lunababymoonchild Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 (edited) Currently reading Cymbelline by Shakespeare and still reading The Old Curiosity Shop, by Dickens Edited August 3 by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I am pretty much exactly at the halfway point of 2666 by Roberto Bolano. I'm well into the sub-book The Part About the Crimes and it's just as dark and oppressive as I had heard about. There is a particular sentence which is repeated for just about every murder and it's grim just how matter of fact it becomes after while. I've tried to read this book a few times in the past but never got beyond the first section. I don't know why it is sticking with me this time but I'm glad it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Reading the selected works of Edgar Allan Poe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 2 hours ago, Hux said: Reading the selected works of Edgar Allan Poe. Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado Poe is marvellous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 6 hours ago, Hux said: Reading the selected works of Edgar Allan Poe. Really interested to hear what you think of these - I really enjoyed the collection I read (I think it was one of the old Heron Books ones) and found that it wasn't exactly what I expected! On 31/07/2022 at 10:31 AM, lunababymoonchild said: Currently reading Cymbelline by Shakespeare and still reading The Old Curiosity Shop, by Dickens Exactly the same for me . (How are you finding The Old Curiosity Shop?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, Hayley said: Exactly the same for me . (How are you finding The Old Curiosity Shop?) Love The Old Curiosity Shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 8/5/2022 at 5:25 PM, lunababymoonchild said: Love The Old Curiosity Shop! I also enjoyed The Old Curiosity Shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 I am going to do a re-read of The Way West by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. It has been many, many years since I first read this book. A.B. Guthrie won a Pulitzer Prize with his writing of the book in 1950. I just finished reading The Big Sky by Guthrie which was voted the best book of the West by the American Western Literature Association. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted Monday at 09:36 AM Share Posted Monday at 09:36 AM Recovering from covid and not feeling much like reading so have been listening to James Herriot's All Things Wise and Wonderful. Read by Christopher Timothy, the original James in the TV series, so feels very right. Next up, I've found a library audiobook by Gerald Durrell Beasts in My Belfry, which seems rather apt at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted Monday at 11:07 AM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:07 AM 1 hour ago, poppy said: Recovering from covid and not feeling much like reading so have been listening to James Herriot's All Things Wise and Wonderful. Read by Christopher Timothy, the original James in the TV series, so feels very right. Next up, I've found a library audiobook by Gerald Durrell Beasts in My Belfry, which seems rather apt at present. I'm glad that you are recovering, poppy. We had it too and it was very unpleasant. I read all of James Herriot's when I was a child and loved them all, they made me laugh out loud, so I hpe that that made you feel better. Never read Gerald Durrell so i'm looking forward to your review, when you are able. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted Tuesday at 02:37 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:37 AM (edited) 15 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said: I'm glad that you are recovering, poppy. We had it too and it was very unpleasant. I read all of James Herriot's when I was a child and loved them all, they made me laugh out loud, so I hpe that that made you feel better. Never read Gerald Durrell so i'm looking forward to your review, when you are able. I thoroughly recommend Gerald Durrell. His My Family and Other Animals is an all-time favourite of mine. Edited Tuesday at 02:40 AM by poppy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted Tuesday at 06:42 AM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 06:42 AM 4 hours ago, poppy said: I thoroughly recommend Gerald Durrell. His My Family and Other Animals is an all-time favourite of mine. Noted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted Tuesday at 08:42 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:42 PM 13 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said: Noted I agree with poppy, MFAOA is an excellent book. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted Wednesday at 03:06 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 03:06 PM Just bought Heal Yourself with Colour by Walaa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted Wednesday at 06:45 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:45 PM On 8/8/2022 at 10:37 PM, poppy said: I thoroughly recommend Gerald Durrell. His My Family and Other Animals is an all-time favourite of mine. 22 hours ago, Marie H said: I agree with poppy, MFAOA is an excellent book. I agree with both poppy and Marie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted Wednesday at 09:17 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 09:17 PM 2 hours ago, muggle not said: I agree with both poppy and Marie. Gerald Durrell it is then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted Wednesday at 09:19 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 09:19 PM (edited) Just finished The Old Curiosity Shop (and have no idea why it's called that!). Oh Hayley, wait until you get to the the last three chapters. I had tears in my eyes, the very first time that's happened! Edited Wednesday at 09:25 PM by lunababymoonchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunababymoonchild Posted Thursday at 03:26 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 03:26 PM Started The Sign of the Devil, Oscar de Muriel. The last (sob) of the Frey and McGray septet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago On 8/8/2022 at 5:36 AM, poppy said: Recovering from covid and not feeling much like reading so have been listening to James Herriot's All Things Wise and Wonderful. Read by Christopher Timothy, the original James in the TV series, so feels very right. Next up, I've found a library audiobook by Gerald Durrell Beasts in My Belfry, which seems rather apt at present. How you feeling. Hope the recovery is coming along well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian. Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 670/890 pages into 2666 by Roberto Bolano and the final part of the book. I'm not sure how I will manage to collate my thoughts about the whole book into something coherent when I do finish it but I'll try. Part 4 is by far the longest part of the book but just like the other parts it stops rather abruptly with no proper finality, and then jumps to another place or time completely. It really throws me off the rhythm of the book and always takes me a bit of time to get going with the new part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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