Reading and Roaming
ON THE SMALL SCREEN The Other Bennet Sister (BritBox) Mary Bennet is the odd sister out. Very smart, but plain compared to her other sisters, she is harassed, berated by her mother, and oftentimes just ignored by her many siblings. In Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, she is viewed as having no marital prospects, while her sisters all gain …
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FORWARD-LOOKING LIBRARY Hunt Library at NC State Earlier this week, we had the fun of touring the impressive Hunt Library at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Around here, the university is commonly known as just State. Good friends, Frank and Judy, were our hosts and arranged for a wonderful tour led by staff from the library …
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SUMMER READING Last One Out by Jane Harper Last One Out is Australian novelist Jane Harper’s sixth book. It’s a mystery, but one with a slow burn. For the fifth anniversary of her son Sam’s disappearance, Ro Crowley returns from Sydney to the small town of Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial event. She and her husband Griff are …
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BOOKS FOR SUMMER For some years now, I’ve been in the habit of drawing up a list of books I hope to read over the summer. Some are long hardbacks or biographies I have put off, others are just fun mysteries or beach reads, and one or two might be titles for my book club. It’s a …
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