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Book Review - Rodham
Read this on galpod.com. I've read this book for an online book club that meets in September. It's a fiction novel about what would have...
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Jul 27, 20203 min read
Book Review - The Vanishing Half
Read this on galpod.com. TL;DR: read this book. Like, right now. I usually try to do a review without spoilers, but I think the great...
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Mar 6, 20203 min read
Growing Up with Words
Read this on galpod.com. I just read a book in Hebrew called "Always on Time" (rough translation). It's not a fantastic book, it's rather...
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Jan 13, 20202 min read
Book Review - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Read this on galpod.com. TL;DR: it's a great book, but be warned, it deals with some difficult issues. I'd finished reading this book...
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Dec 31, 20193 min read
End of December and Autumn Term Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. I know, I know, I've done the year reflections just earlier this week. But it's also the end of the month and...
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Dec 2, 20192 min read
End of November Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. The holidays' rush is definitely palpable now. What with Christmas concerts and parties and pantos and lights...
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Nov 11, 20192 min read
On Reading Classics
Read this on galpod.com. I'm reading Moby Dick this term. I'm lucky enough to be able to participate in a study run by the London Lit...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
End of October Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. It's been a busy month. We had half-term (a week with the kids at home), plus my son turned 10(!), so there was...
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Oct 15, 20192 min read
On Violence and Literature
Read this on galpod.com. In my creative writing course, we did an exercise. Last week, we created a character. This week, we had to...
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Oct 2, 20193 min read
End of September Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. It's been an interesting month. I'll jump right in with going over the goals I set for myself for September, and...
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Sep 9, 20193 min read
New Year, New Concrete Goals
Read this on galpod.com. For me, the school year is much more significant than the calendar year. It has to do with a lot of things,...
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Jul 1, 20192 min read
End of June Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. I read quite a few books in Hebrew over the last month. I started both because my mom was here and brought me...
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Jun 17, 20192 min read
Book Review - The Silence of the Girls
Read this on galpod.com. Another book from our reading group, this one I managed to finish on time for last week's meeting. It's a...
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May 31, 20192 min read
End of May Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. This week we're on a half-term break, five weeks after the term started. On the one hand, it's been a fairly...
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May 8, 20192 min read
Book Review - The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Read this on galpod.com. I enjoyed this book very much. I read it for my library reading group, and the discussion was great fun. It...
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May 2, 20192 min read
End of April Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. I don't know why I keep thinking I'll get work done when we're away. I always think, sure, the kids are home,...
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Apr 25, 20193 min read
Book Review - Rebecca -SPOILERS Below the Line
Read this on galpod.com. If you haven't read Rebecca, all I'm going to say is, it's the mother of domestic noir, and you should go read...
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Apr 9, 20192 min read
Homecoming
Read this on galpod.com. Coming home has always been an ambivalent experience for me. It's my home, obviously. I know the house inside...
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Apr 4, 20192 min read
End of March Reflections
Read this on galpod.com. Well, it's been a hectic month in my standards. I've had a few random stuff happening such as volunteering...
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Jan 14, 20192 min read
Book Review - Atomic Habits
Read this on galpod.com. I started reading James Clear's Atomic Habits before the Christmas break and finished it last week. It's...
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