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January may not mean to be cruel

Jan 13, 2024 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro

Let’s start the year with an easy one: how do you and the month of January get along? Have you found in it a fresh start or just more of the same? Are there hopes or expectations that are met or dashed? What’s your strategy for beginning a new year smack dab in the middle of winter? Thanks for reading Spark! Subscribe for free! Then support the work by sharing. Thanks so much!Welcome! You’ve reached Spark.Learn more here or just read on.
What our books reveal about us

Dec 16, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro |Jim Ruland

It’s that time again. Think about the books you’ve read in 2023. Imagine them all around you, covers closed, titles on top. What do they tell you about the year you’ve just lived? What do they say about your state of mind, stage of life, your desires? If it’s easier, imagine a friend coming upon you, surrounded by these books, looking at each one and then at you. What would they say the books reflected about you? Would they be surprised? Welcome! You’ve reached Spark.Learn more here or just read on.
Our Town revisited

Dec 9, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro

Last call for your most notable three books of 2023. What are the books that you are glad you read? Are there books that will stay with you even if you didn’t love them? Tell us in the comments and they will be included in the Spark Reads 2023 list in next week’s newsletter. See the books from last year at Spark Reads 2022. Leave a commentWelcome! You’ve reached Spark. Learn more here or just read on. If you received this from a friend, please join us by subscribing.
Pass me the pliers, this turkey's going down

Dec 2, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro |Jillian Hess |Jolene Varley Handy

Is there a cookbook in your kitchen that holds more than recipes for you? Share it with us along with the memories and stories that rise up every time you reach for it. And while you’re at it, let us know the three books that you are most glad you read in 2023? I’m putting together this year’s list of top reads from the entire Spark community. Let me know the ones you want to include!Leave a commentWelcome! You’ve reached Spark. Learn more here or just read on.
Journeys with emperors

Nov 11, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. The people who live and work in Antarctica are not like most of us. What draws them? What helps some do better than others in an environment so punishing yet beautiful? If you could sit down and ask someone what it was like to be there, what would you ask? Add your questions in the comments because, this week, we have an expert who will answer them for you.
What scares you?

Oct 28, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro

What scares you most right now? How are you coping with it? How do you handle fear in general, is it your friend, your unwelcome companion, or more like a substance that vaults you into action or freezes you in place? Has fear ever inspired you creatively? Welcome! You’ve reached Spark.Learn more here or just read on. If you received this from a friend, please join us by subscribing. It’s free! All you have to do is press the button below.
Jessica Pan's Year of Living Dangerously

Oct 21, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro |Jess Pan

Would your friends describe you as more of an introvert or extrovert? How would you describe yourself? How has being whichever “vert” you are impacted your relationships, jobs, and random experiences as you’ve made your way in the world? Have you ever done something out of character on purpose – on a dare, to test yourself, for the hell of it, or for “research” on a story you wanted to write? How did that work out? Welcome! You’ve reached Spark.Learn more here or just read on.
Just go, he said

Oct 14, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro

Have you ever traveled by yourself, or wanted to? How has traveling at all - whether a few miles from home or thousands – surprised you or changed you? If someone gave you a round-the-world ticket with the proviso that you had to use it in the year or lose it, what would you choose and why?
Not knowing, a tale for the time being

Oct 7, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Elizabeth Marro

How comfortable are you with what you don’t know? Are you the kind of person who seeks as many facts as possible when confronted with a problem or a decision? Do you love it or hate it when an author finishes a book with an open ending or unanswered questions? Have you ever sought or discovered information only to find that you wished it had remained buried? Welcome! You’ve reached Spark.Learn more here or just read on.
The lines that linger

Sep 23, 2023 | elizabethmarro.substack.com | Anne Tyler |Thomas Perry |Elizabeth Marro

Think about the book, story, or article you just finished, or the one you are reading now or the one you reread often? What sentences jump out at you? What lines lingered in your thoughts long after you finished reading? What did they make you want to talk about with someone else? Welcome! You’ve reached Spark.Learn more here or just read on. If you received this from a friend, please join us by subscribing. It’s free! All you have to do is press the button below.