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I read and write reviews. And make quilts.
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#truenature
#petermatthiessen
#lancerichardson
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#truenature
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#lancerichardson
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True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen by Lance Richardson
Searching for paradise and learning to see it right here now: This was a recurrent theme in Peter Matthiessen’s work. Perhaps it was the dominant theme of his life. from True Nature by Lance …
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November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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"Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead." - Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Never think that war, no matter how necessary nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead." - Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)
#SundaySentence
#SundaySentence
…and I realize then that the true wonder of these people is this: they are perfectly at ease with doing the wrong thing for centuries and then expect congratulations for doing the right thing for a moment. #sundaysentence
#capefever
#nadiadavids
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#netgalley
#capefever
#nadiadavids
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
…and I realize then that the true wonder of these people is this: they are perfectly at ease with doing the wrong thing for centuries and then expect congratulations for doing the right thing for a moment. #sundaysentence
#capefever
#nadiadavids
@simonbooks.bsky.social
#netgalley
#capefever
#nadiadavids
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New books to read, quilts, news
New books to read, quilts, news
Books, Quilts, News
New on my NetGalley shelf are The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love, ed. Alice Hoffman Vigil by George Saunders One Sun Only: Stories by Camille Bordas It’s No Wonder: The Life and TImes …
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November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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New books to read, quilts, news
New books to read, quilts, news
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📚 #bookreview
#fearless
#tracyksmith
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#netgalley
📚 #bookreview
#fearless
#tracyksmith
@wwnorton.com
#netgalley
Fear Less by Tracy K. Smith
What I mean is, I don’t always understand the poems I admire. Sometimes poems operate by a logic that eludes me, the way dreams often do. from Fear Less by Tracy K. Smith “You don’…
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November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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#beastsofthesea
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#netgalley
📚#bookreview
#beastsofthesea
@littlebrown.bsky.social
#netgalley
Beasts of the Sea by Lida Turpeinen
What has died cannot be brought back to life, but a thought can, a hope, a realistic copy. Maybe that is enough. from Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen In 1741, a shipwrecked naturalist became fa…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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📚 #bookreview
#palaceofdeception
#darrinlunde
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📚 #bookreview
#palaceofdeception
#darrinlunde
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#netgalley
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hand embroidered and hand quilted, my Regency Redwork #quilt with scenes from #PrideandPrejudice #janeausten
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hand embroidered and hand quilted, my Regency Redwork #quilt with scenes from #PrideandPrejudice #janeausten
My #prideandprejudice story book #quilt shows scenes from the book with images from copyfree illustrations from books, art, even a dance manual. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted. #janeausten
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My #prideandprejudice story book #quilt shows scenes from the book with images from copyfree illustrations from books, art, even a dance manual. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted. #janeausten
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📚 #bookreview
#abiographyofammountain
#matthewdavis
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📚 #bookreview
#abiographyofammountain
#matthewdavis
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The Biography of a Mountain by Matthew Davis
To echo Emerson, if all history is biography, then what can we learn about our country from a biography of a mountain? from A Biography of a Mountain by Matthew Davis Confession: previous to readin…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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📚 #bookreview
#gemini
#jeffreykluger
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📚 #bookreview
#gemini
#jeffreykluger
@stmartinspress.bsky.social
#netgalley
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Sometimes...we can look into each other's faces and see that, beneath the differences, we are all of us outward bound on a voyage for parts unknown.
Frederick Buechner
The Hungering Dark
#sundaysentence #frederickbuechner
Frederick Buechner
The Hungering Dark
#sundaysentence #frederickbuechner
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sometimes...we can look into each other's faces and see that, beneath the differences, we are all of us outward bound on a voyage for parts unknown.
Frederick Buechner
The Hungering Dark
#sundaysentence #frederickbuechner
Frederick Buechner
The Hungering Dark
#sundaysentence #frederickbuechner
Curiosity is, at heart, courage; readiness not for a fixed or foretold outcome, but rather a type of uncharted encounter—an adventure.
#sundaysentence
#fearless
#tracyksmith
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#sundaysentence
#fearless
#tracyksmith
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November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Curiosity is, at heart, courage; readiness not for a fixed or foretold outcome, but rather a type of uncharted encounter—an adventure.
#sundaysentence
#fearless
#tracyksmith
@wwnorton.com
#sundaysentence
#fearless
#tracyksmith
@wwnorton.com
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📚 #bookreview #evensong
#stewartonan
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📚 #bookreview #evensong
#stewartonan
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
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Evensong by Stewart O’Nan
They weren’t too old to learn. They knew they weren’t perfect. […]they felt that urgency now, the need to finally make things right, or at least as right as they could be. They ha…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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"the eye like the eye of faith believes"
AO Scott's poem explorations are such a joy
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AO Scott's poem explorations are such a joy
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This Poem About Monet’s “Water Lilies” Reflects on the Powers and Limits of Art (Gift Article)
“Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you why he loves it.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"the eye like the eye of faith believes"
AO Scott's poem explorations are such a joy
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
AO Scott's poem explorations are such a joy
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
theliteratequilter.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/t...
📚 #bookreview
#thelandinwinter
#andrewmiller
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#netgalley
📚 #bookreview
#thelandinwinter
#andrewmiller
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The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
The world, the fog-world in its brittle glass sheath of now, was aching for an arrival. from The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller 1962. Rural England during a snowstorm. Two couples, both women preg…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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#LadiesinWaiting
#gallerybooks
#netgalley
#JaneAusten
Fun imaginings of Jane Austen’s supporting characters stories
📚 #bookreview
#LadiesinWaiting
#gallerybooks
#netgalley
#JaneAusten
Fun imaginings of Jane Austen’s supporting characters stories
Ladies in Waiting
I have been enjoying all the books coming out to celebrate the 250th birthday of Jane Austen. Ladies in Waiting features stories based on Austen’s more minor characters. Nine novelists chose …
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November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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📚 #bookreview
#LadiesinWaiting
#gallerybooks
#netgalley
#JaneAusten
Fun imaginings of Jane Austen’s supporting characters stories
📚 #bookreview
#LadiesinWaiting
#gallerybooks
#netgalley
#JaneAusten
Fun imaginings of Jane Austen’s supporting characters stories
theliteratequilter.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/i...
📚#bookreview #introducingmrscollins
#rachelparris
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📚#bookreview #introducingmrscollins
#rachelparris
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Introducing Mrs. Collins by Rachel Parris
If a marriage lacks passion, it is to be hoped that it will make up for it in etiquette. from Introducing Mrs. Collins by Rachel Parris I am drawn to novels based on Jane Austen’s more minor …
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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#bookmail #theykillpeople Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution and America’s Obsession with Guns and Outlaws
#KirkEllis
@librarything.com
#highroadbooks
#KirkEllis
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#highroadbooks
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#bookmail #theykillpeople Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution and America’s Obsession with Guns and Outlaws
#KirkEllis
@librarything.com
#highroadbooks
#KirkEllis
@librarything.com
#highroadbooks