Notes on Books & Life
The Classics Reclamation Project is my personal challenge to read and enjoy the classics. Each Wednesday, I post about the classic I’m reading at the moment. I’m currently reading The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. It’s taking me some time to get through The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I’m enjoying them immensely, …
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Ever since I listened to The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, I’ve toyed with the idea of reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Renee, a concierge and one of the two narrators in The Elegance of the Hedgehog, adores Tolstoy’s tome and talks of it often. The way she speaks about it …
Last month, Em at Love YA Lit reviewed Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok on audio. Her review intrigued me, so I borrowed the audiobook from the library. About the Book: Kimberly Chang and her mother immigrate from Hong Kong to New York when Kimberly is just a girl. Her mother’s older sister, Aunt Paula, …
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Today’s Sunday Salon post will be short and sweet. Its topic is something that’s been bothering me just a little bit each time I update my Books page. Here’s the problem. A B C D E F G H _ J K L M N O P _ R S T _ _ W _ …
Welcome to my weekly Saturday feature here at Erin Reads, where I highlight new books that have entered my life, what I’ve been reading, and what’s happened on Erin Reads over the past week. New Acquisitions Today’s vlog: all the books I picked up during my trip home for Thanksgiving! Novels by Indian authors (I’m …
