“It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.“
-Autumn by Ali Smith
#firstlinefridays #autumn #alismith
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“It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.“
-Autumn by Ali Smith
#firstlinefridays #autumn #alismith
It's been a journey. The first 150 pages were a battle of wills between the book and me. I took it to Turkey and New Zealand without managing to read a page. But then it opened itself up like a flower in spring, and it spoke to me. It connected to my own loss and my personal view on history and time. By the end of it, I was hailing Ali Smith as a genius. I am grateful to the friend who made me read this.
#AliSmith #HowToBeBoth
pickIn an unintentionally ironic move, I finished Ali Smith‘s Winter on the second day of spring in the midst of a giant snowstorm. (My mom took this photo at #stonewallresort in WV.)
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Winter was a beautiful, weird, timely read that spans family, memory, intention, populism, Brexit, and Trump. It was thought provoking and gorgeously written.
This month's post-payday book haul. #books #bingebuying #paydayhaul #bookswag #imayhaveoverdoneitthistime #donttellmywife #chrismullin #dominicsandbrook #alismith #johnreed #jakearnott #anthonyhorowitz #iancobain
"Democracy or reading, democracy of space: our public library tradition, wherever we live in the wide world, was incredibly hard-won for us by the generations before us and ought to be protected, not just for ourselves but in the name of every generation after us."
#alismith #publiclibrary #reading #bibliophile #bookworm #booknerd #friday #library #photography #weekend
Happy birthday to the amazing Ali Smith, lovely human and expert crafter of essay, novels, and stories (and other stories) 🎉
#AuthorBirthday #AliSmith #ScottishAuthor #WWW #WonderWomanWednesday #ReadWomen
