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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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Offline ‘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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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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29 August 2013
Offline 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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18 March 2013
Offline 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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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:
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.
Still on Vanity Fair 
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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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Offline Silly Girl said
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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Offline 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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Offline “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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Offline 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.
