bookish
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Bookish and shy, Benedict withdrew to a life of study and prayer “hidden from the world” after announcing in February 2013 that he would step down from the throne of St. Peter.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2022
There are algorithm-based sites that might help you come up with suggestions, including NoveList, Bookish and What Should I Read Next.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2021
Bookish Belle is widely perceived to be the ’90s Disney renaissance’s most forward-thinking role model.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2018
A twenty-nine-year-old H.R. director who writes a blog subtitled “Bossy & Bookish in the South Bronx,” Santos has always wanted to be an entrepreneur.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2016
Bookish men, taken from speculative pursuits and set to work on something they know nothing about, have generally been found or thought to do it ill; therefore philosophers are unfit for business, etc., etc.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart
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