Tag: reading in 2015

December 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on December 26, 2015

“There are two motives for reading a book: One, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.” Bertrand Russell I had […]

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A Baker’s Dozen: Most Enjoyable Reads of 2015

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on December 5, 2015

Reviewing the books I read or re-read in 2015, I decided to choose the thirteen I had derived the most pleasure as a reader. In […]

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November 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on November 28, 2015

This month I have made a conscious effort to finish a number of half-read books and finally investigate some that have been on my […]

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September-October 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 31, 2015

But only literature can put you in touch with another human spirit, as a whole, with all its weaknesses and grandeurs, its limitations, its pettinesses, […]

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August 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 30, 2015

The gull sees farthest who flies highest. Richard Bach As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But […]

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July 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on August 1, 2015

Two weeks of holidays certainly provided time for more books this month than last. I continue to enjoy the pleasures of rereading and science fiction, […]

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June 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 30, 2015

“…by writing about himself, Knausgaard has really written about them, that reading ‘My Struggle’ is like opening someone else’s diary and finding your own secrets.” […]

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May 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on June 2, 2015

Certain books, though, like certain landscapes, stay with us even when we have left them, changing not just our weathers but our climates. Robert MacFarlane […]

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April 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on May 1, 2015

Italy A full two weeks of the April were spent in Italy – most of the trip was spent in Perugia, a town located in […]

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March 2015: My Reading

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on March 29, 2015

“Science fiction is a literature that belongs to all humankind.” Liu Cixin March has been an exciting month of science fiction reading and some progress has […]

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'Down and Out in Paris and London' was banned in Australia until 1953. #Orwell himself made a note of the fact in 1949 for his literary executors. #Orwelltrivia

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Added Henri #Barbusse's 'Inferno' (expurgated) tran. John Rodker 1932 + 'Hell' (unexpurgated) tran. Robert Baldick 1966 (artwork by Charles Mosley) to my #pariscollection. A scandalous look at Parisian boarding houses originally published in 1908. #Orwell darcymoore.net/paris… pic.twitter.com/BW13…

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IMHO George Woodcock wrote more insightfully about Orwell than anyone else who knew him. He also founded NOW (1940-1947) which I have collected & started reading chronologically, from the first, stapled A4 edition. en.m.wikipedia.org/w… #Orwell #HowThePoorDie pic.twitter.com/PvwV…

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