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1 day agoAnalysis of similes in literature
Hell functions as an intensifier in similes, becoming a near-synonym for “very” rather than embodying a literal concept.
Below, you'll find the top 10 fiction reading lists for four local library systems-DC, Alexandria, and Arlington and Prince George's counties-and the top nonfiction picks in DC and PG County. Book-lovers across the Washington area spent the past year reading sweet and funny romance titles, historical fiction, and engrossing mysteries that explored family secrets. In the nonfiction stacks, readers gravitated to popular books like Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart and Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.