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Tag: classics
famous books I haven’t read
Every self-respecting bookworm seems to have read these books. I am both self-respecting and a bookworm ... and I haven't. Ah, paradoxes. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen I've watched the black and white Laurence Olivier Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 BBC series, the 2005 film, 'Lost in Austen' and 'Austenland'. I have never read… Continue reading famous books I haven’t read
Beowulf and I are at loggerheads.
Beowulf has kicked me to the reading curb. Or rather, Tolkien's commentary on it has - which is one part fascinating and two parts here-lemme-gouge-my-eyes-out. Some things are easy to read in the early mornings. Other things aren't. It's isn't that I'm lacking in intelligence [well ...] it's just that some things are not meant for… Continue reading Beowulf and I are at loggerheads.
Books and Monstrosities [February’s Flutters]
I can't spell February. It's a really awkward word and is off my 'what I'll name children/pets/inanimate objects' list. (Rejoice, Future Thingies! I've spared you a lifetime of misspellings!) Also: I'm sorry, but this post is a little long. I planted the seeds and boom! the words just leapt upwards. books read The Huntress of… Continue reading Books and Monstrosities [February’s Flutters]
Recountings: Musketeers (and trifles)
My second readolution is finished. The Three Musketeers was a hybrid read - I read about a third of it in paperback and finished the rest in ebook format. I know, I know. How terrible of me. I feel no guilt. I have loosely watched the BBC adaption of The Three Musketeers and so had… Continue reading Recountings: Musketeers (and trifles)
of words & books 