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Best excerpts from the books I read, maybe an article or two, too.
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Shirley Jackson
Natasha Y
Nov 2, 2021
From The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
From The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
I used to know how to sleep but I have forgotten that since I picked up this book.
Natasha Y
May 20, 2021
Hemingway and Hadley go to Paris.
Hemingway and Hadley go to Paris.
Quotes from ‘The Paris Wife’ by Paula McLain
Natasha Y
Jun 4, 2017
Why read The Woman in Black by E.C. Bentley
Why read The Woman in Black by E.C. Bentley
Not the horror one, the other one.
Natasha Y
May 26, 2017
From Lajja by Taslima Nasrin; Hard truth to swallow
From Lajja by Taslima Nasrin; Hard truth to swallow
I won’t criticize this book because it is important that it exists. It opens up about a topic seldom cared for in our western aping…
Natasha Y
Dec 9, 2016
From ‘Kitchen Confidential’, by Anthony Bourdain
From ‘Kitchen Confidential’, by Anthony Bourdain
Read it if you are a foodie, you need no other reason.
Natasha Y
Aug 16, 2016
An Equal Music, a song about love that wanted to fail
An Equal Music, a song about love that wanted to fail
Review of a novel by Vikram Seth
Natasha Y
Jun 29, 2016
From ‘Wild’, by Cheryl Strayed
“…prayed and prayed, and then I faltered. Not because I couldn’t find God, but because suddenly I absolutely did: God was there, I…
Natasha Y
Jun 16, 2016
The Sunset Club
Review of a book by Khushwant Singh
Natasha Y
Jun 13, 2016
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