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Bookish Hall of Fame, Third Floor (Nos. 29-48)
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 Second Floor, Nos. 49-72 Today I’ll unveil the third tier of the pyramid, covering numbers…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, April 22, 2023
Spotlight: Something Wild and Wonderful || Weekly Roundup: In the Lives of Puppets, Eastbound, Tatouine, Signal Fires, Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston, Greenglass House, Winter in Sokcho, The Tale of Despereaux
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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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Matt’s Weekly Reads, April 15, 2023
Spotlight: When You Call My Name || Weekly Roundup: High Fidelity, A Mixture of Frailties, We Spread, Fence, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria, Ruby Spencer’s Whisky Year
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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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Matt’s Weekly Reads, April 8, 2023
Spotlight: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi || Weekly Roundup: Thirst, Maame, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Flappers and Philosophers, Ethel and Ernest, The BFG, Frankenstein
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, April 1, 2023
Spotlight: The Wars || Weekly Roundup: Leaven of Malice, Frindle, Honey and Spice, VenCo, The Royal Ranger, The Divine Comedy, Icebreaker
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Reads for the Head & Heart, February and March 2023
Spotlight: An Immense World || Two-Month Roundup: Digital Minimalism, Raccoon, Slow, How to Be an Artist, Minimal, Being Disciples, A Way Other than our Own, Knowing Jesus, Ego and Archetype
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Bookish Pairs: Babel and Cinnamon & Gunpowder
One of literature’s many roles is to call attention to issues about which mainstream society (no matter how that’s defined) may be blissfully and complacently unaware. Reading is, therefore, a great way of expanding our awareness and empathy about the world. (That’s probably why book banning sadly remains a beloved tactic of those who don’t…
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