Did you watch The Durrells in Corfu? I haven't read any of his work, but I've heard enough that it seems like it would hilarious in the context of the character on the show.
What is your childhood trauma?
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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."
Jesse - Nov 13, 2021 7:17:39 pm PST #27168 of 28074
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Consuela - Nov 14, 2021 7:24:35 am PST #27169 of 28074
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I saw an episode, I think. Those books were written by Lawrence Durrell's brother, who clearly had a sense of humor. I don't think Lawrence did...
dcp - Nov 14, 2021 7:30:22 am PST #27170 of 28074
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Oh, agreed. I discovered Gerald Durrell's books when I was in middle school and they were a huge influence on me. Then in high school I found out that Lawrence Durrell actually *had* published, went looking for The Alexandria Quartet, found Justine and hated it. Never tried it again, never tried the other three.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2021 11:32:20 am PST #27171 of 28074
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Larry's just a total tool poseur artiste on the show, which adds up, coming from his younger brother's writing.
dcp - Nov 14, 2021 12:35:49 pm PST #27172 of 28074
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
In Gerald Durrell's book My Family and Other Animals he describes Larry as "...designed by Providence to go through life like a small blond firework, exploding ideas in other people's minds, and then curling up with catlike unctuousness and refusing to take any blame for the consequences."
My 11-year-old self had never heard of "unctuousness," but "curling up cat-like" made enough sense to me to go on with, and I looked up the word later.
Toddson - Nov 15, 2021 6:13:04 am PST #27173 of 28074
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I remember reading Gerald Durrell's books back in my teens and laughing over them. I tried reading one of the Alexandria Quartet (my parents had all four) but didn't get it - either I was too young or there really wasn't much of a point to it. I believe his books are still in print.
Cashmere - Nov 15, 2021 9:14:34 am PST #27174 of 28074
Now tagless for your comfort.
I enjoyed Addie LaRue but I was sort of mad about the ending. I stuck with the audiobook on that one and the narrator has a lovely voice. Very Addie.
New Montague Sibling book coming out tomorrow! Shipwrecks and Scandal! It's the Goblin!
I am trying to read at least a few books from the National Book Award list so I got All that She Carried and The Legend of Auntie Po (which I LOVED).
hippocampus - Nov 15, 2021 3:11:43 pm PST #27175 of 28074
not your mom's socks.
I love Auntie Po! That’s all I’ve finished reading because it’s Grading Season and my eyeballs are a bleeding.
sumi - Nov 16, 2021 12:37:31 pm PST #27176 of 28074
Art Crawl!!!
I enjoyed All That She Carried - just the thought of something surviving the rigors of life for that long & the stories that can be told from them was amazing to me. Material culture of people who aren’t the high & the mighty just doesn’t survive often.
Cashmere - Nov 18, 2021 2:49:57 pm PST #27177 of 28074
Now tagless for your comfort.
National Book Awards were announced. Late Night at the Telegraph Club won for YA.
All That She Carried also won.