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Mark’s 2022 Year in Books
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My reading habits seem to ebb and flow with the state of the news. The worse the latter, the less reading. So you can guess how much reading got done in 2022 and 2021 despite my best intentions.
Part of the problem might also be that great books can often intimidate a writer. (But also inspire, fortunately).
For example, nothing can seemingly compare to the world building in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci
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I almost regret starting this series. Simply because the exceptional quality of the writing and the magical turns of phrase (is that the plural?) veer between inspiring and intimidating when you write yourself. Thoroughly enjoyed all four books. Not j ...more |
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Found it hard to rate: 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. On the one hand, I learned a great deal about countries and regions I had little prior knowledge of. But the title premise oversells a little, given the selection of countries covered. Any book offerin ...more |
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“If being a gentleman was a guarantee of virtue, the population in this fair land would not be so high.”
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“Books are the one luxury I deem a necessity. If my purchases lead us into poverty, then at least we will be well-read paupers.”
― Cake and Courtship
― Cake and Courtship
“Gemstones glittered as Mrs Darcy twisted outstretched fingers. An oval setting encased a large cut diamond flanked by trefoils, each holding a ruby and two emeralds. Traces of black enamel encircled the gold of the ring itself. It held the attention of the table, like an opera singer at the climax of an aria.
“How fortunate you are, Mrs Darcy,” said Miss de Bourgh. “A lady may be sure of a gentleman’s love when he presents her with such a treasure.”
― The Darcy Ring: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel
“How fortunate you are, Mrs Darcy,” said Miss de Bourgh. “A lady may be sure of a gentleman’s love when he presents her with such a treasure.”
― The Darcy Ring: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel
“What are women for, if not to remind men of their fallibility and turn them to our purposes?”
― The Darcy Ring: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel
― The Darcy Ring: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel
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“If you remember nothing else of what I say, remember this: When humanity ceases to aspire, it begins to decline.”
― Arm of the Sphinx
― Arm of the Sphinx
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“Books are the one luxury I deem a necessity. If my purchases lead us into poverty, then at least we will be well-read paupers.”
― Cake and Courtship
― Cake and Courtship
“Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
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