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I am making real progress on Tartt I really love the book but it is a slow read.
I started Cantoras since it needs to go back to the library it is lovely. I am almost half into Rise which is really making me want to do nothing but watch rugby! Rise and Jesus and John Wayne are some of my last for #NFNovember. Hoping to finish all 4 of these this week. Then onto December....
#bookreport Finished The Editor, one of my best of 2024. A Grief Observed- #DNF maybe it‘s too removed “ observed‘ I could not feel him.Cabaret, starting the chapter on Trees. Gratefulness, just started-that‘s it for #NFNovember this week. Enjoying W.Berry, a poem or two a day, finished Thanksgiving DayMurder #seasonslcozies & Gravely C. #readyourkindle #serieslove2024 . Still reading1 library book; finished the other. Listening #audiobook.
Burnt Echo reading today while snuggled in bed. #readyourkindle #serieslove2024 Hope to finish A Grief Observed tomorrow. Reading just a few chapters in The Cabaret of Plants, & The Art of Rivalry (Started ages ago). All 3 #NFNovember choices. Donna Leon, my escape to Venice & mystery.
This is the last paragraph in this extraordinary book about an extraordinary person, and an extraordinary editor, Judith Jones.She advocated for & published Anne Frank, Sylvia Plath, John Hersey, Anne Tyler, Julia Child, James Beard, Edna Lewis, Sharon Olds, John Updike,Madhur Jafrey, among countless others. Some might find this biography rather dry, but I found it fascinating. #NFNovember #FirstListen
pick"may we all receive the help we need to make our lives a bit more bearable"
This biography is so well put together. I loved the mix of straight autobiography sections mixed with different medias - transcripts of interviews Alice has given, a couple of poems, & photos. You can feel her anger at some of the systematic issues & also clearly see her humor & good graces.
A well balanced and interesting read.
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pick#TodayILearned what a terrible leader Henry III was. That's probably why there aren't many films or books devoted to him. Still, I'm really enjoying Costain's Plantagenet series. It's very readable, even if some of the feelings and thoughts the author attributes to these real-life characters might have involved some guesswork.
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We are half into the month and I am half through my picked NF books! I feel like this month is going reall well for me.
Of the 4 I have read so far I loved The Facemaker, Think Men Who Hate Women is hard but necessary, The Art of Power fell a bit flat for me, and while Why FIsh Don't Exist was very good (4/5) I was really taken aback by the last quarter of the book.
4 more to go!
