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It has been ages since I completed this meme, so when I saw that the starting book for this month was Wuthering Heights, I jumped at the chance (find out more about the meme at Books Are My Favourite and Best). Wuthering Heights is set on the wild moorlands of West Yorkshire, England, and another beautiful …

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“-I’m gonna join the circus and laugh my head off (when I grow up)“. “-You got it backwards, Dill”…”Clowns are sad, it’s folks that laugh at them” (Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird). Jesters/clowns are associated with circuses, tricks and laughter, but, behind the scenes, there is at times a different situation. Below are four …

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Much has been made of opening lines in fiction, but what about closing ones? Do last lines matter as much? Should aspiring authors learn to perfect them? Below are 10 best last lines (in no particular order) that showcase a mixture of poetic, chilling and moving book closures that leave a memorable impression on the …

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Japanese Gestures: Modern Manifestations of a Classic Culture [2004] – ★★★★ It is known that the Japanese communicate ideas through manners, as well as through language, and this book by prominent Japanese critic and academic Michitarō Tada cuts to the core of understanding Japanese mentality and culture as expressed through gestures, manners, and facial expressions. …

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Being You [2020] – ★★★★ “The hint half guessed, the gift half understood…” T. S. Eliot Consciousness is considered the “last frontier” of science, the deepest and most elusive of all scientific mysteries. It seems incredible that, although we explored the whole planet Earth (at least the land), built robots, and are now rolling out detailed …

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