I finally got around to listening to Hugh Laurie reading Three Men in a Boat, and then realized it was very abridged so I found an e-book copy and read that and now am listening to Willis’s To Say Nothing of the Dog. I thing I’m going to revisit the whole Oxford Tome Travel series. I pretty much read them as they came out, so big gaps in between, and while they are pretty memorable I suspect a binge would be rewarding.
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
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."
-t - Mar 04, 2023 5:13:21 pm PST #27580 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
meara - Mar 04, 2023 8:22:57 pm PST #27581 of 28095
I feel I need to read three men in a boat sometime to really get To Say Nothing of the Dog, though I’ve enjoyed it without having ever done that. Maybe the cliff notes.
-t - Mar 04, 2023 9:45:55 pm PST #27582 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Three Men in a Boat is a quick read and pretty amusing. I do wonder how someone ends up being named Jerome K Jerome. That’s slightly more boggling than William Carlos Williams, even.
DavidS - Mar 04, 2023 10:18:08 pm PST #27583 of 28095
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Three Men in a Boat is a quick read and pretty amusing. I do wonder how someone ends up being named Jerome K Jerome. That’s slightly more boggling than William Carlos Williams, even.
Catch-22 features a character named Major Major Major Major and only the first one is his military rank.
-t - Mar 05, 2023 7:15:07 am PST #27584 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It also mentions how that happened!
Toddson - Mar 06, 2023 12:18:49 pm PST #27585 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Don't know if this qualifies as "literary," but there's a book on sale called Girly Drinks. It's about women and booze - making it, drinking it, etc.
Calli - Mar 07, 2023 8:01:27 am PST #27586 of 28095
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I have The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles' latest, on my iPad, but I have to work all day. This is wrong, and I would like to lodge a complaint.
-t - Mar 07, 2023 8:46:44 am PST #27587 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Work getting in the way of reading is the worst. Bookblockers.
Toddson - Mar 07, 2023 10:26:48 am PST #27588 of 28095
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Yes, I checked my e-books earlier and there it was! still have to work ... have a zoom call at 2:00 and will have to spend most of tomorrow in a staff meeting.
Cashmere - Mar 11, 2023 11:26:08 am PST #27589 of 28095
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles' latest, on my iPad, but I have to work all day. This is wrong, and I would like to lodge a complaint.
I hope you've been enjoying it. She got a new narrator for the audiobook and it's fantastic!