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slemslempike) wrote2007-04-01 12:01 am
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March Books
Technically a bit early, but I won't finish what I'm reading tonight, as My Idea of Fun by Will Self is not my idea of a comforting bedtime read. I have changed the date to cheat.
March
The Penge Bungalow Murders - John Mortimer
Post Secret book
The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer
Nancy: The Life of Nancy Astor - Christopher Sykes
The Odd Women - George Gissing
Time and Tide - Edna O'Brien
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
I was sure I'd read more than this, but it seems that I really didn't. I have got about five books that I'm in various stages of though. I appear to be undermining my belief that how many books you read doesn't matter (apart from enabling graphs and tables), but more it's that there was a huge gap between the Post Secret book and the Grand Sophy, and I can't not have read in between then because what else would I have done? But apparently the answer is watch TV, which I enjoyed greatly and don't regret at all. Must relearn how to combine the two activities though.
The John Mortimer I picked up at the Chicklit swap, and was surprised quite how much I enjoyed it. I never remember between times that I do greatly enjoy crime books, and I don't think I've read one from a barrister's point of view rather than a detective before. Rumpole is rather wonderful, and I look forward to reading more.
Oh, The Grand Sophy! I was reading it on the train and kept poking Alice to tell her bits. She pulled a pistol from her muff! Sophy is now my favouritest heroine in all of fiction and I can't believe I haven't read any Georgette Heyer before. I've always been aware of her because she is so attached to girlsownyness, but somehow the jackets in the shop always put me off. I have been a fool. I love Sophy to death. I am going to reread the book as soon as I finish the others I am in the middle of to spur me on.
Nancy Astor had a fascinating life, and I feel a bit awful for not having realised that she was quite an ardent feminist, as I think I just saw 'Conservative' and went all modern on her. However, I would like to read a biography where the author says "as the writer knows" far less often. I also have the Collis biography at home, which I shall attempt at some stage. And reading that will hopefully let me feel all knowledgeable from having read most of the information already.
The Odd Women was brilliant and I intend to read more of him when I can. It was a little odd that the older sisters seemed to disappear for a huge chunk of the book when it appeared that they were going to be central early on, but all the characters were interesting, and Rhoda was very real, and I wish I could have been mentored by her. Time and Tide was sad. I like Edna O'Brien, but her characters make me feel frustrated because I can't go round to their houses and help.
I bought A Tale of Two Cities rather frantically in a bookshop in Istanbul as it was really cheap and I was running low. I don't like Dickens. The writing mostly, although occasionally there is a sentence that I reread with pleasure. He is not for me, though I did really like the atmosphere of revolutionary France.
March
The Penge Bungalow Murders - John Mortimer
Post Secret book
The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer
Nancy: The Life of Nancy Astor - Christopher Sykes
The Odd Women - George Gissing
Time and Tide - Edna O'Brien
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
I was sure I'd read more than this, but it seems that I really didn't. I have got about five books that I'm in various stages of though. I appear to be undermining my belief that how many books you read doesn't matter (apart from enabling graphs and tables), but more it's that there was a huge gap between the Post Secret book and the Grand Sophy, and I can't not have read in between then because what else would I have done? But apparently the answer is watch TV, which I enjoyed greatly and don't regret at all. Must relearn how to combine the two activities though.
The John Mortimer I picked up at the Chicklit swap, and was surprised quite how much I enjoyed it. I never remember between times that I do greatly enjoy crime books, and I don't think I've read one from a barrister's point of view rather than a detective before. Rumpole is rather wonderful, and I look forward to reading more.
Oh, The Grand Sophy! I was reading it on the train and kept poking Alice to tell her bits. She pulled a pistol from her muff! Sophy is now my favouritest heroine in all of fiction and I can't believe I haven't read any Georgette Heyer before. I've always been aware of her because she is so attached to girlsownyness, but somehow the jackets in the shop always put me off. I have been a fool. I love Sophy to death. I am going to reread the book as soon as I finish the others I am in the middle of to spur me on.
Nancy Astor had a fascinating life, and I feel a bit awful for not having realised that she was quite an ardent feminist, as I think I just saw 'Conservative' and went all modern on her. However, I would like to read a biography where the author says "as the writer knows" far less often. I also have the Collis biography at home, which I shall attempt at some stage. And reading that will hopefully let me feel all knowledgeable from having read most of the information already.
The Odd Women was brilliant and I intend to read more of him when I can. It was a little odd that the older sisters seemed to disappear for a huge chunk of the book when it appeared that they were going to be central early on, but all the characters were interesting, and Rhoda was very real, and I wish I could have been mentored by her. Time and Tide was sad. I like Edna O'Brien, but her characters make me feel frustrated because I can't go round to their houses and help.
I bought A Tale of Two Cities rather frantically in a bookshop in Istanbul as it was really cheap and I was running low. I don't like Dickens. The writing mostly, although occasionally there is a sentence that I reread with pleasure. He is not for me, though I did really like the atmosphere of revolutionary France.
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I saw you'd read it and got all anxious at the thought you might not have liked it and then all pleased that you did. Hurray!
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Every time I see a TV adaptation I think "ooh, you know, I DO like Dickens." Then I try to actually read him and remember why I don't.
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