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SanjanaGhosh
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Man, George Orwell does not come off well in this book!
An account of the first wife of George Orwell, the celebrated author of 1984 and Animal Farm, shining a light on his misogyny. The book however transcends beyond just the life of the wife, it brings into light the inherent patriarchy prevalent in our society since times immemorial, with a special focus of male misogynistic authors and their privilege.

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naeyma
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A friend is the right companion in adversity. Love how when George was struck with poverty he was willing to share it out with the Russian guy.

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Cuilin
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#TuesdayTunes Compilation Albums @TieDyeDude

This album started my love affair with 80‘s music. My sister got it for Christmas when I was 11.
Big in Japan by Alphaville
Like to get to know you well by Howard Jones
Purple Rain by Prince
Hard habit to break by Chicago
Apollo 9 by Adam Ant
All through the Night Cyndi Lauper

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Yf5FeOSXxSUE9p721P1Xa?si=2ANANeZkQPmNjtygL0pj...

BarbaraBB Love this! Great choices! 2mo
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MariaW
1984: The Graphic Novel | George Orwell
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I really liked the black and white drawings of this graphic novel, it definitely helped to bring across the mood of the novel. I am not sure if I will read the original because the dystopy seems rather depressing. I am glad I choose to check out the graphic novels first.

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MariaW
1984: The Graphic Novel | George Orwell
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What a scary thought of the history being revised every now and then. Things that have been your past today, won‘t be tomorrow‘s past.

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LapReader
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Sometimes just by thinking about it I magic books into Little Free Libraries. That was the case with the tagged book yesterday which I was pleased to discover on my way to two hours of ballet last night in the rain.

charl08 Wow. Feel free to share the skills... 3mo
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kspenmoll
Orwell's Roses | Rebecca Solnit
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JuliaTheBookNerd Love your flowers 😍 5mo
Eggs Beautiful geraniums! 5mo
Cathythoughts The sunlight ☀️♥️ 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️ 5mo
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vlwelser
Orwell's Roses | Rebecca Solnit
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This author is brilliant. Somehow she makes a book that on the surface looks to be about gardening and turns it into a historical look at the socioeconomic situation in Europe (specifically mostly UK and Russia) during the author's lifetime and after. Like who has time and resources to pursue hobbies, for example.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie I have to get to this one! I‘ve read all her other books! 5mo
Librarybelle I thought this was a really interesting read! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 5mo
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bibliothecarivs
Orwell's Roses | Rebecca Solnit
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★★★★☆

🌹 My first Solnit. I love Orwell and I'm interested in all the topics covered so I would have given it five stars but something about the way she wrote caused me to have to reread often just to understand what she meant. I'm not sure why. 🌹 This absolutely perfect bookmark was created to support the British Red Cross and came to me inside Paul Kingsnorth's Real England when I bought it a few years ago. 🌹

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bibliothecarivs
Orwell's Roses | Rebecca Solnit
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p. 252 'He desires the life of the mind and the senses, beauty, history, nature, pleasure, and sex, and the privacy and freedom in which all things flourish.'