Classic Literature
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5 Classics for April
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. Where I live, April is a solid month of rain, interspersed with some light springy days that tempt you with promises of sunny May. Accordingly, the theme for this month’s classic recommendations is going to be Continue reading
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(many, many) books about dealing with and overcoming uncertainty
Given the stressful circumstances that many of us now find ourselves in, I thought that today I would share many, many books about dealing with and overcoming uncertainty. Each book listed is linked to a post or review that I’ve written about it (if there is one), in case you want to learn more or Continue reading
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Dear LONGBOURN by Jo Baker: An unconventional companion to Pride and Prejudice
Dear Longbourn by Jo Baker, I’ve had my eye on you for a while. When I was in high school I worked as a page at my local library, and I would often pick you up when I walked by you on the shelf and read your inside flap, intrigued by your basic premise. A Continue reading
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5 Classics for February
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. For the month of February, I thought I would highlight some of my favorite classic romance novels, most of them from the Victorian Era. What’s better than a little Jane Austin at this time of year? Continue reading
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5 Classics for January
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. January has many sides in my mind: it’s a bright new beginning, but it also means the continuation of the long New England winter. This month is often when we take a good long look at Continue reading
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5 Classics for December
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. For those of us who celebrate Christmas, December is a magical (and somewhat stressful) month of sweet treats and shopping and music and decorating and, ideally, laughter. It’s also obviously the last month of the year, Continue reading
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DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451 by Annie Spence | Review
Dear Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence, Since you are a book of letters written to other books, I feel like it’s only fitting that my review of you is also in the form of a letter to a book. (Wow, that was a lot of letters and books.) To be honest, I never even knew you existed until I randomly Continue reading
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5 Classics for November
In this series, I recommend five classics each month that remind me of that particular time of the year. Although most people seem to dislike November (at least in New England where I live) because all of the pretty leaves die and everything is dead, it’s actually my favorite month of the year. This might Continue reading
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THE LIFTED VEIL by George Eliot | Review
To be honest, I knew nothing about The Lifted Veil by George Eliot (1859) before I started reading it—and that’s precisely how I recommend approaching this little novella. I picked it up because I enjoyed Eliot’s massive novel Middlemarch and wanted to read more of her writing. However, this Victorian novella is a significant departure from Eliot’s Continue reading
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i’m holly — former english major, current twenty-something book lover, allergic to nuts. drop me a line at nutfreenerd@gmail.com or on instagram.
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