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| This slim volume is one I will meditate upon and probably return to for another reading. No doubt I'll glean new insights to apply to my life. | |
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| I'm not usually a fan of stories told from an animal's POV, but Michael Morpurgo did a good job by allowing the horse, Joey, to remain a horse. Although told from Joey's perspective, he never talked to the other horses or animals, and he didn't try ...more | |
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I realized two things as I read The Brooklyn Follies: 1. I haven't read Auster in at least two years. 2. This book makes me wonder why I liked his writing. The Brooklyn Follies came across as one long cheap and trite ramble. A story without a point. Now ...more |
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H Gibson wants to read 24 books in the 2020 Reading Challenge
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| I finally read the book because I was interested to see which movie version was the closest to Dickens's tale. I was surprised at how much of the story did not make it into any movie version. I liked the novella well enough, and I understand the SJW ...more | |
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| Dickens's influence on Gaskell's writing is quite evident, but Gaskell is quite prosy and less eloquent than Dickens. Still, she included her dash of SJW in a story that also reminded me of Austen's writing without the charm. Gaskell wrote much of ...more | |
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| Both protagonists were annoying beyond belief. Their conversation, after decades of being apart and a betrayal, was boring. No disguising the raging feminism in this one, not when the male protagonist has a target painted all over him. The ...more | |
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“Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.”
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“I am not here to compete in the war of words, I am here to nurture the future of stories.”
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“Life is beautiful gift all around you to feel cherish from your heart that will truly let you see it within”
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“I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.”
― You Can't Go Home Again
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Jewish Book Club
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For those who share an interest in reading and discussing Jewish books of all sorts. The basic requirement for the books is that they have a Jewish ...more
Beta Reader Group
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A place to connect writers with Beta readers. Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees. Hang on a ...more
Judging Book Covers - ALL. DAY. LONG.
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Yeah, we judge books by their covers - So What!
H’s 2019 Year in Books
Take a look at H’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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115 friends
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815 friends
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