Author: allison burris
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Capitalism solves nothing, but looking at people’s bookish art makes me happy…. I have a confession to make that will surprise no one: I love bookmarks. Another confession: I sometimes even use them! Although I’m also prone to using other strategies including, but not limited to: However, wouldn’t it be so nice to actually just,…
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I’ve just published a new post on Substack about how we refer to our significant others/spouses/partners in conversation and in poetry. Book Updates/ Recommendations: I really loved reading The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper whose knowledge of Shakespeare performance and staging as well as Shakespearean text…
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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted on That Artsy Reader Girl. Be sure to check out her blog for other takes on this week’s topic! If fall is the season for all things cozy, for me winter is a time of reflection and stillness. This is the time of year I most enjoy reading in depth…
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It took me a solid month (off and on) to finish this book. Normally I can read a book of poetry in a day because they’re usually only about a hundred pages, but this epic novel in verse weighs in at 385 pages. And I know you’re thinking, but Allie, if you can finish one…
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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Be sure to check out different takes on this week’s freebie topic on her site! * * * We are currently bird sitting for one of my partner’s coworkers. Gizmo is an adorable green-cheeked conure, but goodness birds are so much work! We’ve learned a…
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Let’s read through Oakland Public Library’s poetry collection. Taking a break from the 20th century, we’re going to chat about a poetry collection from a famous author, who’s asking a very interesting question within her poems: How many words does it take to tell a story? Margaret Atwood (1939-) is a prolific writer in nearly…
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TTT: 10 Series I Can’t Wait to Finish and/or Start
Alan Bradley, book series, Discworld, Douglas Adams, fantasy, fiction, Flavia de Luce, Great Cities, Hannah Whitten, His Dark Materials, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Jasper Fforde, N.K. Jemisin, Patrick Rothfuss, Philip Pullman, Reading, Sarah J Maas, Shades of Magic, Terry Pratchett, The Kingkiller Chronicle, The Wilderwood, Throne of Glass, Thursday Next, V.E. SchwabTop Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Are you the type of person that can finish a series? I am….not generally that person. There are a few series that I love–that I’ve read multiple times, but to be honest those are mostly books that I started as a kid or young adult.…
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Join me on a tour through the Oakland Public Library’s poetry collection. Today we’re talking about a semi-modern master, Elizabeth Bishop. Since The Complete Poems: 1927-1979 is, well, complete, I didn’t pick up any other collections of her work. And I’ll be doing that throughout this challenge–reading the most complete book where possible. Elizabeth Bishop…
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TTT: My 10 Favorite Fictional Unlikable Characters
Alice in Wonderland, Donna Tartt, fiction, Geek Love, Kate Christensen, Katherine Dunn, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Margaret Atwood, Mikhail Bulgakov, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Oscar Wilde, Ottessa Moshfegh, The Epicure's Lament, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Master and Margarita, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Secret History, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, unlikable characterTop Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. For me, reading is all about the characters. I want them to be interesting. I want them to have chutzpah and gumption and a *teensy* bit of common sense. They need to develop, have interesting viewpoints, be flawed. So actually, I really like the normally…
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