so-soThis was the novella that inspired the film Eyes Wide Shut. I've seen the film several times, and had trouble getting it out of my head. Either way, the film was better.
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so-soThis was the novella that inspired the film Eyes Wide Shut. I've seen the film several times, and had trouble getting it out of my head. Either way, the film was better.
#2025Book37
And all at one those insignificant events were imbued, magically and painfully, with the deceptive glow of neglected opportunities.
pickA strange little book about a woman who is left stranded with a dog when a glass wall comes down out of nowhere and kills everything on the other side. Apparently. She writes down the first two years of her life there and that‘s all we know. And she has to take full responsibility for every aspect of her life as she‘s out in the hills somewhere. There‘s no conversation because there‘s nobody to talk to. Imagine living like that?
pickI assumed this was a new release when @Hooked_on_books and others were reading it for a recent prize longlist, but no it‘s a translation from the original German written in the 60‘s.
A woman wakes after a night alone in her family‘s hunting lodge to find that an invisible wall separates the property from the town. She is alone with a cow, a dog, and a cat, and apparently everyone else in the world is dead? ⬇️
I'm not particularly enjoying the artwork in this graphic memoir so far, but I did spot an Italy!
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Goonies never say die! Thank you for the birthday gifts @Hooked_on_books ! The glass is perfect, so cool that you remember my favorite movie. I just read that it released 40 years ago this week.
All of the books sound great, and I‘m faced with the dilemma once again of what to read first! Seeing that you chose The Wall as the winner of a recent award makes me lean towards it.
Thank you Holly! (Happy to see Powell‘s stickers, glad you‘re back)
pickA woman visiting the Alps one day discovers an invisible wall. No other people seem to be trapped on her side, so we move forward into a story of her efforts to survive. This definitely shares some DNA with I Who Have Never Known Men and On the Constellation of Volume. I found it riveting.
Best of 2024 for me. If I had to pick just 1 it‘s the tagged book (I think! 🤣)
pickMeet my son‘s new kitten Earl.
Well this book was extrordinary, profound and devastating.
Basically it‘s about the last woman alive who could just lie down and give up but refuses too as she has a cow, dog, bull and some cats to look after. She struggles through everyday for them. Her family now.
Even though her future is bleak and uncertain the book is contemplative and beautiful too. It‘s a book that I will think about often.
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