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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Jane Austen in her 250th Year

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Happy New Year's Day! I began the process of reviewing Jane Austen's novels a couple of years ago, and I'm now committing to c...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

Lloyd Alexander’s Farewell Novel, 'The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio'

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At last I've completed my final unread book by my favorite author—Lloyd Alexander’s very last novel—on this, the year of his centennial ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Redeeming the Witchy Greek Goddess that is ‘Circe’ by Madeline Miller

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  Author Sophia Alexander holding her copy of Circe by Madeline Miller I had asked Odysseus: “What did you do? When you could not make Achi...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Founding Origin Story for Southerners Via Lost Colony Roots In 'The Only Land I Know' by Dial and Eliades

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Author Sophia Alexander with the Lumbee heritage book, The Only Land I Know The Only Land I Know (1996) by Adolph L. Dial and David K. Elia...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

New Official Author Website!

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I love this blogsite. You know I do!  And that's why it's taken me so long to get around to creating an official author website.  Bu...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Jewish Kansan Adventure in 'August Bondi: Border Hawk' by Lloyd Alexander

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I am slowly progressing on my journey to finish reading my last four unread books by my childhood favorite author, Lloyd Alexander, on the y...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Bill Bryson’s 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' Should Be Required Reading

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Happy 20th publishing birthday to a science classic!  A classic I only got to just last year.  I was blown away by Bryson’s summary of the h...