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By Nightfall – Michael Cunningham – Quotes

On December 17, 2018April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn QuotesLeave a comment

Parenthood, it seems makes you nervous for the rest of your life. Even when your daughter is twenty and full of cheerful, impenetrable rage and not doing at all well in Boston, 240 miles away. He says, „Something seems to be going on with Bette.” „Rice?” How many other Bettes were at the party? How …

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By Nightfall – Michael Cunningham

On December 15, 2018April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

I read The Hours years ago, and obviously watched the movie. Loved both at the time but have not read anything by Cunningham since then. I found this book in the local flea market, where I picked it up for 50p. Reading it made me realize how I changed as a person. I’m still a …

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November round-up

On December 2, 2018June 9, 2019 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

November just flew by, at that pace I will completely miss to register autumn this year. At the beginning of the month I had a glorious experience of a flight schedule to last two hours being delayed by 15 hours, they didn't even bother to cancel it, lovely. Then I spent a week in Denver, …

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July round-up

On August 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

July was a busy month, I have been with my mum to a Rolling Stones concert in Warsaw, which was amazing despite absolutely horrible acoustics in the stadium (but then who came up with the idea of stadium concerts is beyond me, clearly they are designed to echo). Then on the following weekend I happened …

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