My Writing Life: Awareness, Reflection, Inspiration

Thank you for visiting my literary site. Make yourself comfortable and enjoy the ride. I blog about books. If you believe in the power of books to transform lives, you are in the right place. Join me in my reading adventures. To avoid confusion let me clarify that I do NOT have Instagram or Facebook. This is my only site. I publish between two and four posts per month.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Margaret Atwood: on fiction, the future and the environment

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

"The Japanese Lover" by Isabel Allende

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There are many love stories in this novel by Isabel Allende , but it was not the title that attracted me to it. The hook was the first...

Friday, January 8, 2016

The Metamorphosis and other stories

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“Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be the indescribable and second, it must be ...

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Stone Mattress

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Margaret Atwood ’s writing cast a spell on me again. These stories have the satirical wit of Kurt Vonnegut, the enchanting strea...

Saturday, January 2, 2016

“I” and My Mouth and Their Irresistible Life in Language

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It is refreshing to read Susan Parenti’s poetry collection in this era of oppressive shallowness . Her poetry pokes fun at our ego-driv...

Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year

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Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" was censored in the 1800s. I cannot help but wonder about the rigid mindset...

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The battle between groupthink and original thinking

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"ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR... THE CLOCK IN THE KITCHEN STRUCK... twelve. How irrelevantly, seeing that time had ceased to exist! The ab...

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Julia Hones: I am a creative spirit, an inquisitive mind. I hope you find something of value in my literary site. I've had poems, stories and essays published in various literary magazines and anthologies, both in print and online. Now I am focused on writing about books. My purpose is to share the wonder of books across the world and to promote a love for reading books. Welcome to My Writing Life Blog: Awareness, Reflection, Inspiration, a place where books come to life.

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