Last week I found my Grandma's copy of Great Expectations gifted to her by her Dad in 1947 and today I found this beautiful copy of the same book. I've never read it but I'm so looking forward to reading it the same way my grandma did 74 years ago.
As much as war isn't my favourite genre, this prose is why I love Sebastian Faulks.
To finish off 2020, what better book to finally read than Birdsong. This is a book that has sat on my parents shelf for decades and despite having read many of Faulks' other works, I've always held off from getting to this one. I think now is the time to get stuck in to finish off my year of reading.
At the start of this year, I set myself a goal of reading a book a month over 2020 which was a pretty big step up from my usual one or two books a year! Well, we're in November and I've just finished my 12th book! I'm really proud of myself for sticking with it and smashing my goal! I've read some great books and I'm so glad I did it. I'm now looking forward to all the books I'll read in 2021. ❤️📚
My top book this year is Flowers for Algernon 🐭
panMy main problem with this book is that I don't like how the author comes across. By the end, my feelings about him were that he is narcassistic, melodramatic and generally not someone I'd want to spend any time with. His colloquial writing style is an acquired taste but as much as it suits a memoir, at times it felt unorganised and chaotic. I understand the appeal of reading this as something different and unusual but it's just not for me.
Just finished One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest and now straight onto my next book! I wanted to change it up after reading three classics in a row and next read something more modern. My next book is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers which was recommended to me from my Dad! Only just started today but this section gives me a feeling of how the rest of the book will be! Very much looking forward to it.
A lovely way to spend an autumn afternoon! My next book in my mission to read the classics is One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest. So far I'm enjoying it somewhere in between my enjoyment of To Kill a Mockingbird and Flowers for Algernon.
So far I'm really enjoying Flowers for Algernon as my next book. I've been told it's sad, but I know nothing else about it! Hoping it's a good as people say it is. 📙
Can someone tell me what I was missing in To Kill a Mockingbird? I wanted to love it because everyone knows it's a classic but I didn't enjoy it! There was so much of what felt like filler to me of Scout's daily life and so little of what I was expecting of commentary on racism. I can imagine that when it came out it must have been good, but reading it now felt like a trudge that I didn't enjoy. What am I missing?!
What a lovely way to spend a Sunday evening. A beer in one hand and a book in another! I'm currently working my way through some classics and I'm now on To Kill a Mockingbird. 📙
A Murakami haul! Two of my favourites alongside his new book I'm looking forward to settling down with.
My fourth Murakami book in two months. Looking forward to settling down with this one!
pickA beautifly written piece of work by Haruki Murakami. The transition into Murakami's signature dreamlike style is wonderful and brings to the mind questions about the soul and existence. A wonderful book I will certainly be thinking about for a long time to come.
"... but he didn't let misfortune get him down. It was like, Problem? What problem? He composed more than ever and came up with better music than anything he'd ever written. I really admire the guy. Like this 'Archduke Trio' - he was nearly deaf when we wrote it, can you believe that? What I'm trying to say is, it must be tough on you not being able to read, but there are things only you can do. That's what you have to focus on - your strengths."
