Author: allison burris
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Okay so weekly roundups are apparently not a thing that I can mentally commit to, especially with school this semester. So we’re going to make it a monthly thing instead. January seems to have flown by. Just as a disclaimer–none of my links are paid/sponsored/solicited. It’s just stuff I like or wanted to share. Eventful…
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Libraries in the ancient world are not like the libraries we know today. Often they were privately owned, and very few people would have had access to the material inside. Partially, this was because literacy was not widespread and therefore confined to the elite. Even in Greece, which prized literacy pretty highly, literacy rates were…
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Palimpsest is one of my favorite words. It refers to a text that has been written over, but is still somewhat legible beneath the newer text. This writing over creates this fascinating relationship between the original and the new text. Often this happened in the medieval era because parchment, made from the skins of sheep…
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I have made no secret of loving the Harry Potter series, either on this blog or in my everyday life and proudly identify myself as a Ravenclaw. And yet, the author of this most-beloved series has recently come out as anti-trans, testing the love that I have for the author of one of my most…
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Okay so weekly roundups are apparently not a thing that I can mentally commit to, especially with school this semester. So we’re going to make it a monthly thing instead. January seems to have flown by. Just as a disclaimer–none of my links are paid/sponsored/solicited. It’s just stuff I like or wanted to share. Eventful…
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My Top 10 Reads of 2020
Akwaeke Emezi, Alix E. Harrow, Angela Carter, books, Brit Bennett, Casey McQuiston, favorite books 2020, Geraldine Brooks, Margaret Atwood, Naomi Novik, People of the Book, Reading, Red White and Roya Blue, Spinning Silver, Stone Mattress, The Death of Vivek Oji, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Magic Toyshop, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Vanishing Half, V.E. SchwabThis year I read 150 books, and though it was a bit of a mixed bag with plenty of books I didn’t finish and lots of reading for classes, there were still a number of great books. In fact there were well over 30 books this year that I unreservedly loved, and narrowing it down…
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Welcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week (or so) I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings Finishing the semester came with a profound sense of relief, but as we prepared…
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Multi-Week Roundup: November 8 – December 5
Adrian Miller, American cuisine, Andrew F. Smith, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, David Kamp, food history, food writing, Gail Carriger, Grant Snider, Holidate, I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf, Jingle Jangle, Over the Moon, Paul Freedman, Rebecca, Sidney W. Mintz, Soulless, Ten Restaurants that Changed America, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. SchwabWelcome to the weekly roundup on Ink in the Archives! Every week (or so) I will share what I’ve been up to and interested in and ask you to fill me in on your week too. Eventful Events and Happening Happenings No idea where November went. It was a blur of cold weather and writing…
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In my reference class this semester we’ve been talking about how to find books for patrons in need of a new great read. The holidays are fast approaching and maybe you’re planning on getting a book for yourself or for someone else this holiday season. Need a good recommendation? You can drop a comment on…
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This has been a strange year for reading. There are times when I’ve devoured books, and other times where I don’t read anything (except required reading) for weeks. I wanted to reread a series, more for comfort than anything else, and I decided to pick something other than the Harry Potter books, which I reread…
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