@forgottenbeauty.bsky.social2/2 To make your bed and your domain
Of my humiliated mind
– Infamous bitch to whom I’m bound
Like the convict to his chain
"Le Vampire"-Charles Baudelaire
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@forgottenbeauty.bsky.social1/2 You who, like the stab of a knife,
Entered my plaintive heart;
You who, strong as a herd
Of demons, came, ardent and adorned,
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@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialHistorian Dan Jones has been commissioned to write a new James Bond novella titled “All In” to celebrate the National Year of Reading.
The story honours Ian Fleming's fourth Bond novel, “Diamonds Are Forever”.
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBooks to turn to... if you're feeling anxious
Author Daisy Buchanan recommends the five reads she reaches for again and again if she finds herself in troubled times
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialI read 163 novels and these are the six best: Mary Beard on judging the Booker Prize
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialThe 50 greatest books of all time
From Homer to Milton, Aubrey to Mantel, our critic picks the half-century of highlights that any serious reader should have on their shelf
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialThe 50 greatest books of all time
From Homer to Milton, Aubrey to Mantel, our critic picks the half-century of highlights that any serious reader should have on their shelf
@bevanthomas.bsky.social"The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"
- William Wordsworth, "The World Is Too Much With Us"
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialHelping their friends to read can boost children’s attainment
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.socialBook quiz: can you guess these popular novels just from their first lines?
A challenge for all book lovers!
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.social📖 “John Updike: A Life in Letters” edited by James Schiff
#JohnUpdike - The man incapable of writing a bad sentence
Friends, enemies and lovers animate more than 60 years of the author’s remarkable correspondence
@saveredlandlibr.bsky.social"I give up my life for these books": why Min Jin Lee's 📖 ‘American Hagwon’ is the epic novel of our time
The literary superstar Min Jin Lee, beloved by Barack Obama & the Queen, returns with a new novel exploring family, belonging & the cost of striving for a better future
@danigracewrites.bsky.social