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The Portrait of a Mirror by A. Natasha Joukovsky. Read September 4th to 8th, 2021.

So erudite! Made me feel very smart while reading this. Diana and Doug…………..done so dirty smh

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Other August 2021 Books

1. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

2. Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett

3. Any Kind of Luck At All by Mary Fairhurst Breen

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Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. Read July 29th to August 4th, 2021.

Sometimes you read a book and you realize halfway through that it’s one of the best books you’ve ever read. And you’ve read a lot of books! So you’re happy because the book is so good, but you’re also sad because you wish every book was this good. You shed a tear and move on. Marian!

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Other July 2021 Books

1. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

2. Everyone Knows Your Mother Is A Witch by Rivka Galchen

3. Euphoria by Lily King

4. You Think It I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

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Objects of Desire by Clare Sestanovich. Read July 5th and 6th, 2021.

A perfect collection! No notes. I think about re-reading this all the time.

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Nobody Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. Read July 3rd to 5th, 2021.

Heartbreaking!

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Read June 26 to 30, 2021.

Favourite story was “Anne of Cleves”.

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Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Read June 17th to 21st, 2021.

Like theatre, the novel requires the reader to suspend their disbelief. The characters inhabit a world so similar to our own, but their lives feel so much larger than any regular person's. After all, Lotto and Mathilde are not regular. The melodrama of the book only works if the reader actively chooses to partake in it.

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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Read May 27th and 28th, 2021.

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Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. Read May 25th to 27th, 2021.

I'm not really good with experimental novels. My mind requires such straightforward text and I read relatively slowly, so at first I was worried that the structure of the novel would prevent my enjoyment of it. But I was very wrong. Yu executes his vision so well and the book reads so easily while also discussing such abstract topics. Interior Chinatown isn't bogged down by the more experimental structure, but rather uplifted by it. Really funny and tender. Knows exactly what emotion is needed when. Can be a little didactic in the courtroom scene, but it's a courtroom so it totally makes sense. With a book whose setting and situations may seem so untethered to the real world, having the historical legal context is very effective in grounding the novel in reality. Overall, hugely enjoyable.

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People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry. Read May 11th and 12th. 

After every handful of pages, I’d sigh to myself saying a variation of, “I wanna be in ________,” or, “I wanna go to ________.” This book is an antidote for being trapped at home instead of being literally anywhere else on a grad trip. Absolutely delightful. Emily Henry knows exactly what her audience wants, more or less! Also, this book makes the great case for going to therapy.

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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Read May 4th to 6th, 2021. First Edition. Bought at Berry & Peterson Booksellers in Kingston, ON. 

Colson Whitehead is by far one of the finest writers on the planet, without question. 

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Emma by Jane Austen. Read March 26th to May 4th. Bought at Novel Idea in Kingston, ON.

Took me a while to read because I started right before finals. Truly a joy. Without sounding reductive: Jane Austen IS the blueprint

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Downtown Kingston, ON. Tuesday, February 16th, 2021.

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People on ice at KYC waterfront. Kingston, ON. Monday, February 15th, 2021.

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Kingston Yacht Club, Kingston, ON. Monday, February 15th, 2021.

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Lake Ontario, Kingston, ON. Monday, February 15th, 2021.