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This was just the sort of thing I wanted right now during my exam revision period; I don't have the brainspace to get absorbed in people's emotional ups and downs too much, I just want to read about interesting things. I really liked the section on the family's letters, which was not what I expected from this book... really wished it would discuss the Gawain-manuscript or something instead of Beowulf like everyone else does.

Great article - especially love the description of the ‘actor‘ making a whole act of every word on the page - and in doing so loosing the story!

Tagged is a book I loved on audio!

https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/audiobook-performer-actor-reader-good-bad.html?u...

A great read about the general unreliableness of anything you read in print! Pretty cover, really engaging narrative - spotlighting the role of women that is so often written out of the story - plus fab photos!

I knew next to nothing about ancient manuscripts & Wellesley takes us on a fascinating journey meeting authors, scribes, collectors, religious folk, historians & illustrators. She makes it so engaging - in detective mode she examines the words on the page, the stories behind those words and what's missing. She relooks with a modern eye, bringing diversity & women back into the history of time. It was both informative and engaging.I learnt to much!

I‘ve just finished a novel that was beautiful and heart wrenching. So next up - something that feels a little bit safer emotionally! Although I could be wrong !