Happy birthday to Mark Twain
Today is the birthday of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. Famous for such novels as The Adventures of[…]
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Month: November 2024
Review: Unsteady by Peyton Corinne
Summary: Rhys is desperate to feel anything.Sadie wants to stop feeling so much. Rhys Koteskiy is back—at least, he’s supposed[…]
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Review: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Summary: Masterfully researched and eloquently written, The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions[…]
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Creative Writing: a Pride and Prejudice Poem
I like to play around with different poetic forms to make parodies of classic literature and popular culture. This is[…]
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Review: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Summary: Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a[…]
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The Books That Shaped Me: The Hobbit
Can you remember what your first novel was? Mine was The Hobbit. When I was five years old, my dad[…]
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Notable and Quotable: November 20
“I think that’s why they call it a breakthrough. It cracks you open and lets light in.” –from Eliza and[…]
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