Starting a book found at a thrift store. Looks interesting to me about New Yotk City life.
Ruthiella That does look interesting! 1w
Starting a book found at a thrift store. Looks interesting to me about New Yotk City life.
pick★★★★☆
Raised lots of interesting questions. Neufeld's art was good and sometimes unexpectedly clever and funny.
Didn't expect to meet my favourite poet (Yeats) in this book.
pickEXTRA!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
What a fascinating family. From unethical actions such as paying off voters to support Lincoln's nomination (could you imagine if someone else had become the Republican nominee in 1860?) to influencing international leaders and styles. THE SCANDALS!! The Medills gave Jacie O her first job in journalism. I had never heard of these people, but I am so glad I read about them. They're the ones to thank for the "funnies."
I knew, we knew, that what we were experiencing was anything but the grand historical event, the vain, colossal judicial spectacle that we all had good reason to fear at the beginning. No: this was something else: a unique experience of horror, pity, proximity and presence. It was only very late in the day that I realised that the white box resembles a modern church, and that something sacred had been taking place there.
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Image: BBC news site
My December pick. #NF #12booksof2024
pickWow. Incredibly raw and well-written piece reflecting on the landscape of journalism: how and why things become news, the conveyor belt of stories, and where we as correspondents, editors, and readers fall short.
December 2024 stats. 16 books
Standouts: V13 Chronicle if a Trial( NF) The Dying Day (F)
Some Holiday reads, 4 #readyourkindle
#serieslove2024 #OutWithTheOld
pickRather than quote the entire book, I chose certain excerpts as a snapshot. Paired with You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris,( which I reviewed years ago here), this book is a vivid, heartfelt, disturbing, gut wrenching, & heartbreaking tale of the terrorists attack in 2015 in Paris. In light of the revolution dethroning Bashar al-Assad, this reporting of the trial, its victims & its perpetrators, is a relevant & necessary read.
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