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Orwell grows more frightening as the years past. In my 70’s, I find myself transfixed like a butterfly pinned to a board. I am living through the era of Trump, and now here comes “The Department of War”.

Arrests and imprisonment occur because of skin color, accent or country of origin. Reading 1984 is like turning on the evening news. We are HERE. Kindle edition:- forget the paper-bound books, right?

Trying to keep up with my THOMAS HARDY Goodreads book club. Excellent novel so far. Read once as a teenager but it feels completely new to me now. I love to contrast the writing styles of Hardy and Dickens. They were contemporaries, but keep in mind that Dickens was born in 1812 and Hardy, almost a generation later, in 1840.

I am now reading this with the Dickensians GR club.

Re-reading 2025

Fabulous. Am reading an Audible edition narrated by Bernadette Dunn. Her editions of Elinor and Theo are uncanny and unforgettable.
2025 is my 2nd or 3rd time reading.