pick22-3 Feb 25
One of Polly‘s IB literature book so quickly read whilst she was home for the weekend. It was fun and frivolous. I believe I saw the opera 20 years ago. All a bit silly and I now realise I probably should have read The Barber of Seville first.
In February and March, I‘m reading Swann‘s Way with a few bookish friends. I love hearing everyone‘s comments each week. We are reading the Lydia Davis translation and just made it to the halfway point. Proust‘s meandering thoughts are beautiful, but exhausting at times. I love having a chance to savor his words and reflect on them each week instead of rushing through it.
In graphic novel form. https://nbmpub.com/products/bonjour-tristesse
I‘m pretty sure I read this years ago. It is good to have a copy.
The joy of the second-hand book. 😆 Up till now it's been a few little X's in the margin.
Started this #audiobook today for #SHPL Victorian Book Club.
Super happy #SimonVance is narrating! It makes me feel like I‘m supporting him even as he‘s trying to rebuild after the California fires took his house.
Tomorrow, it will be three weeks since the funeral. It was only the day before yesterday that I overcame the fear of writing 'My mother died' on a blank sheet of paper...
pickThis is a dark story, and although I appreciated it, it did not have the same impact on me as the other Zola novels I‘ve read. In this story of lust and guilt, there were strong feelings of dread, but I didn‘t really have any sympathy for the characters due to their choices.
#1001books #audiobook
so-soI chose this book because I wanted to read something controversial and provocative. Unfortunately, Submission did not live up to my expectations. The book mostly (re-) tells the life story and struggles of two characters: the narrator, a fictional French university professor, and the actual author Huysmans. Overall, a too overly academic story for my taste.
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