Today, on I read a book and it changed my life or at least I had a moment in which I felt a change and you know, we’ll see if it actually lasts, but please …
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love what is present
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and other lies I’ve loved
I’m only a few chapters into this memoir but I’m already struck by it. Kate Bowler, a 35 year old divinity professor and mother and wife, was raised in a strong Christian family, spent her …
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preferred classic literature
Leo Tolstoy WHO? After years of trying to read dense books before bed, I hereby, going forward, only ever want to read seasonal romance novels about beautiful round british baker women who’s bakeries hit crisises …
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books on books on books
I have procured Harold Bloom’s ‘How to Read and Why’ for reading purposes, because I have a feeling that while I read, I’m don’t read well enough / retain enough of it (probably because I’m …
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Home Library
Usually when I come home for a visit, my Mom has left me a series of books in my room that she thinks will be good for my soul. I am usually so consumed by …
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Order.
I was re-reading the Boxcar Children last night, like you do. I came across the part where the kids find the old broken dishes in the dump, take them home, clean them off, create a …
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waits for it….
I’m reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Brave Magic, a book on ‘Creative Living Beyond Fear,’ which makes me feel like the like the largest white girl cliche there ever was, like I’m covered in greek yogurt and …
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what food once was
I’ve been abandoning all extra-curricular creative responsibilities the last few days, and spending every waking non-work moment reading this dear lady’s book: It’s part memoir, part cookbook, which is my new favorite kind of book. …
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Forgetfulness
FINALLY, A POEM FOR THOSE OF US (ME) WHO FORGET 90% OF WHAT WE READ. Forgetfulness, by Billy Collins. The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the …
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This Spell will make us Gods
I love my Young Adult literature from the 80s and 90s book club nearly more than I love myself, and so I must share these. Remember Scholastic books? You used to pretend to read them …