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    Month: December 2020

    That is solemn we have ended,

    Hi, folks! Thankfully, 2020 has come to an end. So, my loves, let’s look back over the books we’ve read this year and pick our favourites, shall…… Read more “That is solemn we have ended,”

    31 de December de 20206 de January de 2021 by juliana

    The music of life and living

    Dear Dorothy, We are forever exiles of our childhoods, but sometimes the smallest details can bring us back to our neverland. It takes one song, a slant…… Read more “The music of life and living”

    30 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Dorothy Evelyn Smith

    Dorothy Evelyn Smith (née Jones, 1893 – 1969) was an English writer. She attended an art school in 1911, and married three years later, in 1914, to the…… Read more “Dorothy Evelyn Smith”

    30 de December de 202030 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Such shifting winds in life

    Dear Ida, A Change of Time (2019, tr. Martin Aitken. Original: En ny tid, 2015) is the record of a woman’s passage through grief. Told through diary entries…… Read more “Such shifting winds in life”

    29 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Ida Jessen

    Ida Jessen (25 September 1964) is a Danish writer. Jessen studied literary history and communication studies at Aarhus University. In 1989, she published her first book, the…… Read more “Ida Jessen”

    29 de December de 202029 de December de 2020 by juliana

    A kind of door in oneself through which it was necessary to pass

    Dear Mary, The Friendly Young Ladies (1944. Published in the USA as The Middle Mist, 1945) is at its best when walking the tight rope of double…… Read more “A kind of door in oneself through which it was necessary to pass”

    23 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Reading Projects | 2021

    Hi, folks! It’s that time of the year again, when we reflect on what has been accomplished in the past months & start to plan ahead. Here…… Read more “Reading Projects | 2021”

    22 de December de 202022 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Happiness is so elusive it may as well be supernatural

    Dear Marie-Helene, Much of the disturbing, off-kilter sense of humour in Parakeet: A Novel (2020) comes from a finely-drawn contrast between the strong sense of reality in…… Read more “Happiness is so elusive it may as well be supernatural”

    21 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Marie-Helene Bertino

    Marie-Helene Bertino is an American writer. She grew up in Philadelphia and earned an MFA from Brooklyn College. She was an Emerging Writer Fellow at NYC’s Center for Fiction, as well…… Read more “Marie-Helene Bertino”

    21 de December de 202021 de December de 2020 by juliana

    It was under the sway of that force that I began to feel,

    Dear Gabriela, A coming-of-age story, a road novel, a picaresque adventure, a piece of nature and travel writing, an epic, and a reinterpretation of Martín Fierro through a…… Read more “It was under the sway of that force that I began to feel,”

    18 de December de 202018 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Gabriela Cabezón Cámara

    Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (November 4, 1968) is an Argentine writer. She studied literature at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. In 2006, Cabezón Cámara published the short story…… Read more “Gabriela Cabezón Cámara”

    18 de December de 202018 de December de 2020 by juliana

    A small jewel that has always been hopelessly flawed

    Dear Isobel, Every Eye (1956) is a novella that plays with the ideas of perspective and sight, narrated by a character who is trapped in her blind…… Read more “A small jewel that has always been hopelessly flawed”

    17 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Isobel English

    Isobel English (pen name of June Guesdon Braybrooke, née June Guesdon Jolliffe. 9 June 1920 – 30 May 1994) was an English author. Born in London to…… Read more “Isobel English”

    16 de December de 202017 de December de 2020 by juliana

    The truth is a kind of regardless

    Dear Ali, Spring (2019) begins with chorus of angry voices, a collage of social media rants and headlines, disrupted in the end by a voice that seems…… Read more “The truth is a kind of regardless”

    16 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Books on My Winter 2020-2021 TBR | Top Ten Tuesday

    Hi, folks, Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme originally created by The Broke and the Bookish and currently hosted by Jana at That Artsy Girl. This week’s topic is Books On My Winter…… Read more “Books on My Winter 2020-2021 TBR | Top Ten Tuesday”

    15 de December de 2020 by juliana

    My life in books | 2020

    Hi, folks! I saw this meme at Karen‘s blog today and thought it would be fun to do it. I have done something similar in 2019 and…… Read more “My life in books | 2020”

    14 de December de 2020 by juliana

    Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women

    Dear Renée, For the past couple of days, I’ve been trapped inside a stuffy Victorian room heavily decorated with rich furnishings, intricate pieces of furniture, some middle…… Read more “Fauna smiles upon the love of intertwined women”

    10 de December de 20205 de January de 2021 by juliana

    Renée Vivien

    Renée Vivien (née Pauline Mary Tarn; 11 June 1877 – 18 November 1909) was a British French-speaking writer. Born in London to a wealthy British father and…… Read more “Renée Vivien”

    10 de December de 202010 de December de 2020 by juliana

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