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Links for readers…

A roundup of interesting stuff to read about reading, featuring some of my favoritest writrs: All the critical backlash over Go Set a Watchman is missing the point on XOJane: I've got a copy and am ready to read it, but the Internet feeding frenzy really turned me off; I like to form my own opinions on … Continue reading Links for readers…

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August 25, 2015January 10, 2016Harper Lee, Jane Austen, Mental Floss, Onion, Reader's Corner, Readers, Shirley Jackson, The Toast, Ursula K Le Guin, Writers2 Comments
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On Harper Lee…

It seems fitting to highlight this great piece about Harper Lee by Roy Hoffman in the New York Times now that Go Set a Watchman has come out and blown up the Internet.

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July 21, 2015January 10, 2016Harper Lee, Reader's Corner, Roy Hoffman, WritersLeave a comment
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12 Banned Books to Read

This is the week that we celebrate books that have been banned or challenged. Usually, the books are banned from school libraries or from being taught in school. The reasons given seem valid--sexual content, dirty language, racism--but dig a little deeper and you'll generally find that the true reason is that these books seem dangerous. … Continue reading 12 Banned Books to Read

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September 26, 2014May 4, 201512 Books, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Animal Farm, Anne Frank, Banned books, Catcher in the Rye, Challenged books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Diary of a Young Girl, Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell, Harper Lee, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, JD Salinger, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Lois Lowry, Mark Twain, Ray Bradbury, Reading list, Richard Adams, Roald Dahl, The Giver, The Hobbit, To Kill a Mockingbird, Watership DownLeave a comment
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Books by women: A reading list

In a recent post, I discussed trying to read books written by women. This led me to consider which women authors I would recommend, and I came up with a list of books by women that I think are entertaining and enlightening reads. Of course, I am not the only person to have come up … Continue reading Books by women: A reading list

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June 22, 2014December 12, 2014Anne Lamott, Audrey Niffenegger, Charlotte Bronte, Connie Willis, Daphne du Maurier, Dorothy L. Sayers, E Annie Proulx, Erin Morgenstern, Flannery O'Connor, Harper Lee, Jane Austen, Jean Hegland, Jo Walton, Kate Atkinson, Kate Chopin, Kate Wilhelm, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, Mary Doria Russell, MK Wren, Nancy Kress, Octavia Butler, Patricia Highsmith, PD James, Reading list, Reading women, Sheri S. Tepper, Shirley Jackson, Sylvia Plath, Ursula K Le Guin, Women writers, Year of reading women1 Comment
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Why reread books?

Here is an answer I gave to a question asked on Quora: Which fiction books have people read more than once? Why? 1) For deeper understanding of the meaning of the book. Some books, especially those with challenging structures, benefit from rereading because each time you can dig deeper into the themes and unwind the … Continue reading Why reread books?

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May 10, 2011September 4, 2014Donna Tartt, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Great Gatsby, Harper Lee, Jane Austen, Joseph Heller, Little Prince, Rereading, The Stand1 Comment

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