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JK Amerson López's avatar

In the era of communication via emojis, thank you for reminding us of the power of big volumes of words!

Billy Glad's avatar

Do you still have To The Lighthouse and Beloved to look forward to? I'm deep into Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall right now.

Laura Rozen's avatar

I should re-read Lighthouse and read the Wolf Hall trilogy, thank you for the recs. I loved and highly recommend Mantel’s memoir Giving up the ghost.

Billy Glad's avatar

Did you notice that when the Guardian published its latest list of the 100 best novels, of the top 10 exactly 5 were written by women, including Middlemarch as #1 and Beloved as #2?

Laura Rozen's avatar

What a terrific list, saving it. Have read a lot of them but not others. https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time

Laura Rozen's avatar

Oh, I have to check out that list! thank you