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#VirginiaBloomsberries

Well, November was a blur! How did you get on with our #buddyread
Modern Fiction was first published in 1919 as Modern Novels. It was later published in her collection of essays The Common Reader - Vol 1.

Did you agree with her push for a more subjective, less materialistic firm of storytelling?

I read the short essay Modern Fiction by Virginia Woolf for the #VirginiaBloomsberries - The only book of hers I‘ve read so far is Mrs. Dalloway, so I‘m looking forward to reading more of her books. This essay talks about modern writers versus the classics and how modern writers should focus on writing what they want versus what is expected of them.

I know poetry and prose are always talked about separately but to me they always feel like one. Like many #writers this also shows Woolf's work. #PoetryMatters #vision

This is an extract from this month‘s #VirginiaBloomsberries , Woolf talks about the process of writing but I think this applies to many things, where we start of with an idea but the end product is not what we had quite envisioned but somehow we still find a way to carry on.

#sense #QuotsyJan20
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#QuotsyNov19 Day 22: #Relish

In today's edition of the book I didn't buy... couldn't justify spending $75 on this pretty.

I often have trouble posting to Litsy via the desktop version. Which is a shame because I type so much faster on my PC! So my review is lost. Suffice to say: This book bores me. I‘m ashamed I don‘t have patience sometimes for the great works.

I love Woolf‘s writing... a timeless classic essay on the joy of reading. 👏🏻❤️👏🏻

#quotsymay18 #void

@ju.ca.no so I hurried up last night and sorted the books. This is my little stack. 🤗 As you see mostly classics and some Folios. 😊

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#essays
#NoteworthyNovember

Y'all! We're less than 12 hours from the official start of #24in48! We're mostly ready & slightly frenzied behind the scenes; our last-minute prep includes selecting & packing a bookish wardrobe before decamping to readathon HQ! Anyone out there got some fully bookified outfits planned??

So so grateful for books and reading and having a family who loves reading. Also grateful for friendsgiving, which is the only way to deal with this holiday.

Holy cow didn't see that 2000 coming! Thanks guys! Book people are the best people!!!📚💖🎉

Didn't make it to the library today because I was too busy filling my new bookshelves. Oops! So here's my personal version of #librarylove. Although I do love my local library, I've never had a set of bookshelves of my own before, so I'm a little overcome with excitement. #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept

There is a sadness at the back of life which [the Greeks] do not attempt to mitigate. Entirely aware of their own standing in the shadow, and yet alive to every tremor and glean of existence, there they endure.