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Where readers discuss what we love about literature • By Kolina Cicero
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One uber-specific genre and two entirely different reading experiences (opens the original)
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Last week I reflected on how my reading habits might be informed more by the people in publishing than by myself. I was reading The Disappearers when I wrote it, the new novel from Marlon James that was just shortlisted for a Booker Prize. It’s clearly a brilliant book. It became an instant bestseller when it was released on September 1 and i
My book is too much, my pants are too short (opens the original)
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Something you don’t know about me is that most of my clothes are hand-me-downs. As I write this, I’m surprised to look down and see that I actually purchased the shirt I’m wearing.I’m the person in my group of friends who everyone hands their old clothes to. They give me garbage bags full of items they no longer wear and I accept them with the widest, most open arms. I hardly ever buy clothing for myself because, what could I possibly need? My closet is overflowing!But I recently had a revelatio
Five autumnal books tipping my TBR stack (opens the original)
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It’s September! This means two things:Kids are back in school (my son started kindergarten today 😭)It’s time for cozy fall readingI generally don’t do a lot of seasonal reading, but who am I to say no to a book called Bonfire & Bliss Bookstore and with a cover that looks like this?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PtLq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15f22568-c
A war is on. Time for art. (opens the original)
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One-sentence summaries of nine novels, as told by their protagonists (opens the original)
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Much as I enjoy luxuriating in a comprehensive book review from a reader I trust, sometimes I just want to know the quick and dirty details about a book. And because I like to go rogue on occasion, today I’m sharing one-sentence summaries of nine books I’ve read and loved so far this year, as told by their protagonists. Sticking with the theme of brevity, here they are:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1bsE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi
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