Hannah F
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- Jan 18, 2020
I love Alan Rickman. It's on my tbr too.This is on my TBR...
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I love Alan Rickman. It's on my tbr too.This is on my TBR...
Yes, poor King Charles - with two shirts on so none of his subjects would see him shiver as he stepped out of the palace to greet them one last time.Why historical fiction, of course. The latest from Robert Harris, An Act of Oblivion. You cut off the head of King Charles I? Then we will hunt you down and do worse!
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Part of my problem was the Notes. On a Kindle, they come at the end of each chapter rather than at the foot of the individual pages. This makes referring to them – 'who the f*** is this person? – more time-consuming than I can easily deal with.I love Alan Rickman. It's on my tbr too.
Finished my favorite novel of the year so far a few days ago. The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips. A ruthless coming-of-age story about a black girl in 1950s Georgia born to a mentally ill mother of 8 other children. Phillips' debut and only novel (she died a decade after publication). Someone read this so I can talk about it.
I've read all of Gerald Durrell's novels. They're all a very pleasant way to spend a few hours and certainly all bring on a few smiles and chuckles.Just finished My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. Published in 1956, it's a gentle and "very much of its time" piece I'd often heard about but never investigated. It's "frightfully nice" and at times very funny. In some places almost as if Wodehouse were writing about his childhood.
The immersive descriptions of Corfu made me long to get on a plane and go there immediately. Idyllic doesn't even come close.
Written in a time when adverbs in speech tags seemed to be all the rage. It's as if Durrell bought up a job lot on eBay and was determined to use every last one at every opportunity. They did clang in places but honestly didn't spoil my enjoyment at all.
The narration by Nigel Davenport was faultless. All in all it's a very pleasant way to spend ten hours removed from today's stresses and madness.
I saw "The Luminaries" drama series. Enjoyed it. Must look out the book.For Audio books: (I listen while at work)
I just finished "Shards of Earth" by Adrian Tchalkovsky which I loved. Space opera with amazing characters, fascinating world building, and an intriguing foe. I'll keep going with the series, but have a break with a few books in between. And the narrator is absolutely brilliant.
I'm also slowly making my way through "The Luminaries" by Eleanor Catton, set in 1866 in New Zealand during the gold rush. Not my usual fare but it was recommended to me, and it is beautifully written. Long book (the audio book is 29 hours!) that kind of meanders along through several mysteries and character's lives of schemes and love affairs. I stop now and then to read another book, and then come back to this. I only have 2.5 hours left.
For real-life books:
I'm reading the final book in a 5-book series called "The Reforging" by Barbara Howe. I started reading this series because it's written by a woman I work with. I didn't expect to love them as much as I do. Beautifully written, she's created a fantastic world full of well defined, interesting magic and an unfair but relatable class system, and heroes fighting for what's right and just.
Reading the book of the month for Litopia's book club, "The Woman In the Library" by Sulari Gentill. Jury's out, but I haven't gotten very far.
Non-fiction: (read a bit here and there) "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art" by James Nester. Was highly recommended to me.
I had no idea it was a series! But I can see how it would make a good one.I saw "The Luminaries" drama series. Enjoyed it. Must look out the book.
The Running Man.
Thoroughly recommend. But start at chapter2. I don’t know if they’ve fixed the spoiler in chapter 1. In any case it’s only 5 mins and starting at chapter 2 makes no odds.I've been looking for an audible read Thanks for the recommendation!
You say that, but...(and before you're wondering, it's not a manual, so no use as research, ).
@RK Capps
OK, entirely safe to read the new layout of chapter one Running Man audiobook.
The reviews on Audible are all now out of date as it seems Audible have had the wit to correct the error. Some genius had complied the file to have King's essay about his Richard Bachman nom de plume, in which he tells the book's ending, actually open the book Jeez!!!
Anyway the current file is all hunky-dory. Safe to proceed.