Weekly Bibliophile Therapy - February 3, 2025
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- Happy February hopefully your reaching your reading goals #books #booktube #literature #novel #recommended #classic #comics #fantasy #horrorstories #opinion #crime #scifi #tbr #weekly #poetry
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I’ve enjoyed Christopher Morley’s books. 😊🍩 a donut ring
I got Morley’s “parnassus on wheels” on my wish list. 🍩
Carrie was pretty wild. Lord of Light was also some pretty entertaining stuff, its as solid a combination of SF and F as they come. 💍
I’m so excited to see what my book club thinks about “lord of light”, I just finished it and gonna binge watch a bunch of reviews now.
Carries a classic, another example of the book being way better then the movie 💍
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Well, nice that you did your homework and read King's first book to prove your point!
You're right about wanting to change the world and having to make yourself uncomfortable. I admit I'm no revolutionary. I believe in incremental change (it did take humans until the 20th century to declare universal human rights) My Dad sometimes thinks he is however but I cannot bring myself to tell him how wrong he is.
With every great storyteller (which King is) you just gotta roll your eyes when you come to those parts. But I rather have a honest racist, than a fake ally (Neil Gaiman)
One of those true but corny sayings is : be the change that you want to see in the world
My dad thinks that the democrats will save us, so I understand how it is to see people you love be so wrong lol
I just checked out The Haunted Bookshop from my library app to read on my Kindle. It sounds very intriguing 📕 💍
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hi there, friend.
as usual, you've got a nice bunch of books for your year's tbr pile. i was very happy to see that you are going to dive into the deep (see what i did there? ;) by john crowley before you tackle little, big. i think you will enjoy the deep. i read a review somewhere (i think on goodreads) where it was compared to game of thrones. at first i thought it was nuts but the person made a good case and i could see it. much better though and, of course, much shorter too. just goes to show what a true master and wordsmith can do. you don't necessarily need a million pages to tell a complete story. please read sooner rather than later. can't wait for you to read little, big. and please don't forget engine summer. all of crowley's early stuff is amazing. enjoy!
good luck with your book club and lord of light. don't feel bad about someone dropping out. not every book is for everyone. still, it's a shame they wouldn't try it. my own book club has only two rules and the first one is that we want to read books we normally wouldn't pick up so that we can grow as readers. if you only every read the same kind of books, then you might be missing some amazing stuff. amirite?
good for you for reading both translations of lispector's story. as you know, the hour of the star is one of my top books. ever. when my brother went to brazil some years ago, i asked him to pick up a copy of the hour of the star in its original language and he brought me back a copy. i am a native spanish speaker and can speak and read french as well so portuguese isn't too difficult to figure out and brazilian portuguese is even easier to decode. all this is to say that i read and compared both english translations against the original. now, i'm not a translator but i do know something about literature. i will stick by my original stance: i.e. if i had to pick one translation, then i would choose to read the giovanni pontiero one. 'nuff said!
your discussion of carrie made me think of what the outlaw bookseller says about genre. he says there are only three genres: realism, fantasy (the supernatural), and science fiction. according to him, horror isn't a genre. let me see if i can find the quote from him....here it is: "'Horror', as I've said, can be SF, Fantasy or Realism, being a bricolage of all these Genres, using them as a toolkit to achieve its aims." it's an interesting way to look at it and, who knows, he might just be correct about that. something to think about
you piqued my interest with the haunted bookshop. it looks like my library has a copy so i've requested it. hopefully, i'll have time to read it. glad to hear that it's a slim volume though goodreads does tell me that it is the second book in a series....
at some point, i REALLY have to read tarzan. i'm just saying!
ah, jonathan livingstone seagull...i read that about 40 years ago and remember liking it. but that's about all
congratulations on finishing the lord of the rings. i don't care what the outlaw bookseller says. i love it! if i may offer some advice.....pick up a copy of the silmarillion which gives much of the background of the world/universe of arda (middle-earth) BUT don't read it all in one go. it's best read one chapter at a time as if they were short stories. it's the perfect way to read it because it gives each story the chance to stay in your mind for a few days so you can mull it over. you've been reading short stories and this, imho, would be the right way to read the silmarillion. be prepared to be absolutely blown away. talk about world building! you've read the story of the war of the ring but the war of the jewels was just as amazing and, honestly, even more so. what a treat awaits you!
too much coffee is always amazing. thanks as always
okay, enjoy the rest of your week and good luck with your book club. let us know what your group will be reading next. i'm curious
until next time...
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hi friend
very interesting about comparing Crowley and GRRM, martin really did lift a lot from other writers almost criminally so. i totally agree about not needing 800p to tell a good story. cant wait to see what Crowley has to offer
It sucked that i lost a member of my book club (hopefully only 1 meeting) but you're right! you never know what you will like till you give it an honest shot. i just finished Lord of Light and man the stuff you get on a reread that you didnt get on the first read through is outstanding, and after my reread of stars my destination and LOTR i truly get why people say you never read a book till you reread it.
As a newbie in trying different translators i trust your opinion about Pontiero being the better translator. maybe you being an expert on poetry (lispector is very poetic) and how words flow together helps you find those lil details that still go over my head. It's very cool you got to read the original i hear thats truly the only way to get the full experience.
thats a great quote from the OutLaw, i think he has the same opinion on historical fiction, "who decided when it becomes history" i believe he said, ill keep that toolbox quote in my back pocket for my book club.
ill take your advice on reading the Silmarillion as a short story collection, as you know i dont usually read books in chunks at a time but doing so with the LOTR was a great way to really think about what i read but i also think it helped that i already knew the story and was looking and paying attention to not just the main story? please pick up Tarzan at least the first 2 books as they should just be one 400p book
im gonna bring a few books for my club to pick from but im hoping they will choose concrete island by Ballard so we can try some new wave SF and see what they think. or Inverted World by (another one of the Outlaws favorites) Chris Priest
Have a great week , cheers💍