bookish
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Eric, bookish and unathletic, grew up in 1920s Vienna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Had Mitrovich been a more seasoned member of the bookish community, she might have heard the cautionary tale of Faleena Hopkins, an author of a series of self-published romances with “Cocky” in the title.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 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
Skepticism is one of the few remnants of our bookish past, and most of us hold on to it tenaciously.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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