By: Alex
I can endorse the Tomalin book on Dickens and Kimberley Reynolds really knows her stuff where Children’s Literature is concerned. Personally, I rather like the look of ‘The Concord Quartet’. I shall...
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I'm sure I included <em>Eden's Outcasts</em> by John Matteson on this list too, but it appears to have disappeared: <img class="alignnone"...
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I hear you.. it’s so difficult to stick to a plan when we work around books and always find new ones to love! The Wilder Life is on my summer list…. and the Heroine’s Bookshelf looks fantastic. To be...
View ArticleBy: Sharon Case Goforth
What a great collection of books! I’ve read both Tolstoy and the Purple Chair and The Heroine’s Bookshelf, and loved them. I’m very interested in the Transcendentalists, so I need to add The Concord...
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No, I haven’t read the one on Margaret Fuller! I think I may have heard of it, but I’d forgotten until now. I need to add it to my TBR. I find Fuller’s story so inspiring. (Her independence and...
View ArticleBy: amanda
So many wonderful sounding books! That’s the problem, isn’t it? They’re just all so tempting. The Very Short Introduction books catch my eye–I need to remember that series for the next time I’m trying...
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I adore the Very Short Introduction books! I could happily read them all. (Also, I don’t know why your comments keep getting thrown to moderation. Sorry about that!)
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Yeah, I wasn’t sure if you had turned on moderation or if it was me… Who did you contact when you were having trouble with comments going through?
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I don’t remember… I think I just contacted WordPress support. But I may have contacted here: http://akismet.com/contact/
View ArticleBy: Bookish Hobbit
I read <em>A Summer of Hummingbirds</em> a couple of years ago and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I've been having the urge to read it again since I've been going through my shelves...
View ArticleBy: jessicabookworm
I read and reviewed <i>Mere Christianity</i> last year and found it a fascinating read. Really inspirational to see how an atheist converted to Christianity. Also found it very down to earth.
View ArticleBy: Farah Ng @ Broken Penguins
Hi Jillian! It’s been a while since I’ve checked out your blog and I love what you’ve done to it. Looks fantastic. A Summer of Hummingbirds sounds good. It’d be interesting to see how they author...
View ArticleBy: Jay
Hi Jillian, You and I both have the Dickens biography waiting on our nooks. The Concord Quartet book sounds like one I’d like as well, especially since I read a Hawthorne biography earlier this year....
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