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What are you reading Chapter 4
- Thread starter slobake
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Hmmm....Could this be a diving board?.....
All Things for Good by Thomas Watson
Also someone told me I need to read the whole Chronicles of Narnia series--even as an adult.
I read The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe a few times as a kid--but never any of the others.
So they lent me their copies to read--so will be starting that shortly.
Also someone told me I need to read the whole Chronicles of Narnia series--even as an adult.
I read The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe a few times as a kid--but never any of the others.
So they lent me their copies to read--so will be starting that shortly.
The "Magicians Nephew" is one of my favorites. Tells how things began and explains some of the things that happen in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."
"Watch and Ward" - Henry James
Old turn of the [last] century romance novel. Kind of a cross between "Pygmilion" (My Fair Lady) and "Lolita" w/o the child abuse.
Well off man takes in a young orphan girl and raises her in hopes that one day she may grow up to be beautiful and become his wife.
Written in 1871. Fun to read books of this time period because of the use of "proper" English language. A little difficult at times, but I find once one gets into the "flow", it's really a cool language. Not that I bemoan today's English. Good with both -- just interesting. Definintely a romantic tome, so rather corny, of course, but well written. The guy had skills. Look forward to reading more of his stuff.
Old turn of the [last] century romance novel. Kind of a cross between "Pygmilion" (My Fair Lady) and "Lolita" w/o the child abuse.
Well off man takes in a young orphan girl and raises her in hopes that one day she may grow up to be beautiful and become his wife.
Written in 1871. Fun to read books of this time period because of the use of "proper" English language. A little difficult at times, but I find once one gets into the "flow", it's really a cool language. Not that I bemoan today's English. Good with both -- just interesting. Definintely a romantic tome, so rather corny, of course, but well written. The guy had skills. Look forward to reading more of his stuff.
Daniel Goleman-Emotional Intelligence: Why it can be more important than IQ. Mainly reading it for work but it is a really interesting book.
And
Gabriel Chevalier- Fear. It’s about WWI. I ordered it after I saw Roger Waters carrying a copy in his Wall film recently. Haven’t really got started with it yet but I think it’s along the same lines as “Johnny Got His Gun” which was epic. True story - I picked up an old copy of JGHG while working in the West Bank in the 80s. I’d met quite a few Israeli teenagers who’d been thrust into the Lebanon war at 18 after a few weeks basic training. I also worked with a lot of Palestinian refugees so the subject matter was very real in that place. I was getting to the big ending, turned the page over, but someone had ripped out the last page. To this day I haven’t finished that book! But it’s well worth a read.
And
Gabriel Chevalier- Fear. It’s about WWI. I ordered it after I saw Roger Waters carrying a copy in his Wall film recently. Haven’t really got started with it yet but I think it’s along the same lines as “Johnny Got His Gun” which was epic. True story - I picked up an old copy of JGHG while working in the West Bank in the 80s. I’d met quite a few Israeli teenagers who’d been thrust into the Lebanon war at 18 after a few weeks basic training. I also worked with a lot of Palestinian refugees so the subject matter was very real in that place. I was getting to the big ending, turned the page over, but someone had ripped out the last page. To this day I haven’t finished that book! But it’s well worth a read.
"Best Friends" - Martha Moody
Chick book - fiction novel. Two women meet in college as dorm roomates at Oberlin College, Ohio. One raised in nearby in Akron in a middle class family. One a rich girl from L.A. Follow the girls lives as they grow up and keep in touch. Rich girl becomes a successful lawyer, other becomes a doctor specializing in AIDS when it first came on the scene.
Book follows them and their families, their marraiges, divorces, kids.
Well written. Good story - holds interest.
Chick book - fiction novel. Two women meet in college as dorm roomates at Oberlin College, Ohio. One raised in nearby in Akron in a middle class family. One a rich girl from L.A. Follow the girls lives as they grow up and keep in touch. Rich girl becomes a successful lawyer, other becomes a doctor specializing in AIDS when it first came on the scene.
Book follows them and their families, their marraiges, divorces, kids.
Well written. Good story - holds interest.
A)... I absolutely Love reading ‘antique’ English!
B) Henry James is a Monster
(C)... I gotta admit, I wish I’d never read Lolita.).
Been digging The Great American Read on PBS. I've read many on their list, finding lots of ideas for future reads.
Books | The Great American Read | PBS
Though I can quote the movie verbatim, I've been reading The Godfather. It's cool getting some of the back story, seeing what made it to the movie, what didn't, and what they added for the movie.
Books | The Great American Read | PBS
Though I can quote the movie verbatim, I've been reading The Godfather. It's cool getting some of the back story, seeing what made it to the movie, what didn't, and what they added for the movie.
Just rad Beowulf and Gilgamesh, now reading a history of the Vikings in general. Good reads so far!
Was reading this to Dad this evening,
Very entertaining history from an Aussie radio pioneer —
how the (turn)tables have turned
how the (turn)tables have turned
