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It was interesting reading this just after People of Abandoned Character, and seeing a nonfiction version of the victims I just read of in fiction.

It‘s disheartening to know that society made such stark assumptions about all five of these women based only on the facts that they had suffered various hardships and were divorced/ separated/ otherwise on their own and very down on their luck. (Also I‘m not surprised- has the view of ⬇️

Another favorite topic: the Salem Witch Trials!#fictionnonfictionpairings #seasonsreadings2016 @RealLifeReading

Day 9: #seasonsreadings #fictionnonfictionpairings Gettysburg the non-fictional account and The Killer Angels, the novelization of the event.

In keeping with my Michelangelo theme, I chose these two books for #fictionnonfictionpairings. The first book is a novel of the artist's life and work and the second is his autobiography. I also thought that this would be a good pick for the #thisshouldbeamovie prompt. But I looked it up and a movie was already made! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_(film) #day9 #day10 #seasonsreadings2016

#fictionnonfictionpairings #seasonsreadings2016 Huxley believed "we are in a race between education & disaster, and he wrote continuously about the necessity of our understanding the politics & epistemology of media. For in the end, he was trying to tell us that what afflicted the people in Brave New World was not that they were laughing instead of thinking, but that they did not know what they were laughing about & why they had stopped thinking"

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Long week so catching up-

For yesterday's photo challenge :)
Jorge Ibargüengoitia was a great satirist with a dark sense of humor.
I was going to post another pairing but I can't find one of the books ?
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I read all of Beverly Cleary as a kid. I discovered her memoir much later as an adult and fell in love with her all over again.
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Trying to catch up from a fearfully full yesterday: #fictionnonfictionpairings . Hope to reread and read this pair sometime.

When I saw #fictionnonfictionpairings the Sherlock Holmes stories and The Remedy were what popped into my head, but the latter is mostly about Robert Koch and Tuberculosis. However, I picked the book up because of the mention of Arthur Conan Doyle, and I learned a bit more about Doyle, Koch, Tuberculosis, the history of medical practice and research....Worth a read, although I wish it'd been a bit shorter or less repetitive. #seasonsreadings2016