#Sylvia Lewis Kinney

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Ominous Monsoon Clouds

Ominous Monsoon Clouds Over Tanuri Ridge, Tucson, AZ — Image by kenne Far on the desert rim, the thunder breaksAnd white clouds turn to steel above the plain.Now it will rain. — Sylvia Lewis Kinney, “August,” in Arizona Highways, 1968

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Books

Huge congrats to The Iliad. It's only taken 3,000 years. This list is brought to you by Tor Publishing Group, which you're probably familiar with, given what tops the list this year.

The Locked Tomb series +3 by Tamsyn Muir

The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series -1 by Rick Riordan

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Six of Crows duology +3 by Leigh Bardugo

Dracula -3 by Bram Stoker

The Warrior Cats series -1 by Erin Hunter

A Song of Ice and Fire -1 by George R. R. Martin

The All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic

The Discworld series +7 by Terry Pratchett

A Court of Thorns and Roses series +3 by Sarah J. Maas

The Silmarillion -1 by J. R. R. Tolkien

Pride And Prejudice -3 by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Raven Cycle series +3 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Wings Of Fire +9 by Tui T. Sutherland

The Secret History -7 by Donna Tartt

The Trials of Apollo series -4 by Rick Riordan

The Iliad +10 by Homer

The Odyssey +24 by Homer

The Folk in the Air series -8 by Holly Black

The Animorphs series +5 by K. A. Applegate

The Stormlight Archive +8 by Brandon Sanderson

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Moby Dick +24 by Herman Melville

1984 +6 by George Orwell

Fables by Bill Willingham

The Diaries of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka

The Song of Achilles -10 by Madeline Miller

The Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare

The Simon Snow series -10 by Rainbow Rowell

The Throne of Glass series +13 by Sarah J. Maas

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard +6 by Rick Riordan

The Bell Jar -15 by Sylvia Plath

The Dreamer trilogy +6 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Shadowhunter Chronicles -15 by Cassandra Clare

The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Captive Prince -1 by C. S. Pacat

The Twilight Saga -7 by Stephanie Meyer

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Deltora Quest series by Jennifer Rowe

Romeo and Juliet -8 by William Shakespeare

The Far Side by Gary Larson

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +2 by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The Picture of Dorian Gray -31 by Oscar Wilde

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

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my 2023 reads 💌

(this year i’ve decided to include individual poems, articles, short stories, and more!)

mad girl’s love song by sylvia plath (1/02)

red by ted hughes (1/02)

the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe by cs lewis (1/01-1/03)

someday i’ll love ocean vuong by ocean vuong (1/04)

you think it, i’ll say it by curtis sittenfeld (1/01-1/04)

no exit by taylor adams (1/04-1/08)

the drinking water crisis on tribal lands and how the federal government is finally stepping up by marianne goodland (1/09)

the unfinished business of flint’s water crisis by anna clark (1/09)

do not go gentle into that good night by dylan thomas (1/09)

susan sontag on writing by maria popova (1/15)

dark they were, and golden eyed by ray bradbury (1/16)

we were dreamers by simu liu (1/08-1/19)

on photography by susan sontag (1/15-2/03)

diversity vs. fairness by david leonhardt (2/15)

an act of love by tommye blount (2/15)

the horse and his boy by cs lewis (2/11-2/15)

dept. of speculation by jenny offill (2/13-2/18)

sonnets to orpheus by rainer maria rilke (2/20-2/22)

prince caspian by cs lewis (2/18-2/22)

the summer i turned pretty by jenny han (2/26-3/02)

it’s not summer without you by jenny han (3/02-3/04)

we’ll always have summer by jenny han (3/04)

a history of performance (edition: hamlet) by david bevington (3/04)

hamlet by william shakespeare (1/31-3/23)

1984 by george orwell (1/29-3/28)

gone girl by gillian flynn (4/03-4/07)

the joy luck club by amy tan (5/06-6/04)

alexander hamilton by ron chernow (5/14-6/14)

letters to a young poet by rainer maria rilke (6/30)

animal farm by george orwell (6/30-7/02)

the bell jar by sylvia plath (7/02-7/15)

twelfth night by william shakespeare (7/16-7/30)

sappho: a new translation by sappho, translated by mary barnard (8/21)

the scarlet ibis by james hurst (8/22)

marigolds by eugenia collier (8/23)

the monkey’s paw by w.w. jacobs (8/23)

the open boat by stephen crane (8/24)

korean through english by sang-oak lee (2/20-8/24)

the lady or the tiger? by frank r. stockton (8/26)

the minister's black veil by nathaniel hawthorne (8/29)

an occurrence at owl creek bridge by ambrose bierce (8/29)

korean social emotions: han (한 恨), heung (흥 興), and jeong (정 情) by iljoon park (8/30)

the cask of amontillado by edgar allan poe (8/30)

the yellow wallpaper by charlotte perkins gilman (8/30)

beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney (7/02-8/30)

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid (8/30-9/3)

the chalice of the gods by rick riordan (10/08-10/12)

the beatrice letters by lemony snicket (10/14) - reread

yellowface by rf kuang (11/03)

diper overlode by jeff kinney (11/03-11/05)

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Why perusing is perhaps the best time approaching to learning English?

Who doesn't adore a decent story? And keeping in mind that a book can keep you engaged for quite a long time, perusing one written in English can likewise assist with growing your jargon and information on sentence structure. Tablets and tablets make learning English much simpler since, in such a case that you don't know.Who doesn't adore a decent story? And keeping in mind that a book can keep you engaged for quite a long time, perusing one written in English can likewise assist with growing your jargon and information on grammar.E-perusers and tablets make learning English much simpler since, supposing that you don't have a clue about a word, you can essentially tap on it to peruse its definition. Others prescribe tuning in to and perusing text simultaneously as a brilliant method to upgrade the learning cycle. We've recently investigated some incredible books that can assist you with improving your English language abilities, and our blog perusers gave us some more ideas of books that are both pleasant and valuable. We trust you discover their ideas supportive… 

Tuesdays with morrie – mitch albom 

A few of our blog perusers suggested this book, including Louisa Leung, Javier Casas, Prabha Narayanan, Pâñkâj Díxít and Dana S Cornelia Learn English speaking. Tuesdays with Morrie is a diary by paper sports writer Mitch Albom, who describes the time went through with his 78-year-old humanism teacher, Morrie Schwartz, at Brandeis College, who was kicking the bucket from a crippling illness. Written to put it plainly, straightforward sentences, alongside areas of discussion, the book is an incredible path for English language learners to learn jargon while improving relational abilities. 

The alchemist – paulo coelho 

Blog peruser Andra Female horse picked the English interpretation of this novel as his top choice for English language learning. It follows a youthful Andalusian shepherd in his excursion to Egypt, subsequent to having a repetitive fantasy about discovering treasure there. Andra says it is not difficult to peruse as far as jargon and tenses, so should help any learners in both of those zones. 

The ringer container – sylvia plath 

Another top pick among our blog perusers, this book is the solitary novel composed by artist and writer Sylvia Plath. Initially distributed under the name of Victoria Lucas, it is semi-personal, with the names of spots and individuals changed. Renata Woldan picked this as her number one novel, and the describing of a progression of flashbacks is useful for English language learners wishing to add to their jargon and syntax abilities. 

The supplier – lois lowry 

Blog perusers Séverine Claire, Sabrine Rouissi, Dru Hnn, Felix Show and Palden Phuntsho Wangchuk all picked this novel as their top choice. Composed by Lois Lowry, it is set in a general public where singularity and decision don't exist. The epic is on many perusing records in instructive foundations around the globe and is suggested by numerous individuals for creating hungers for perusing. Written in short sentences and utilizing basic punctuation, the book is a decent path for language novices to learn more about English. 

Journal of a weak child – jeff kinney 

Youngsters' books are an extraordinary spot to begin for English fledglings as the language utilized is straightforward as is the punctuation. Blog peruser Rushikesh Kohre picks this one as his book of decision, and the extraordinary news is there are in excess of ten books in the arrangement. This first book presents the lead character Greg and his closest companion Rowley. Appreciate the clever tales about what they get up to while you add as far as anyone is concerned of the English language. 

Somebody like you – roald dahl 

These short stories are extraordinary to peruse on the off chance that you need to learn more about the English language yet you don't care for perusing for quite a while. Despite the fact that Roald Dahl is a kids' creator, these accounts contain murder, loathsomeness and sci-fi. Blog peruser Magdalena Wilczyńska picks this as her book and her #1 story is Dashing Foxley, which is about a man called Perkins who renders retribution on a domineering jerk he recollects from school. 

The Lion, the witch and the closet – CS lewis 

Blog peruser Sid Sawant loves this book, which is about certain kids who access a secret supernatural land by going through the rear of an old closet IELTS. The creator takes extraordinary consideration to depict scenes in detail, so it is an incredible method to learn more unmistakable words in the English language. On the off chance that you like dream books, this is an extraordinary decision for you.

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