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• The Narrow Road To The Deep North by Richard Flanagan

  

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  Posted on 14 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Five Favorite Non-Bookish Things

  

  A few of my favorite non-bookish things: Red lipstick, particularly this shade from make-up artist Julie Hewett in Los Angeles. It is called Belle Noir, and... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Year In Books Timeline

  January marked the beginning of the Japanese Literature Challenge 8. It is rather unbelievable to me that I have been blogging for eight years, as well as... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Top Ten New To Me Authors of 2014

  

  I loved going over my reading log trying to narrow down the top ten new-to-me-authors of 2014! I felt I was revisiting all the glorious moments of bookish... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• It’s Not In a Box

  

  We went to a Christmas party yesterday.It was in a very beautiful townhome, in a very affluent neighborhood, and everything was gorgeous. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Month of Favorites Day 6: Picking Favorites

  

  Can I say how fun this week has been?! It’s brought fresh life into my blogging joy with the daily themes. But, better than that, it’s brought me into an... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Month of Favorites Day 4: Six Degrees of Separation

  

  I was totally confused on how to go about this post. My husband and I pondered ways to write it over dinner at Jin 28 last night. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Month of Favorites Day 3: 10 Favorite Book Covers

  

  The books that I have shown here have covers that I admire to be sure, but they are not separate from the content within.I love the cover of The Sorrow of Angel... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Month of Favorites Day 2: Favorites By a Theme

  

  Today we are listing our five favorites of a theme, and since one of my favorite genres is translated literature I’ll take this time to give you my top five... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Month of Favorites: Day 1

  

  Just when I was lamenting the lack of Persephone Secret Santas or the Advent Virtual Blog Tours of Christmases Past, Andi and a couple of her friends stepped... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Grateful Heart of Thanksgiving

  

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  Posted on 27 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Officer and A Spy by Robert Harris

  

  There is no such thing as a secret-not really, not in the modern world, not with photography and telegraphy and railways and newspaper presses. The old days of... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• German Lit Month: Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann

  

  How stange that I should close a book of 731 pages, a book which was largely responsible for earning its 25 year old  author the Nobel prize, and wonder what... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Farewell, Dear Henry

  

  It’s not a very good picture, this one above, but it does show the relationship between a boy and his dog. There is a certain tenderness that almost makes me... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Eat To Live

  

  My husband and I have changed the way we eat. Where once my typical day’s meals included cereal, a sandwich and pasta, it now consists of fruit…and vegetables.... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• As 1859 Drew to a Close, Something Dreadful Happened. ~ Buddenbrooks by Thomas...

  

  Part 6, Chapter 8, comes to a close with the sentence of this post’s title. What could possibly happen that is more dreadful than what has already occurred? Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sunday Salon

  

  A long week of seemingly endless parent-teacher conferences was forgotten with the joy of seeing my son before the Marine ball last night. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• No, Tony, No! Don’t Marry Herr Grunlich!

  But, it’s too late.After his unannounced visit to the harbor pilot’s home, where Tony has fallen in love with the harbor pilot’s son, the adults have intervened. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Waking of a Morning…Buddenbrooks’ Style

  

  Say what you like, there is something pleasant about waking of a morning in a large bedroom with lovely, cheerful wallpaper and finding that the first thing... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• German Lit Month: The Black Swan by Thomas Mann

  

  The Black Swan is the first book by Thomas Mann I have ever read. I picked it up because I was intrigued by the theme: an older woman unwilling to face aging.... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE