Tag: books
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Book Review: When Breath Becomes Air (2016)
Ann Patchett calls this book “a universal donor –I would recommend it to anyone, everyone”. I agree.
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Why I love deconstruction
Tired of reading about cardiology, or the world, or life in general? Here’s a post on deconstruction as it applies to fanfiction, gender debates, politics and even medicine. “Really, I like deconstruction because it basically goes wild with everything and anything. Because we define by différance, constructions and their manifestations can be as endless, limitless and as justifiable…
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TBL Book Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Not a favorite, but certainly defining.
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TBL Book Review: Immortal by Traci L. Slatton
It’s been quite some time since I’ve read this book; I don’t even think that I’ve read this novel more than twice. And yet more than five years since, it still resonates (for some reason). In an age of wonderous beauty and terrible secrets, one man searches for his destiny… In the majestic heart of…
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TBL Book Review: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Less of a book I’m in love with and more of a constant revelation (that forces me to remain in love), Hamlet is a complex work with copious amounts of intrigue, terror, sword fights and puns. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between…
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“Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”
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TBL Book Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
I suppose it provides some insight to this little thing called love: we don’t really know why we love something, we just do. And so Wonderland is enjoyable, even though taken apart it is the furthest thing from wonderful. Overall, it’s not just a little bit mad.
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Quote: Ella Minnow Pea
Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz. – Mannheim, Ella Minnow Pea
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Books: Delta of Venus
At least three people over the weekend have asked me: “What are you reading?” Without a wince, unapologetically and unashamedly I replied: “Porn.” Or perhaps more accurately I should have said erotica. Because that was what it was. Anaïs Nin’s Delta of Venus was a journey into the hot and bothered, into the sexual deviances and discoveries of…
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