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I did. I was mind boggled too to find out how factual it was.

It certainly is. Awww, I hope you get to see her more often now, they change so much in the first years!

Yes, it was!

There once was a kitten called Merlin Whose human was called Rita Girling.... He got really quite fat Undesirable in a cat And didn't make it to yearling

There once was a kitten called Merlin

Young Bert took a dip in the river Yet once in there his bones started to shiver... To remedy such chills He downed some green pills.. And came out of the river aquiver

I made my song a coat Covered with embroideries Out of old mythologies From heel to throat; But the fools caught it, Wore it in the world’s eyes As though they’d wrought it. Song, let them take it For there’s more enterprise In walking naked. A Coat by William Butler Yeats

I was wrong, had a wee look and I have the unabridged Maude translation. I'll still have another go at some point.

That's the one I was recommended. I'll probably give it another go at some point. I gave away my paperback but still have the e-book and I'm a totally different reader now.

I'm reading Narcissus and Goldmund, Hermann Hesse.

I bought a Serious Reader's light because the cheap one I was using (and couldn't set) broke. It cost a fortune but now I can read in peace with the light where I want it and as bright as I need it. Reading is the most important thing to me, I do have other hobbies but reading is my life.

Rolland Garros final. No Nadal!

who is the translator? I found my copy mundane but it may have been the translator

You are welcome, I hoped it helped

This popped up of my FB feed and I thought it would be good to discuss it. The article describes how I feel about reading challenging material - although I don't read as much YA as the author does. Any opinions? Reading Hard Books is Good, Actually (bookriot.com)

I managed to download it from here : Eve in Hollywood: A Penguin Special | Amor Towles | download (b-ok.cc)

It is the follow up and available as a free download if you type it into a search engine.

The year isn't over yet, Muggle Not. I struggle with this all the time. I am not reading as much just now as I did this time last year and I was hoping to read more. However, I'm still reading and things have changed since last year and it's still an unusual year. So there it is.

Amazon describe it better : Winner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Kraken is a darkly comic, wildly absurd adventure by author of Perdido Street Station, China Miéville. Deep in the research wing of the Natural History Museum is a prize specimen, something that comes along much less often than once in a lifetime: a perfect, and perfectly preserved, giant squid. But what does it mean when the creature suddenly and impossibly disappears? For curator Billy Harrow it's the start of a headlong pitch into a London of warring cults, surreal magic, apostates and assassins. It might just be that the creature he's been preserving is more than a biological rarity: there are those who are sure it's a god. I loved it. It's older than his current material and is more like the China Mieville I adore. Well written, well plotted with believable characters in a world where things that are not what one would expect - thought provoking. Recommended

Just bought Mrs England, Stacy Halls

Just bought War and War by László Krasznahorkai

I did not finish War and Peace either, I thought it was boring.

I absolutely love this and put it by for a re-read. I was so involved with it I didn't even realise that it was stream of consciousness!

I do enjoy this from time to time but like Meg there is only so much that I can take. I do enjoy landscape and portrait artist of the year but again, from time to time. I see sewing as a chore so avoid it like the plague but this, as you say, this is fascinating. I haven't seen a whole match yet either. My father hates it so I can only see it in bits and pieces but further in to the competition I will be watching more (she says!). I'm also following The Nevers and the odd episode of Botched. I should really be reading more!

I'm all caught up in Roland Garros (tennis) just now having not seen any last year. Have also been watching the snooker when that was on. I also like darts and carpet bowls - can be a lot more exciting than it sounds. I'm partial to Australian Rules football when I can get it but not seen any in years. We - my father and I - are following Murdoch Mysteries just now and I like The Great British Sewing Bee.