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IndoorDame
Nox | Anne Carson
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#missingperson #newyearnewbook While definitely not my favorite of her works, this “book in a box” is a singular reading experience. “Nox is a eulogy for Anne Carson's brother, Micheal. In 1978 he ran away to Europe to avoid going to jail. For the next 22 years he communicated sporadically with his family. Some letters and postcards with no return addresses and a handful of phone calls were all that Carson knew of her brother.”

Eggs How interesting and novel 🤔🤗 3mo
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IndoorDame
Nox | Anne Carson
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Bailedbailed

While I did really enjoy the novel experiential act of reading this, it‘s not for me. It‘s odd and obscure even by Anne Carson‘s standards and I was just having too much trouble wrapping my brain around the thread of it.

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strandbookstore
Nox | Anne Carson
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Find Anne Carson's wonderfully eclectic booklist here: https://www.strandbooks.com/the-authors-bookshelf

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RavenNight
Elegy | Tara Hudson
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Books and brunch! I got 150 pages read over brunch this morning. #paranormalromance #brunch #tarahudson #elegy #hereafter #hereaftertrilogy

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Tamra
The Book of the Duchess | Geoffrey Chaucer
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Mehso-so

My afternoon with the tagged poem, along with The Wanderer and The Seafarer. I wouldn‘t have read these by choice, but I guess I can appreciate the use of the language. The whole focus this session is on suffering and consolation.....I‘m feeling the hardship and I‘m looking forward to the consolation. 😆

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kspenmoll
The Tennis Partner | Abraham Verghese
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Pickpick

#bookclubMarch2018 #addiction #friendship #medicalfield #physicians #elegy #eulogy #tennis#marriage #fatherhood #immigrant
This elegantly written, haunting book, speaks to many issues within the context of a deep friendship, begun with a tennis game,between two men,one of whom is a recovering addict.Their friendship is interrupted & ultimately cut short when the “beast” of addiction or as Verghese names it, “a disease of the soul”,rears its head.

BarbaraBB It is the first time i hear of this one but it sounds good. 6y
kspenmoll @BarbaraBB It took me a few chapters to really get into it, but once engaged I could not put it down! 6y
RebelReader I loved Cutting for Stone. Didn‘t know he had another one.👍🏻 6y
Suet624 Can‘t wait to check this one out! 6y
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TheWellAccompaniedBook
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Pickpick

Started this book late at night. It‘s very short so finished it even later at night. Reading hangover today. (Must be patient with the children 😀) I loved the sparseness of this book. I wish I could write like this.

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TheWellAccompaniedBook
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Beside me as I read. This is Fat Lily, and this is her nightly couch spot. Normally it‘s my husband who she sits next to, but she seems ok with it being me tonight. #catsoflitsy

Kaye A beautiful powerful cat. I like grey cats who look brave .. reminds me of my childhood cat. He was the toughest cat on the street ( at least HE thought so ). ♥️ 6y
erinreads She looks so comfy and content! 😻 6y
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TheWellAccompaniedBook
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I am really enjoying the way Sarah Manguso uses words. I may have to read every one that she has published.