Also for the people complaining - OF COURSE thé colour of his skin matters in a John Stewart story.
#Lanterns
Also for the people complaining - OF COURSE thé colour of his skin matters in a John Stewart story.
#Lanterns
I also fully expect that letdown because classics don’t always live up to their expectations.
Not for me. Not with this. I devoured this. 💙📚
My god, I want to read it again. BUT
I also fully expect that letdown because classics don’t always live up to their expectations.
Not for me. Not with this. I devoured this. 💙📚
My god, I want to read it again. BUT
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway
5⭐️
Contender for my favourite book of the year.
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The trick of writing the Spanish sections as literally translated is brilliant and is fully revealed once we switch back to the protagonist, who is American, and the writing is normal English.
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway
5⭐️
Contender for my favourite book of the year.
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The trick of writing the Spanish sections as literally translated is brilliant and is fully revealed once we switch back to the protagonist, who is American, and the writing is normal English.
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I love when a book speaks from the past ans you recognize dialogue that could be from today.
He is a communist, she said. "They are very serious
'Are you a communist?'
'No I am an anti-fascist.'
'For a long time?'
'Since I have understood fascism.
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I love when a book speaks from the past ans you recognize dialogue that could be from today.
He is a communist, she said. "They are very serious
'Are you a communist?'
'No I am an anti-fascist.'
'For a long time?'
'Since I have understood fascism.
4⭐️
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Very good, very enjoyable and also very Stephen King. There were very few surprises - except that I thought it was a stand alone and it definitely is not - tying in firmly to his shared universe.
4⭐️
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Very good, very enjoyable and also very Stephen King. There were very few surprises - except that I thought it was a stand alone and it definitely is not - tying in firmly to his shared universe.
Laura Linney???!
#Lanterns
Laura Linney???!
#Lanterns
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The Complete Chronicles of Conan
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A titanic figure who casts a mighty shadow across the literary landscape, Conan is a unique creation who has been imitated but never duplicated.
The Complete Chronicles of Conan
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A titanic figure who casts a mighty shadow across the literary landscape, Conan is a unique creation who has been imitated but never duplicated.
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#Woolf
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#Woolf
Mrs Dalloway. Virginia Woolf.
Well…
I don’t know what to say. This is an impressive work, though is it an enjoyable read is a different question.
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Mrs Dalloway. Virginia Woolf.
Well…
I don’t know what to say. This is an impressive work, though is it an enjoyable read is a different question.
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I’ve been bouncing off MRS Dalloway. The prose is tough to crack.
Or was, until I started reading it aloud to myself. Now, I’m zipping along!
#lizadoolittle
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I’ve been bouncing off MRS Dalloway. The prose is tough to crack.
Or was, until I started reading it aloud to myself. Now, I’m zipping along!
#lizadoolittle
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A Carnival of Snackery
David Sedaris
3.5⭐️
À great fast read. I had no intention of reading this but stumbled onto it on vacation and blew through it. Sedaris writes effortless prose that rips through absurd and insightful stories
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A Carnival of Snackery
David Sedaris
3.5⭐️
À great fast read. I had no intention of reading this but stumbled onto it on vacation and blew through it. Sedaris writes effortless prose that rips through absurd and insightful stories
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Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Banger
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Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Banger
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Henry James - The Real Thing - 3.5⭐️
Ha Jin - Saboteur - 4⭐️
James Joyce - Araby 5⭐️ & The Dead 🤯6/5 ⭐️
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis 5⭐️
DH Lawrence - Odour of Chrysanthemums -4.5/5
The Rocking Horse Winner - 3.5/5
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Henry James - The Real Thing - 3.5⭐️
Ha Jin - Saboteur - 4⭐️
James Joyce - Araby 5⭐️ & The Dead 🤯6/5 ⭐️
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis 5⭐️
DH Lawrence - Odour of Chrysanthemums -4.5/5
The Rocking Horse Winner - 3.5/5
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- I have no idea where this is going or
What it’s about and why did Joyce call it “The Dead”?
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Me - one page later
- I have no idea where this is going or
What it’s about and why did Joyce call it “The Dead”?
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Me - one page later
Hemingway - A Clean, Well-Lighted Place 4/5
ZoraHurston -Sweat 3.5/5
Shirley Jackson - the Lottery 6/5
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Hemingway - A Clean, Well-Lighted Place 4/5
ZoraHurston -Sweat 3.5/5
Shirley Jackson - the Lottery 6/5
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