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15 May 2014
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I find it difficult to concentrate these days… I’m painting and that’s it; I haven’t written a story or composed a song for a while. I can’t even read a book although I have a few (and very good ones) waiting on my shelves: a biography of Franz Kafka, a biography of Jorge Luis Borges, the “Complete Father Brown” stories… But I can’t concentrate.
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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Offline Something on your mind @Oudis?
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15 May 2014
Offline Thanks for asking @meanmistermustard. Yes, lots of troubles and uncertainties are on my mind these days… Too personal to talk about them here though…
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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I just finished reading with the kids,14 books a sorts of story
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29 August 2013
Offline The latest addition to my crazy Encyclopaedia collection which I have to try and trim one day.
It’s a shiny new Britannice 2015 Book of the Year (which of course, in the way of these things, covers the people and events of 2014; along with some timely retrospectives). They make for really interesting reading / browsing; so much happens during the year and it’s great to see it all in the one place!
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14 January 2013
Offline Rereading the Harry Potter series. Right now I’m on The Prisoner of Azkaban. Except for the final book, I have not read the series in 9/10 years. Its not that I don’t like the series, far from that. I was so obsessed with the series that I memorized the stories by heart, so I didn’t need read them over and over (for refreshing). Harry Potter was my biggest obsession next to The Beatles as a teen.
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11 November 2010
Offline I just started this:
It’s not bad. Clearly, the author has done his research. I’m only about two chapters in.
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18 March 2013
Offline ‘Fatherland’ by Robert Harris, a ‘what-if?’ novel centered in 1964 if Hitler had won World War 2.
Despite all the praise its gotten, I amn’t really into it- I’m about half-way through and I don’t feel invested in any one of the characters, oh well I’ll persevere through it 
After that I have another Hitler ‘what-if?’ novel. It’s ‘Making History’ by Stephen Fry (yes, that Stephen Fry) and it chronicles the adventure of a time traveller who kills Hitler before he can start WW2.
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18 October 2013
Offline Just skimmed through a few pages of this……..
You’re tastes are all far too erudite for me……’Books are useless. I only read one book. “To kill a Mockingbird’..and it gave me no insight whatsoever on how to kill a mockingbird!!”
‘HS’
I love Homer though….
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15 May 2014
Offline AppleScruffJunior said
‘Fatherland’ by Robert Harris, a ‘what-if?’ novel centered in 1964 if Hitler had won World War 2.Despite all the praise its gotten, I amn’t really into it- I’m about half-way through and I don’t feel invested in any one of the characters, oh well I’ll persevere through it
After that I have another Hitler ‘what-if?’ novel. It’s ‘Making History’ by Stephen Fry (yes, that Stephen Fry) and it chronicles the adventure of a time traveller who kills Hitler before he can start WW2.
@AppleScruffJunior
If you like that genre, and that topic, you might want to check “The Man in the High Castle” by Philip K. Dick. He was given the Hugo Award (the Nobel Prize of SCI-FI) in 1963 for this novel.
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
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15 May 2015
Offline Another “what if?” novel kind of revolving around WW2 which I enjoyed immensely was The King by the whimsically oddball writer Donald Barthelme. The conceit of this novel is that for some strange reason (which Barthelme, through his typically mischievous cheek, never explains), King Arthur is still alive and monarch of Great Britain at the time that it gets drawn into the Second World War.
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18 March 2013
Offline Thanks lads, they’re on the TBR list.
I’ve decided to read both at the same time, I’m enjoying Fry’s book quite a bit. Have 100 pages left in ‘Fatherland’ and I really don’t care who killed who and what’s going to happen to Martin Luther so *shrugs*.
I’ve also gotten 2 more books from the library (it’s an addiction I tell ye, not to mind the fact I’ve gotten 30+ books at home and another 2-3 books coming in from Dublin to my local library.
‘Translations’ (a play) by Brian Friel and ‘Different Seasons’ by Stephen King, a collection of novellas which some of ye might recognise:
‘Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption’
‘Apt Pupil’
‘The Body’ (later made into the film ‘Stand By Me ‘)
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Offline AppleScruffJunior said
‘Translations’ (a play) by Brian Friel and ‘Different Seasons’ by Stephen King, a collection of novellas which some of ye might recognise:‘Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption’
‘Apt Pupil’
‘The Body’ (later made into the film ‘Stand By Me ‘)
I’ve read (also informally acted in) “Translations” and I own/have read a copy of Different Seasons. “The Body” was a lot better than Stand By Me . They changed the story to be way too sappy when they made it into a film.
I finished the Beck book. Turns out that the entire last half of the book was just appendices.
Now I’ve started on this:
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Offline I’m 1/3 of the way thru ‘Tune In’ or 2/3 of the way thru ‘Tune In’ depending if you look at it as two volumes or one book.
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I’m nearing the end of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. The first 45% (thanks Kindle) is quite slow and dull, but from then on I’ve found it absolutely gripping. I’m going to revisit her others after this. Like everyone else I loved The Secret History, but never got to the end of The Little Friend.
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18 March 2013
Offline ^ I’ve heard mixed opinions on ‘The Goldfinch’, however I haven’t read any of Donna Tartt’s works before so I amn’t really the right person to pass judgement.
I have less than 100 pages left of ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker, it’s a good read and I’ve learned a bit more about life of native Africans in the early 20th century which is nice.
I’ve brought far too many books on holidays as ‘Cloud Atlas’ took me a 6 days to read, so I’ll probably get one other book finished (probably ‘Brave New World’)
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18 March 2013
Offline I’m about half-way through ‘A Woman in Berlin’ an anonymous diary of a woman living in Germany from 20th April 1945 to 22nd June 1945. It’s fascinating and wonderfully written. The author leaves no stone unturned as regards the brutal treatment that the citizens of Berlin (particularly the women) suffered as Russian soldiers took over the city. You also get a great look into the daily life of a person trying to survive by doing whatever is necessary; looting, attacking, murdering, etc.
It’s an amazing book, definitely the best that I’ve read so far this summer!
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11 November 2010
Offline I finished The Birth Of The Mind. Now I’m reading I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy.
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I just got a crapload of lovely books from the library so if I’m not on here as much in the coming days, that may be why… 
I have Obsessive Book Finishing Disorder (OBFD). When once I start a book, I find it impossible to put it down till I’ve finished it, even if it’s relatively boring… so you see how riveting books torture me. Fortunately I’m a fast reader so it shouldn’t take long to plough through my latest stack…
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Offline I’m slow reading through ‘Welcome To ‘Just A Minute” alongside ‘Tune In’. Love the radio programme, been listening to it for years and have all the surviving episodes going back to 1967.
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