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The Millstone, a Novel by Margaret Drabble (Book Review)

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Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! In this post, I shall review The Millstone , a novel by author Margaret Drabble. This is not my first novel by her, for I have previously read The Sea Lady by this author. However, when I picked up a copy of Penguin edition of this novel in a second shop last Summer, I was only dimly aware of the connection. It took some travelling down the memory lane (and blog archives) to firmly connect The Millstone with the novel I read and loved in 2005. I did recognize the writing style once I started reading, but it took me a minute to connect the two novels in my head. Who is Margaret Drabble? She's actually Dame Margaret Drabble, an English writer and biographer. As a writer, Dame Margaret Drabble is mostly known for her novels and short stories. Moreover, she is also a literary biographer who published books about a number of English writers and has edited two editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature . She also published articles abo...

Thank you for 6.1 M views!

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Hello dear readers! Yesterday, my husband informed me that my blog passed 6 million views. Today, it's already 6.1 million, so thank you all very much for your visits and comments. I didn't have anything special planned because I didn't plan to reach this number yet, so I'll just go ahead with the sustainable outfit& travel post I did plan to post today. Once again, thank you all for your support and comments. Blogging is definitely more fun with readers. According to Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges, all writing exists in dialogue with the reader. So, in a way it is our readers that make our writing exist. In other words, you readers and fellow bloggers are a big part of this blog as well.  Exploring Dalmatia and Herzegovina in a Blue Grecian Dress Today I decided it would be fun if I shared all the outfits I haven't shared so far with a blue Grecian dress from Croatian brand Amadeus. I wore this dress many times, and I haven't had the opportunity to pos...