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vlwelser
Sharp | Michelle Dean
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It's possible that I bought this because I liked the cover. I used to buy a random book in an airport on my way home from traveling, usually nonfiction. I liked this. It's about literary criticism. The best part might be the verbal sparring between these women and their other contemporaries. They didn't hold a lot back.

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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nomierosie
Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi
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These are the books I've read so far in lockdown (although technically two if them I had already started). I would recommend all of them although I consider to struggle with Baldwin's writing. I find his work really impactful but it takes me so long to read. #noraephron #jamesbaldwin #ottessamoshfegh #harukimurakami #chimamandangoziadichie #yaagyasi

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biblio_ginger
Sharp | Michelle Dean
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All done!!! 😁 I finished my #24in48readathon at 11:15 pm and I'm beat! I started feeling like I was going crazy at about hour 15 but these are crazy times! 😂 Thank you @24in48 for having the readathon!
#stayhome24in48

PaperbackPirate Congratulations!! 🙌📚 4y
biblio_ginger @PaperbackPirate thank you so much! 😁 4y
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sophierayton
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Mehso-so

Outdated and irrelevant, but Ephron is such fun it was enjoyable anyway.

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Verity
Sharp | Michelle Dean
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Mehso-so

I really wanted to like this, but it just wasn‘t as engaging as I was hoping. Never mind. Group biographies are a tricky beast. So hard to get right, but so hard to pin down what the problem is when they don‘t quite work.

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Verity
Sharp | Michelle Dean
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Next nonfiction read (thank you library!)

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youneverarrived
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I loved this book of mini biographies of smart, sharp and talented women writers from Dorothy Parker to Janet Malcolm. It was interesting to read about their lives and careers as well as their relationships to each other and feminism. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

batsy I've had this on my radar for awhile. Sounds really interesting! 5y
youneverarrived @batsy I think you might like it 😚 5y
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youneverarrived
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Wine, my book and this view from the living room. I don‘t ever want to leave this house 💚💚

Cathythoughts Beautiful! Lovely place to be 5y
Eyelit That‘s so lovely! 5y
youneverarrived @Cathythoughts it‘s so lovely to get away for a bit ♥️ I received your parcel and bought it with me to open tomorrow, I forgot to post and let you know. Thank you 😘😘 5y
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BarbaraBB What a great view! 😍 5y
batsy Ohhhh, I can understand never wanting to leave 😍😍 5y
LeahBergen Happy, happy birthday!! 📚📚📚📚 5y
youneverarrived @Eyelit @BarbaraBB @batsy the whole house is surrounded by this scenery it‘s gorgeous 💚 5y
youneverarrived @LeahBergen thank you lovely 😘 5y
BarbaraBB So English (the way I think of England) or is it somewhere else? 5y
youneverarrived @BarbaraBB it‘s the Lake District so very English 😀 5y
BarbaraBB I need to go there, it really looks gorgeous! 5y
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Ephemera
Sharp | Michelle Dean
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I must confess that much of the information in this book sailed over my head. Sharp is about women in the public eye who broke barriers with their writing, wit and intelligence. The author writes about such icons as Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, and Nora Ephron. Women who today might be called ‘thought leaders‘. Much discussion of feminism and how it evolved. Dry at times. 3.5 out of 5