What I’m Reading : Episode 37, August 2021 – from Uganda to India and maybe Sri Lanka
August has proved to be a bit of a juggling act. It’s the final month of #20booksofsummer but i got
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Six Degrees: From How to Do Nothing to Americanah
This month’s Six Degrees begins with a book whose title suggests it falls into the self-help category. Since I’m invariably
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World Literary Tour: Visit Ireland in 5 Books
It’s Reading Ireland month and though we’d normally be heading to the pub around no to celebrate St Patrick’s Day,
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From beauty myth to family jealousy in six steps
What links The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf with Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady?
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Last year I made a comment in one blog post about how much I enjoyed Colm Toibin’s Norah Webster. More than
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