Category: COLLECTION
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77th read: The Visit (Black Stars #1)
Another new gem. I’ve been so lucky with books lately. TITLE: The Visit AUTHOR: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Released: 2021 Format: Kindle Pages: 20 Genres: Short Story, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Feminism SYNOPSIS As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…
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76th read: The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow #3)
Into Shadow is a collection of unrelated stories by different authors, so it can be read in any order. I began reading this collection for the story written by Lev Grossman (Into Shadow #2) but that one unfortunately landed on my flops for April. I’m really glad I kept going after that, because I wouldn’t…
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40th read: Sappho; A New Translation of the Complete Works
You might have seen my review of Come Close this past January. It was a nice introduction to Sappho, but I was disappointed in the lack of context & footnotes on the translation. Thankfully, fate has been kind to me lately. Her timing was immaculate. This new edition of Sappho’s complete works was released at…
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19th read: The Stone Canoe: Two Lost Mi’kmaq Texts
This week, someone told me she dislike books that feel like homework. I’m the complete opposite: I purposely seek out these books. The more footnotes, the better. I’ve always been a bit of a masochist, preferring tough professors over easy ones. Sometimes, I choose wisdom/knowledge over simple delights. I read The Stone Canoe as though…
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12th read: Come Close (Little Black Classics)
This small collection served its purpose: introducing me to Sappho. I read everything out loud twice and fell in love, but these pages only scratched the surface. It was a glimpse of the lake I might someday drown inside. I will seek poetry from Sappho again (different translators, so I can grasp nuances lost) with…
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