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The History of England by a partial, prejudiced & ignorant Historian, Jane Austen
Published 1791. I found this very little book (9 x 13 cm, 16 pages) while at the Jane Austen Center in Bath, hoping to spy Mr Darcy in...

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Nov 3, 20221 min read


How to Not Write a Book
2022, Nonexistent Publishers While the market is flooded with books on How to Write a Book, How-to-Not-Write-a-Book books are in short...

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Oct 28, 20222 min read


The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy
Published 1894 "I love this book so much that I'm posting it just to say so, more content coming soon," that was in 2019. Call me the...

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Oct 21, 20222 min read


Fun Dad Lazy Mom
by Marie Catherine Starr @momlife_comics Kelsey Borresen, Huffington Post, Jan 25, 2022, "These Comics Highlight The Unfair Ways Society...

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Oct 20, 20221 min read


Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy 2020, First Grove Atlantic Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize, Wilmington's Lie...

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Oct 13, 20222 min read


Long Time Coming by Michael Eric Dyson
2020, St Martin's Press In the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd in May 2020, preacher Michael Eric Dyson wrote of his...

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Sep 30, 20222 min read


Writing: Is a Room of One's Own enough?
Last week I handed the keys to my rented studio back to the owner, completing a nine-month room-of-my-own writing adventure. I learned...

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Jul 21, 20226 min read


Sand and Foam by Khalil Gibran
1926, Alfred A. Knopf Sand and Foam by Khalil Gibran was recommended by Ali, my friend and web designer, who remembered this quote from...

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Jun 30, 20221 min read


World Woes Correspondence with Claire
Dear older generation, Young adults are depressed at the state of the world. It's been a rough few years with the pandemic, and now the...

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Jun 17, 20224 min read


Sweet Tweet: How to Write
from Sue You can replace "How to Write" above with any other project you're (not) working on. Tongue Twister a sweet tweet treats tweets...

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Jun 12, 20221 min read


I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
2022, Penguin Random House Nicolae Ceauśescu, (chow-SHESK-oo), communist leader of Romania from 1965 - 1989, duped other world leaders...

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Jun 2, 20222 min read


Ivan the Terrible by Henri Troyat
1982, Flammarion Around the time of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I saw Ivan the Terrible staring out at me ominously from the cover...

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May 19, 20222 min read


The Journal of Hélène Berr
2008, Editions Tallandier Like Anne Frank, Hélène Berr kept a journal during the Nazi occupation of her city; both died in the...

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May 12, 20221 min read


Auschwitz and After by Charlotte Delbo
I Aucun de nous ne reviendra, 1965 II Une Connaissance Inutile, 1970 III Mesure de Nos Jours, 1971 Charlotte Delbo was arrested in 1942...

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May 5, 20221 min read


An Ecologist's Best Friend
Stickeen, an essay by John Muir 1909, Houghton Mifflin I discovered Stickeen (read here) in a book of American essays of the 20th...

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May 5, 20221 min read


A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
2013, Viking Yvonne, Jane and I discussed A Tale for the Time Being at our last bookclub meeting. After eating a lovely lunch, and...

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Apr 28, 20223 min read


Reading Allowed by Chris Paling
2017, Constable A few months ago, in order to catch up on my posting backlog, I banned myself from reading books. Being an addict, this...

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Apr 22, 20222 min read


Friends are Reading: Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
2003, St. Martin's Press Thanks to my friend Joan for this summary. In this historical fiction novel set in 19th century Hawaii, Rachel,...

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Apr 15, 20221 min read


Lanzarote by Michel Houellebecq
2002, Librio In spite of being considered one of the best contemporary French writers by many, references to Houellebecq often include...

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Apr 7, 20222 min read


Friends are reading: Roger Fry by Virginia Woolf
1940, The Hogarth Press Special thanks to my friend for this review. I am reading Virginia Woolf’s biography of Roger Fry, the art critic...

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Mar 31, 20222 min read

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