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This is a good time to talk about love, right? It’s always a good time to talk about love and all the forms it arrives in. This playlist is where the pining and longing lives. The not-yet-together yearning; the unrequited love; the slow burn as emotions build and mount and tense until the slightest pressure […]
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What a delightfully vague word, atmospheric. That could mean so many different things to so many different people. Let’s look at the dictionary definition: Relating to the atmosphere of the earth or (occasionally) another planet. (Hmm, not this one. I do wonder about the inclusion of occasionally. Why only occasionally another planet? What’s the criteria here?) […]
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The best history books for historical eras? That’s a grand sweeping topic, isn’t it? Mel, give me the top tier nonfiction history books that span the entire history of the world. There’s only tens of thousands of books to sift through, running the gamut of two and a half million years, give or take. No […]
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Welcome. You opened this post because something about a playlist that evokes grief spoke to you. Perhaps you’re a writer and you’re working on a difficult scene where your character(s) are struggling with an intense or sad situation. Or you’re reading a devastating novel that’s pulling out all the stops and stomping on your heart […]
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Welcome back to the bookish road trip series. This is going to be an exciting one, folks. We’re going to explore one of the most gorgeous coastlines in the country, and this coastline is hiding some amazing literary gems just waiting for you to discover them. We’re going to travel down the Pacific Coast Highway. […]
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