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Don’t let the sun go down on you in small-town Maine
Return with me to a more innocent time, when the only bloodsuckers you had to worry about were actual vampires.
They Said It: Charles Schulz
Happiness is having your own library card. — Sally Brown (Peanuts)
Drama abounds at the Supreme Court in ’While Justice Sleeps’
Can any political thriller top the extreme antics of real life these days? Stacey Abrams makes her case.
‘Neither Here Nor There’ is neither terrible nor great
Bill Bryson made his name with witty travelogues that spanned the world. But does the shtick ever get old?
They Said It: Stephen King
Before drifting away entirely, he found himself reflecting—not for the first time—on the peculiarity of adults. They took laxatives, liquor, or sleeping pills to drive away their terrors so that sleep would come, and their terrors were so tame and domestic: the job, the money, what the teacher will think if I can get JennieContinue reading “They Said It: Stephen King”
’The Chessmen’ is a satisfying trilogy finale
Past and present once again collide for Fin Macleod in the Outer Hebrides in this finale to Peter May’s Lewis Trilogy.
Literary Links: July 16, 2021
What I’m reading outside of books this week | An American Bluestocking
They Said It: Roger Zelazny
I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows. Roger Zelazny (1937-1995)
Uncovering family secrets in seaside Ireland
Her mother’s death leads Elizabeth on a journey to discover her father’s true identity and why her mother refused to talk about her life before Elizabeth was born.
