only to purchase it at a big chain bookstore later on, since I had exercised restraint earlier (sigh). It’s… Continue reading
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May Flowers, 2024 edition
It is the last hours of May on the West Coast, and I wanted to share a bouquet of books—that is, everything I’ve been reading recently: A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux. A friend had been telling me to read this French author (and Nobel Prize winner) for years, and this memoir about her mother… Continue reading
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What I’m Reading: January edition 2024
Hope everyone’s New Year is off to a good start! Here’s what I’ve been reading lately… The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes I’m about halfway through this collection and still feel I prefer the short stories to the novels. The pacing is superior, the characters and settings are more quirky and relaxed, and in these stories,… Continue reading
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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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