Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: North America
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Weekly Opening Lines – Feb 15th
From Daughters of the Deer, by Danielle Daniel: “Panicked cries pierce me like quills. I huddle inside the church with the other women…”
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When Women’s Statues Gain Life [Book Review]
The author of Circe brings us the myth of a sculptor possessively in love with his art
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 18th
From Galatea, by Madeline Miller: “It was almost sweet the way they worried about me…”
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 4th
From The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood: “We slept in what had once been the gymnasium”
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Book Review: The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
15 years after the events set in her best seller, Margaret Atwood takes us to the heart of Gilead and shows us the dirty powers at work
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Weekly Opening Lines – Dec 21st
From Beatrice and Virgil, by Yann Martel: “Henry’s second novel, written, like his first, under a pen name, had done well…”
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Books on My Winter 2024-2025 To-Read List (TTT)
The titles I plan to burry myself into to escape the cold
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Weekly Opening Lines – Nov 9th
From The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood: “Only dead people are allowed to have statues, but I have been given one…”
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Books With Animals on the Cover (TTT)
From Wild Sheep Chase to Mockingbird, passing by horses, buffalos and bees
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