Category: Bookish Hall of Fame
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Bookish Hall of Fame, Second Floor (Nos. 49-72)
This Spring I’m working through my ‘Bookish Hall of Fame’ pyramid — what are for me, the ‘best’ one hundred books I’ve read through the end of 2022: Introduction and Criteria Statistical Overview of the List Ground Floor, Nos. 73-100 Today I’ll unveil the second tier of the pyramid, covering numbers 49-72. I will list…
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My Bookish Hall of Fame, Ground Floor (Nos. 73-100)
After some preliminary discussions and an overview posted over the past few weeks, today I start to reveal my ‘Bookish Hall of Fame’ Pyramid — my personal list of ‘the best’ works of fiction that I’ve read through the end of 2022. Today will be the ‘ground floor’, encompassing numbers 73-100. I will list them…
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My Bookish Hall of Fame: Introduction
My recent foray back into reading ‘classics’ has got me thinking a lot about what makes a book ‘good’. What are the criteria that make a book work for me as a reader, and how does that relate to a book’s overall quality and reputation? The more I thought about it, the more complicated it…
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