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September 12, 2018
Thursday Quotables – The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
"The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo" by Zen Cho is the adorable story of a young Chinese girl in 1920s London, and her own 'education' of life. Fantastic voice.
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September 9, 2018
Gang Roundup – September 2018
This month's Gang Roundup is particularly focused on stories. Mystery novels set in Berlin in the 1920s, WWI films, dieselpunk takes at WWII
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August 30, 2018
Thursday Quotables – The Fall of Gondolin
The Fall of Gondolin is the first and the last tale of The Silmarillion. The grand story of the fall of the secret city of the elves.
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August 23, 2018
Thursday Quotables – Fräulein Else
Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler is a wonderful expressionist novella that by the end makes the reader reconsider eveythig they thought they knew.
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August 16, 2018
Thursday Quotables – The Children of Húrin
Contrary to what's the norm in Tolkien's legendarium, The Children of Húrin seems to be the one story where evil never works for the good. The one who walks alone is a cursed man
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August 13, 2018
A bookish 1920s Summer
Summer is the perfect time for reading. I'm sharing a few titles and series set in the 1920s that are gaining new title now. Check it out!
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August 9, 2018
Thursday Quotables – The Death Beat
"The Death Beat" by Fiona Veitch Smith is a nice historical mystery set in 1920s New York journalistic scene. Maybe a bit complicated, but fun to read
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August 6, 2018
Gang Roundup – August 2018
Hello everyone! I’m finally on holiday! I can’t believe it! This year has been really intense and stressful, especially at work, and I really couldn’t wait to have some time for myself. I want to...
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August 2, 2018
Thursday Quotables – Beren and Lúthien
But Thingol was wroth and he dismissed him in scorn, but did not slay him because he had sworn an oath to his daughter. But he desired nonetheless to send him to his death. And...
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July 19, 2018
#ThereAndBackAgain – One year of reading Tolkien (almost) every day
Last summer I started a readalong of Tolkien’s main work with a group of readers from my reading community Litsy. I posted about the five original books we planned to read here: The Hobbit, The...
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