Tag: English

• The Bookmark: From Middlemarch to St. Crispian’s in July

  

  The books I read not only speak to me, they speak to each other. For two months I have been reading Middlemarch by George Eliot. When available, I have been listening to the Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower. This review is going to compare and contrast the two books. I’ve been…

  Liz

  July 31, 2026

  Fiction, Life with a Reader

  anglofile, Classic, England, English, Historical Fiction, Long Books, Series, Summer

• An Exaltation of Larks

  

  A little madness in the spring is wholesome even for a king. -Emily Dickinson And what could be madder than the English language? Here’s some perfectly grammatical sentences allowed in English. Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo.Will Will Smith smith?The old man the boat.The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.A boat shipping boat transports…

  Liz

  April 17, 2026

  Life with a Reader, Non-fiction

  American, Creative Writing, English, Language, Trivia, Wonder