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Favourite books
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I love the choices. One I have seen the movie version of some time ago. One I read as a kid and the last is an author whose docs on BBC 4 I really enjoy.
I am saddened to read of Emma's situation though.
I am saddened to read of Emma's situation though.
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Thanks for sharing. 
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I was just thinking of a few of my favourite books. In no particular order.
To Kill A Mockingbird. (Harper Lee)
Read this as part of an English Lit class at school. Still a favourite.
A First Course In Psychology. (Nicky Hayes)
This has incredible meaning to me as this was the course book that set me back into education as a mature student. Many years later I achieved the impossible and got a degree.
Undertones of War. (Edmund Blundon)
An incredible WW1 memoir from the front line including a first hand account from the trenches and beatiful poetry.
From A Storm to a Hurricane (Anthony Holden)
A suburb bio on Ringo Starrs band before The Beatles. A real insight into the bombed out Liverpool that eventually thrived and built mersey beat seen through the story of Rory Storm and the Hurricannes. The great lost band from that era. if you love music this is a must. Also Tom Egbers Dutch book on the same subject is a must read but that is out of print. I translated the book from Dutch into English so I could read it. Both changed my life.
The Dispossessed (Ursula Le Guin)
A tour de force using anthropology and sci fi to create one of the most human books I have ever read. The woman was a genius.
At the moment I am reading Virginia Woolf's Orlando and am enjoying it immensly. Also special mention to Lillian By David Emery. I read this solidly over and over in break time for two solid years fom 8 to 10 years oold. The school had to take it off me as no else was getting achance to read it. A masterpiece regarding the short life of Lillian Board. Michael Woods biography of Shakespeare is a must read as well. Also a nod to Ali Smith's Hotel World and Girl Meets Boy.
To Kill A Mockingbird. (Harper Lee)
Read this as part of an English Lit class at school. Still a favourite.
A First Course In Psychology. (Nicky Hayes)
This has incredible meaning to me as this was the course book that set me back into education as a mature student. Many years later I achieved the impossible and got a degree.
Undertones of War. (Edmund Blundon)
An incredible WW1 memoir from the front line including a first hand account from the trenches and beatiful poetry.
From A Storm to a Hurricane (Anthony Holden)
A suburb bio on Ringo Starrs band before The Beatles. A real insight into the bombed out Liverpool that eventually thrived and built mersey beat seen through the story of Rory Storm and the Hurricannes. The great lost band from that era. if you love music this is a must. Also Tom Egbers Dutch book on the same subject is a must read but that is out of print. I translated the book from Dutch into English so I could read it. Both changed my life.
The Dispossessed (Ursula Le Guin)
A tour de force using anthropology and sci fi to create one of the most human books I have ever read. The woman was a genius.
At the moment I am reading Virginia Woolf's Orlando and am enjoying it immensly. Also special mention to Lillian By David Emery. I read this solidly over and over in break time for two solid years fom 8 to 10 years oold. The school had to take it off me as no else was getting achance to read it. A masterpiece regarding the short life of Lillian Board. Michael Woods biography of Shakespeare is a must read as well. Also a nod to Ali Smith's Hotel World and Girl Meets Boy.
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Kate's book is really great. Really well shows up what your brain is able to create and do to you when you're stuck at home because of health reasons. From dark sides of it to bright ones. Doesn't need to be connected to covid, every condition that puts you in bed for longer period of time does that.
I talked with her how it's really amazing how lack of external stimuli pushes your brain to create. How the ideas at some point just start to pop out of your brain. It's how she wrote that book.
I also told them, they should do audiobook out of it, because world deserves to hear Jason's impersonation of that Italian ghost!
Emma is mentioned in the acknowledgements as one of the beta readers of it.
One of my favourites is also Philip Roth, but Portnoy's Complaint... Which reminds me to read it again
I talked with her how it's really amazing how lack of external stimuli pushes your brain to create. How the ideas at some point just start to pop out of your brain. It's how she wrote that book.
I also told them, they should do audiobook out of it, because world deserves to hear Jason's impersonation of that Italian ghost!
Emma is mentioned in the acknowledgements as one of the beta readers of it.
One of my favourites is also Philip Roth, but Portnoy's Complaint... Which reminds me to read it again
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I agree with Jason that David Sedaris is best heard. (Saying that, I have never actually tried to read him.) He has a permanently sardonic tone as he describes his various "adventures". His voice actually sounds like a woman until you get used to the fact that it's David Sedaris, then he's immediately recognisable.
I've not read Simon Sebag Montifiore, but his TV programmes about Middle Eastern history are excellent.
Like Annie, I like Ursula Le Guin. My favourites of those I have read are The Left Hand of Darkness and her Earthsea books.
I like so many books, it's impossible to pick a favourite. One of my favourite authors is Terry Pratchett, who combines deep philosophy with comedy in his fantasy Discworld.
I've not read Simon Sebag Montifiore, but his TV programmes about Middle Eastern history are excellent.
Like Annie, I like Ursula Le Guin. My favourites of those I have read are The Left Hand of Darkness and her Earthsea books.
I like so many books, it's impossible to pick a favourite. One of my favourite authors is Terry Pratchett, who combines deep philosophy with comedy in his fantasy Discworld.
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The internet is buzzing with the news that Greta Gerwig is making a film of The Magician's Nephew. Looks like the information wasn't meant for public consumption yet. 