bookish
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The bookish thriller "Verity" cleaned up in its North American box office debut this weekend while Tom Cruise flopped in "Digger" playing a rich old guy who thinks he can save the world.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
She’s also noticed that declining emphasis on the Western canon of literature has brought on a new, bookish tribalism.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Like her bookish character, she did extensive research on “Pride and Prejudice,” Austen and the time period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
His carefully rehearsed lines and bookish glasses earned him the unwelcome nickname of "Robot Jetten" in his early career.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
When he smiled, however, you saw the softness in his eyes, which made it clear that Lefty was in fact no gangster but the pampered, bookish son of comfortably well-off parents.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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