Our Readalong Continues — “Childhood” Complicated in Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend

With all the demands of moving, I must admit that I wished I hadn’t committed to a Monday post on those first ten (short, admittedly) chapters of the “Childhood” section of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant…

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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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Finally, More Ferrante . . .

I can’t tell you how much I’m regretting some of the promises I made around here. Neck deep in packing and everything else that goes with moving, I’m more inclined to read murder mysteries* than…

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Wednesday, Tried for Wordless, Didn’t Quite Work Out!

Breaking News!! Within minutes of posting this, sans photos, I seem to have figured out how to download them from the iCloud, on my PC. So here are a few photos of Windows of Rome  I…

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