I've wanted to read The Worst Hard Time for a while -- I saw a documentary that featured him and the book on either PBS or the History Channel, and it was fascinating.
I would be there right now.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Jul 17, 2010 2:02:57 pm PDT #11754 of 28343
Because books.
bennett - Jul 17, 2010 2:19:37 pm PDT #11755 of 28343
Amy, I think I've seen the documentary you mean and the book is even better - it does an excellent job of combining overall historical trends/themes with survivors' stories. Really excellent.
Amy - Jul 17, 2010 2:39:06 pm PDT #11756 of 28343
Because books.
I also came in halfway through, if I remember correctly, and programs like that always make me want a book so I can really dig into the whole story. It was fascinating to see some of the survivors' interviews, though.
Kathy A - Jul 17, 2010 4:56:45 pm PDT #11757 of 28343
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
You mean you didn't already love him from 1776???!
Between 1776 and the PBS broadcast of The Adams Chronicles in the '70s, I loved both John and Abigail. I've got a signed copy of the McCullogh bio and a collection of their letters called My Dearest Friend.
Amy - Jul 19, 2010 12:27:56 pm PDT #11758 of 28343
Because books.
I took Sara to the library and found Wolf Hall right there on the new release shelf! Score.
megan walker - Jul 19, 2010 12:47:16 pm PDT #11759 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yes, I was able to renew it (which allowed me to go ahead and read Hornet's Nest first). I can't believe it wasn't on hold.
Amy - Jul 19, 2010 12:51:27 pm PDT #11760 of 28343
Because books.
I am sadly unsurprised it was available at our library.
It is huge, though. I feel like I should have started reading a week ago.
Kat - Jul 19, 2010 4:59:13 pm PDT #11761 of 28343
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Wolf Hall was wonderful. I really loved it.
megan walker - Jul 19, 2010 6:54:40 pm PDT #11762 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm really liking it so far, but it is making me wish that
1) I knew more about that period of history and
2) I had watched
The Tudors
But Mantel really makes Cromwell and the others come alive. I can't wait to read her book on the French Revolution.
Amy - Jul 19, 2010 7:07:36 pm PDT #11763 of 28343
Because books.
I think that's why I'm so looking forward to it -- I've been interested in Tudor history forever, and we just finished watching the series.
Alison Weir's Six Wives of Henry VIII was really good for a basic overview, although it really is about him and the wives, and far less the politics and court antics. I think it was Alison Weir, anyway. I think that book is still in a box, though.