No need for apologies, Sancho.
The nature of fora is you reply to the things that need a reply and just enjoy the rest.
I've been enjoying the Caine discussion, and the Zane Grey talk, though...
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No need for apologies, Sancho.
The nature of fora is you reply to the things that need a reply and just enjoy the rest.
I've been enjoying the Caine discussion, and the Zane Grey talk, though...
A Canticle for Leibowitz. Walter M. Miller.
Same question.
I had a bunch of books going concurrently, in various locations.
Just finished most of them.
Wolf Hall. Hilary Mantel. HenryVIII gets lots of exposure, this is a fictionalised treatment of...
Good advice, though. The Greeks didn't exaggerate "endowment", quite the opposite.
Should have helped Fitzgerald's confidence.
What I'm reading?
The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories.
...
I've never found how to post photos here, or I'd show you some of the purpose built street libraries within 5k of my place. I just put out an old chest of drawers but some people REALLY go to town.
...
We call them street libraries. Yesterday I cleaned an ant's nest out of one. I have gotten some great reads, and also found homes for books that I knew I would never read again.
My problem with...
I certainly know where Jassy Melson is coming from.
I can remember writing lots of doggerel in my early years, in response to strong stimuli. A series of maybe 8 pieces which were quite witty (for...
I have occasionally volunteered at my local op shop. It breaks my heart the number of books that get recycled (and sometimes just sent to landfill, even worse) because of various policies of the...
I think I love this teacher.
Yeah. Good Point. A good teacher will discuss relevance and context early on, so that the kid can read alertly, knowing what to look for.
The year I first did Great Expectations I had an amazing...
Oops. What I'm reading is The Joy of High Places, Patti Miller, Nothing if Not Critical, Robert Hughes (at the rate of about one critique a week).
I am going to make a horrible admission in this...
Gaze to the west from my high perch,
to where the sun descends
behind those hills.
Dragging my heart towards that glow
that burnishes the sea
and haunts the air.
With the dusk comes the...
As I read, I write the sort of letter you're talking about. In my head. So that it becomes a sort of conversation. But I have never actually put pen to paper.
Have you ever deliberately...
Great thread Idea, Sancho. Thank you.
I now have a few more books in my "To read" file.
Something you said about Dickens. I've read Great Expectations many times mandated by various schools,...
You've probably noticed I only get here sporadically, but if you're thinking of reading the sequel I could take it out of the street library where I donated it and reread.
We could conduct an...
SF or English classics. Don't make me choose.
The choice is related to how many good examples are still unread by me. People are writing good SF still and I have barely skimmed the most loved of...
I tried to put those on hold at the library just now.
Ran into that thing where we can now source books from the local region only. They used to be prepared to bring things in from all over the...
I'm in 2 minds.
I would like the opinion of someone I respect on that book, but pure friendship and just human consideration says I should advise you to Run! and burn the book. :)
I have decided that when I am dementing in the nursing home I will take 20-30 of my favourite books with me and read them over and over, never realising I have read this great book before.
On...
Yes. Yes. Yes. ^^^
I've been watching a wonderful Irish TV series called Normal People which has made me think of both GWTW and you.
Not a direct parallel, but in many ways this is a modern...
I saw this on my other forum and thought you people would get a giggle.
Couldn't find a better place to put it.
I lately lost a preposition
It hid, I thought, beneath my chair
And angrily I...
At an average of 3 a week, lets say 150.
How many (and which) countries would you go to if expense was not an issue?
OK, NOW you can start worrying that I'm stalking you. :)
I suspect we like Star Trek and MASH for similar reasons. They both address some big issues. A Prompt to Thinking, In Short Format.
Our...
Hah! Don't worry that I'm stalking you. Just looking at the threads I looked at last time was here. :)
I don't hate Moby Dick but you don't have to fight me. I'm not American but have read quite...
Sorry bounty, would have answered earlier but I don't get back here often.
Every one on my list moved me in some way and stayed with me long after the lights came on. Each was very well done for...