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- Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: An Earth Day Tribute
- Sally Rooney: Up to the Hype?
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- Review: Paul Collier, Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World
- 2020 Draw-Bag Reading List
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Sally Rooney: Up to the Hype?
I took up reading Irish literary sensation Sally Rooney to find out what the fuss was all about. After all, she’s only twenty-eight and has written two novels that have rocked the literary world, Conversations with Friends (2017) and Normal … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, booklists, books, Conversations with Friends, Irish Times, Normal Peiope, Sally Rooney, writing
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2020 Draw-Bag Reading List
I can’t believe it! Another year has passed. Last year, I drew up my first annual Draw-Bag Reading List (2019). Happy to say, I’m glad I did it, as it structured my reading. While I didn’t get to read every … Continue reading
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Tagged booklists, books, curated books, draw-bag reading list 2020, fiction, literature, non-fiction, novel, Reading, reading lists, writing
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On finding a new booklist quarry
I confess I’m addicted to booklists. No sooner do I finish one book, but I’m into another. What surprises me is that I can’t remember anyone in my family serving as a role model when I was a child, either … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Hicklin, authors Brain Pickings, booklists, books, new york times style magazine, onegrandbooks.com, writers, writing
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