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End of Year Reflection
As a poet once said, I don’t navigate myself; who navigates me is the sea
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Weekly Opening Lines – Feb 8th
From Where There Was Fire, by John Manuel Arias: “Some still talk about how hot that night was. Old women wisper it over coffee…” READ MORE
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The Not-So-Rosy Fairy Tale of America [Book Review]
The story about a Dominican young girl who moves to New York only to find herself trapped in a nightmare READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Feb 1st
From The Poppy War, by R. F. Kuang: ““Take your clothes off.” Rin blinked. “What?”…” READ MORE
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A Treaty on Female Friendship Betrayal [Book Review]
R.F. Kuang exposes the raw insides of the publishing industry in this novel about privilege, racism and deception READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 25th
From Daughter of the Fortune, by Isabel Allende: “Everyone is born with some special talent, and Eliza Sommers…” READ MORE
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A Fig Tree Recounts History [Book Review]
Star-cross lovers find themselves trapped in a civil war between Turks and Greeks in Cyprus READ MORE
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 18th
From Galatea, by Madeline Miller: “It was almost sweet the way they worried about me…” READ MORE
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Analyzing One of the New Poirot Mysteries [Book Review]
Diving into the writer who picked up Agatha Christie’s legacy with the authorization of her family READ MORE
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