Polilla Writes

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The most popular books on Goodreads so far this year

In case you haven't seen it, I'm sharing the following information with you that is on Goodreads.

Hi everyone! Above is what one of my book spaces looked like a few months ago, more books added since then. In case you haven’t seen it, I’m sharing the following information with you that is on Goodreads. None of my books shown above are on included in it. They compiled a list of 9 of the most popular books in 9 categories (so far this year in Goodreads), so 81 titles. The selections are…

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L.M. Montgomery quote

When one comes across a great quote, one must share it! THE WORLD CALLS THEM ITS SINGERS AND POETS AND ARTISTS AND STORYTELLERS, BUT THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THE WAY TO FAIRYLAND. – L. M. Montgomery I have had an active imagination all my life, which has led me into being a creative person. Perhaps that has been my way to fairyland. How about you? Do you have a specific…

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Just a few thoughts, such as weather

Just a few thoughts

Hi Everyone! How are you doing lately in this changing world? I’m not even going to mention the social and political upheaval, how about the climate? Here in Canada, we had an abnormally dry spring which opened the way for fires that quickly got out of hand. Even here in Nova Scotia, starting in late May, there was a record loss due to forest fires. Canadians in several provinces were battling…

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The lost has been found; books are important

Hi there! In my last post I was expressing my frustration with trying to update my blog. I’d changed themes and colours, but my widgets on the right and left sides got shifted around and half were lost. Well, it took me awhile but I sorted out how to move the left ones from the right back over to their original place, and I also found the lost ones that had been located on the right and put them…

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Updating my site and not enjoying it

Hi All, Today my dad would have been 98! What’s amazing to me is that he lived only three years short of a century! Imagine all the changes he lived through during that time. I spent most of the day painting at the studio. Now, here I am trying to update my site and finding it to be quite exasperating. I apologize for if you came looking for any information that was in my right side bar – which…

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Change - the one consistent thing

Hello my readers! Finally I’m back, making another attempt at blogging again. It’s been nine months since my dad passed away, ending 11.5 years of caregiving. The total change has been very difficult, but I am feeling better as time goes on while I’m figuring out and adjusting to my new normal. Grief takes its time. Do you find it interesting how we go through phases and seasons in our life? By…

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Tom Cruise and James Corden - "The Lion King"

Hello Everyone! I haven’t posted here for a few months but tonight I would like to share something you perhaps have not seen. I hope you enjoy it! Do you have a favourite Tom Cruise movie? Thanks for coming by. 🙂 Tom Cruise & James Corden join ‘The Lion King’ cast:

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Part 2: Bannings and Burnings in History

It's amazing the reasons for banning or destroying writings. Here is [part two of] a selective timeline of book bannings, burnings, and other censorship activities.

Hi Everyone! This is the remainder of the long selective list I found by Freedom to Read. It’s amazing the reasons for banning or destroying writings. Bannings and Burnings in History Some of the most controversial books in history are now regarded as classics. The Bible and works by Shakespeare are among those that have been banned over the past two thousand years. Here is [part two of] a…

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Part 1: Bannings and Burnings in History

Hi Everyone! I’m amazed that here it is the last few days of February and I hadn’t posted yet this month! I don’t know how the month escaped so quickly. This is the last day of Freedom to Read Week that is Feb. 19-25 this year, and yesterday I read this list compiled (by Freedom to Read) which I am posting in two parts for you. I find it to be very interesting, and containing puzzling, tragic,…

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Daddy Come Home video

This video touches my heart every time.

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One Nonfiction Bestseller of each year from 1900-1999

Hello Everyone! This time I have chosen one bestseller from each year of 1900 to 1999 in the Nonfiction genre, although you will notice that for fifteen of those years there were no nonfiction books mentioned for me to add. What I found was books published that were “critically acclaimed and historically significant.” I might post those another time. If you know of any nonfiction bestsellers for…

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One Fiction Bestseller of each year from 1900 to 1999

Hello Everyone! I have chosen one popular book from each year of 1900 to 1999, and there were many I did not include but might another time. Note: Winston Churchill on this list is the American novelist, not the British prime minister – although Sir Winston Churchill was a prolific writer and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. Many of these I had not known of and only a few I have…

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Do you read banned and/or challenged books? Here are 50

Do you read banned and/or challenged books? Here are 50

Hello, Everyone! I’ve been thinking about the banning of books again, and that there is a steady increase in the number of books people are trying to prevent others from reading. It seems to me that by this time there would be less of that instead of more. Below I have made a list of 50 of the books I’ve read that are/were banned and/or challenged, although I not likely knew it at the time of…

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Hello 2023! and Welcome back my friends!

Hello 2023! and Welcome back my friends!

It is amazing that we are into a new year and I didn’t post even once here in 2022, although I kept my books page updated. New Year, New Chance to do better. I hope you fared better in 2022 than I did. It was a rough year, especially from summer onward. Late in July my husband suffered an at-home work accident – broken ankle in two places, and a broken tibia – fortunately on my week at home!…

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13 of the most terrifying books published

13 of the most terrifying books published

Hey there, word lovers! Since Hallowe’en is fast approaching, I thought this might be of interest to you. I found this list that was compiled by a library. They call it 13 Most Terrifying Books of All Time. Pet Sematary – by Stephen KingThe Island of Dr. Moreau – by H.G. WellsThe Cask of Amontillado – by Edgar Allen PoeThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – by Robert Louis StevensonThe…

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Books Banned in 2021

Books Banned in 2021

Book banning has been a thing for a very long time, since the late 18th century, in fact. And it continues. Here is a list of 21 of the most commonly banned books this year. George – by Alex GinoStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You – by Abram X. Kendi and Jason ReynoldsAll American Boys – by Jason Reynolds and Brendan KielySpeak – by Laurie Halse AndersonSomething Happened in Our Town: a…

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More brief book reviews: Our House is on Fire - by Malena Ernman; The City in the Middle of the Night - by Charlie Jane Anders; Big Burn - by Lesley Choyce; The Stationery Shop - by Marjan Kamali

More brief book reviews: Our House is on Fire – by Malena Ernman; The City in the Middle of the Night – by Charlie Jane Anders; Big Burn – by Lesley Choyce; The Stationery Shop – by Marjan Kamali

These are brief reviews of four more of the books I’ve read in the 52BookClub challenge and the Indigo reading challenge. Title: Our House is on Fire: scenes of a family and a planet in crisis Author: by Malena & Beta Ernman, Svante & Greta Thunberg Published: March 5, 2020 The climate change is a big deal – as in, CRISIS – and this Swedish family, specifically 15-year-old Greta, has made…

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