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Tag Archives: books
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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Review: Paul Collier, Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World
Not long ago, Hillary Clinton controversially summed up Britain’s Brexit morass as essentially about immigration: “Europe needs to get a handle on migration because that is what lit the flame.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/hillary-clinton-europe-must-curb-immigration-stop-populists-trump-brexit A way of saying that only then can Europe … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, Emmigration, Exodus, immigration, indigenous, Pau; Collier, reviews, 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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Thoughts on a remarkable book I’ve just re-read
This week I re-read Brad Willis Warrior Pose, a book that has lodged in my memory since I first came upon it two years ago. I read a lot of books, but only a few do I read twice. It’s the … Continue reading
On Reading Rebecca Mead’s My Life in Middlemarch
All of us have a favorite book we wouldn’t mind reading again. For me, it’s David Copperfield, simply because I identify with much of what happens in it. The same holds true for Rebecca Mead in her bibliomemoir, My Life … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, Coventry, George Eliot, George Lewes, literary, literature, Middlemarch, My Llfe in Middlemarch, Rebecca Mead, Victorian, Victorian novels, writing
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Before Surgery Reading: Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small
I’ve always loved animals. I can’t say where it comes from, but maybe it’s in the genes. Both my nieces exhibit the same trait. Currently, I’ve been reading James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small. If you’re old enough, you … Continue reading
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Tagged All Creatures Great and Small, animals, books, James Herriot, veterinarians
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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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My Best Reads for 2015
My thirst for good reads continued in 2015, and among them, two stand out for special praise in providing me with pleasure, insight, and continuing reflection. (I’ve reviewed both more fully elsewhere in Brimmings.) Fiction: John Williams. Stoner (New York … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, best biographies. biography, books, memoirs, Oliver Sacks, On the Move, Stoner, writers
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Oliver Sacks: Medicine’s Laureate
I find every patient I see, everywhere, vividly alive, interesting and rewarding; I have never seen a patient who didn’t teach me something new. Or stir in me new feelings and new trains of thought. –Oliver Sacks I’ve just finished … Continue reading
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Tagged Awakenings, book reviews, books, encephalitis, Oliver Sacks, On the Move, Robin Williams, Thom Gunn
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