Reading Enroute — Trains, Planes, and Hotel Rooms . . .

Settled in Bordeaux now, and I’m hoping to get back to a more regular blogging practice, but we’ll see… I’ve read the next ten chapters of Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend for our ReadAlong, and I’m putting…

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Ferrante Read-along, Adolescence, Postponed . . .

Goodness, What was I thinking? You, perhaps, knowing I was to fly somewhere this past Sunday, that I was embarking on ten weeks’ travel, wondered how I’d ever manage to post on ten more chapters.…

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My Brilliant Friend Readalong, The Prologue: Importance of the Frame. . .

I’ve chosen four-and-a-bit pages to begin our Readalong with, reserving this post for a discussion of the Prologue. This small “assignment” isn’t suggested simply to give you time to catch up after the long weekend,…

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My Brilliant Friend, readalong, The Prologue

Welcome to this Read-Along of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend.  Never having attempted to host a read-along here before, I’m not sure how this project might evolve, but I’m sure we’ll figure it out together.…

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Witness and Mysteries. . . What I’ve Been Reading

I’m supposed to be on a blogging break now, but that, of course, means that I have more time to read, which in turn means there are more titles to record here. . . .…

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