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Something GOOD About the Good Old Days
Last fall I bought a used book that had once been a library book. Glued firmly to the back inside cover of the book was a neat old card (see below). I don’t visit many used bookstores, and I get most of … Continue reading
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Tagged books, libraries, library card, public library, reading, technology
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Ann Patchett’s “State of Wonder”
A couple of years back, I read and loved David Grann’s The Lost City of Z, a true story about a late 19th- and early 20th-century British explorer, Percy Fawcett, who traveled many times to the Amazon to search for a … Continue reading
How to Write the Opening Line of a Novel
This morning I finally got to sit down the Henry James’ The Aspern Papers, after letting it languish in a stack of junk for the last week. Writers, take note: this is how to start a novel: I had taken … Continue reading
Posted in books, quotations
Tagged american literature, books, henry james, novels, quotations, reading
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A Bit of a Chill at the Public Library
This week I was wandering through the stacks at the library hoping to find something GOOD to read. By “GOOD,” I mean that I just read Solar by Ian McEwan, and that any book that follows a read by Ian … Continue reading
Posted in Just Thoughts
Tagged books, coincidence, divine intervention, english literature, henry james, ian mcewan, kazuo ishiguro, library, novels, reading
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The Gory Delights of Influenza and Bubonic Plague
Last year I read “Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague” Geraldine Brooks, which is a story about a Bubonic Plague in the mid-1600s in England. A wonderful plot and gorgeous writing. Last month I read “The Last Town on Earth” by Thomas Mullen, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, bubonic plague, camus, geraldine brooks, influenza, literature, plague, reading, thomas mullen
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England on My Mind
I’ve read a curious string of books lately – though I didn’t plan it this way, it turns out they all take place in Yorkshire. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield – an A+ novel set in early-to-mid-20th century Yorkshire. … Continue reading
Posted in gratefulness, Just Thoughts
Tagged bronte, emily's ghost, ghosts, hound of the baskervilles, little stranger, novels, reading, thirteenth tale
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Banned Books Week
While I’m on the topic of the First Amendment, don’t you love banned books? Hey, it’s Banned Books Week! Here’s the ALA’s Top 100 list of 20th-century banned books. 1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. The Catcher in … Continue reading
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Tagged banned books, daphne du maurier, harper lee, library, reading, steinbeck
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