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10 August 2015
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I WAS going to read a Gaiman/Pratchett book I received for my B’day, but my middle child “borrowed” it.

I may see it again next year sometime.

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11 August 2015
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‘Vanity Fair’ by William Makepeace Thackeray, it’s a massive book 650ish pages and it has very small text so it’ll take a bit before I’ve finished it. I’m at page 98 at the moment and nothing has really happened but I’m enjoying it so far, I like Thackeray’s writing style and some of the comments he makes to the reader are quite funny. 

 

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13 August 2015
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I waded through that at university. I don’t get on with a lot of Victorian literature that was written in instalments before being compiled into a single book. I tend to think they could benefit from a good editor.

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Well, now that I finally made a decision on what book to read (after failing to enjoy Journey to the Center of The Earth), I’m reading Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

13 August 2015
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Just cracked “Rock & Roll: An Unruly History” by Robert Palmer (the music critic, not the singer)

13 August 2015
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Joe said
I waded through that at university. I don’t get on with a lot of Victorian literature that was written in instalments before being compiled into a single book. I tend to think they could benefit from a good editor.

I would agree, except that I love the works of Dickens.

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13 August 2015
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Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon

Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.

         

16 August 2015
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Joe said
I waded through that at university. I don’t get on with a lot of Victorian literature that was written in instalments before being compiled into a single book. I tend to think they could benefit from a good editor.

 

I’m still slowly getting through it- almost at page 200 I think (?). I agree with you on your Victorian lit. opinion- although I am quite a fan of Thomas Hardy whose works were nearly all serialised.

 

For those who have read Steinbeck, I was wondering which should I read first:

East of Eden 

or

The Grapes of Wrath

I loved ‘Of Mice And Men’ but I’m edging slightly towards EOE because then I can watch the film-adaptation with James Dean and that would be my last Dean film to watch then.

 

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AppleScruffJunior said

Joe said
I waded through that at university. I don’t get on with a lot of Victorian literature that was written in instalments before being compiled into a single book. I tend to think they could benefit from a good editor.

 

I’m still slowly getting through it- almost at page 200 I think (?). I agree with you on your Victorian lit. opinion- although I am quite a fan of Thomas Hardy whose works were nearly all serialised.

 

For those who have read Steinbeck, I was wondering which should I read first:

East of Eden 

or

The Grapes of Wrath

I loved ‘Of Mice And Men’ but I’m edging slightly towards EOE because then I can watch the film-adaptation with James Dean and that would be my last Dean film to watch then.

Or you could watch the equally brilliant film of TGoW and start on a Henry Fonda kick!

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I recently read this in a weekend:

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1,339 Quite Interesting Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin.

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18 August 2015
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I recently read this in a weekend:

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1,339 Quite Interesting Facts To Make Your Jaw Drop by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin.

Oh I used to love QI, I don’t watch it half as often as I should but from 12-16 I used to watch it religiously, nearly everyday. 

 

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22 August 2015
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I finished I Am Spock.  Now I’m reading this:

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Last Train To Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick.

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I’m about to begin reading the events of 1962 in ‘Tune In’. Well the next time i pick up the book.

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23 August 2015
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I promised myself to read The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.  Just beginning…

http://www.gutenberg.org/files…../131-h.htm

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28 August 2015
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Recently read a good deal of historical fiction about the Tudor era, which fascinates me. 

Currently reading a graphic novel version of Pride and Prejudice; it’s interesting to see how the novel was translated over to the comic book format. 

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Beatles (- Ringo, + Pete) just did their session at Decca and are about to sign their contract with Brian. Yip, still reading ‘Tune’. 

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Recently read a good deal of historical fiction about the Tudor era, which fascinates me. 

Currently reading a graphic novel version of Pride and Prejudice; it’s interesting to see how the novel was translated over to the comic book format. 

There are some great (and not so great) examples of this.

I like The Hobbit graphic novel I have. Even music gets a look-in; with an interesting adaptation of Neil Young’s Greendale in my collection.

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28 August 2015
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I grew up in Smallville…Gotham….and Central City. I loved Desperate Dan too. Comics got me reading but I have trouble reading graphic novels these days. Perhaps as a kid I relied on the pictures for meaning and loved the visuals too. Now i just want the words and form the pictures in my mind.

Another sign of old age.

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“Another sign of old age.”

Or just changed tastes. I’m approaching venerable as well but still love my comics and movies based on them.

But then I’m just a big kid at heart; which has its pluses and minuses.

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Wigwam said
I grew up in Smallville…Gotham….and Central City. I loved Desperate Dan too. Comics got me reading but I have trouble reading graphic novels these days. Perhaps as a kid I relied on the pictures for meaning and loved the visuals too. Now i just want the words and form the pictures in my mind.

Another sign of old age.

For anyone that likes historical fiction ‘Flashman Papers’ ………..Not for the politically correct…
 

Here is a historical story that features comic books.

https://youtu.be/52nwiTs7bk8

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