Tag: Margaret Atwood
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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: 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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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 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 Last weekend my partner and I headed up to my family’s property near Yosemite. It had…
Allison Burris 