Loved getting to know you a bit more in this video! It’s funny how our paths have followed similar tracks and timelines-I wonder if it’s just a maturity thing, or maybe even a post-Covid reflection… Either way, it’s great to connect over shared experiences!
@@Deborahafter50 thanks Deborah. I think it might be a bit of both. For me, I’d say COVID just pushed me as it did many others methinks. Thank you once again for watching and commenting ☺️
Great post today..yes i have moments when its hard to read, happened to me last year after i finished Proust (what a story how i tackled that if your interested) currently, I got my copy of East of Eden and OMG how have i missed this book..its been through my fingers a few times over the years but its never stuck..after your review it took to flame within me and I'm loving it. Will give you some thoughts when I've finished..as for reading..I'm at my desk every morning writing and reading every single day all day until the evening..like you..retired and just read and write all day interspersed with coffee and red wine..what a tough life
I gave East of Eden to my father over the weekend and today he told me how much he loves East of Eden and we had a nice long discussion about the various characters. Yes, one of the best books I’ve read in 2024. You have got to love a life of reading and writing. It just opens up the world to us.
@@LifeLessonsFromBooks I read the first six chapters on Libby then my hard copy arrived so am currently re reading it again it's so delicious..first impression is that this is probably the best book of scene setting and world building I've read..also the controlled pace of the prose reminds me of Hemingway and Auster although Steinbeck has more colour around his sentences, Hemingway was famous for all that white space left on the page..it's definitely a timeless novel that's for sure..I'll check back in on this one when I've finished it..
It's a pleasure to follow your thoughts. Do we share similar interests? I think yes. My most recent book that I just finished yesterday was the last major work of Tolstoy: Resurrection. Have you read it and if so did you like it as much as I did? Look forward to your next video 😊. Cheers, Marianne
Thank you as always Marianne. I haven’t read Resurrection but have noted it down. At the moment I’m reading Count of Monte Cristo but the abridged version.
It's funny you threw the Mantissa against the wall since it was the same reaction a friend had when I gave her a copy of the Magus. She was frustrated with the book, but was so angry with it she had to finish it. Rage is sometimes good. Life lessons is true about books. It's like speaking to a friend who tells you what you don't want to hear but know it's the truth. Never got interested in twitter, FB, and social media beyond youtube and email. I use a flip phone. Friends have given me iphones but I use them to make videos. I don't need the added distractions. And I find I have less anxiety than those who are married to their "toys." I used to read at coffee shops but I get distracted by conversations so that ended years ago. I too read in the mornings when my concentration is strongest. Never understood the reading in bed idea. Nor reading at the beach. Who can read with so many beautiful distractions? I think Kundera, Vidal, and Fuentes would agree on the latter:)
Well I’ve got The Magus and now you’ve intrigued me to read it. Only after I finish the abridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo. 🤣 Trust me, you’re not missing anything not being in the socials. I see that after I got off them. I love the flip phone idea. I think it’s cool but this is coming from someone who still calls her friends on the phone and has hour long conversations with them. Voice calls never see their faces…
No I haven't heard of this book so I'm looking it up. ....Oooh, it's a big book and 'fairly' recently published too (I think 1989 is still recent, ha ha). I've put it down in my 'TBR' and will look out for it in my bookshop jaunts. Thank you for the recommendation. Please share here what you thought about it as I'd be interested to know.
@@LifeLessonsFromBooks that s difficult, it takes you on a journey to the 19 century with a boy and his mother. It s about classes it s about a mysterie, it absorbs you, it s a pretty big book (with small print in my case) but I couldn lay it down. I heard people that remind it of Dickens but I never read him. It s not the easiest but it s worth the journey
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Loved getting to know you a bit more in this video! It’s funny how our paths have followed similar tracks and timelines-I wonder if it’s just a maturity thing, or maybe even a post-Covid reflection… Either way, it’s great to connect over shared experiences!
@@Deborahafter50 thanks Deborah. I think it might be a bit of both. For me, I’d say COVID just pushed me as it did many others methinks. Thank you once again for watching and commenting ☺️
Great post today..yes i have moments when its hard to read, happened to me last year after i finished Proust (what a story how i tackled that if your interested) currently, I got my copy of East of Eden and OMG how have i missed this book..its been through my fingers a few times over the years but its never stuck..after your review it took to flame within me and I'm loving it. Will give you some thoughts when I've finished..as for reading..I'm at my desk every morning writing and reading every single day all day until the evening..like you..retired and just read and write all day interspersed with coffee and red wine..what a tough life
I gave East of Eden to my father over the weekend and today he told me how much he loves East of Eden and we had a nice long discussion about the various characters. Yes, one of the best books I’ve read in 2024. You have got to love a life of reading and writing. It just opens up the world to us.
@@LifeLessonsFromBooks I read the first six chapters on Libby then my hard copy arrived so am currently re reading it again it's so delicious..first impression is that this is probably the best book of scene setting and world building I've read..also the controlled pace of the prose reminds me of Hemingway and Auster although Steinbeck has more colour around his sentences, Hemingway was famous for all that white space left on the page..it's definitely a timeless novel that's for sure..I'll check back in on this one when I've finished it..
Loved hearing your thoughts on books
Thank you, much appreciated 😊
It's a pleasure to follow your thoughts. Do we share similar interests? I think yes. My most recent book that I just finished yesterday was the last major work of Tolstoy: Resurrection. Have you read it and if so did you like it as much as I did? Look forward to your next video 😊. Cheers, Marianne
Thank you as always Marianne. I haven’t read Resurrection but have noted it down. At the moment I’m reading Count of Monte Cristo but the abridged version.
It's funny you threw the Mantissa against the wall since it was the same reaction a friend had when I gave her a copy of the Magus. She was frustrated with the book, but was so angry with it she had to finish it. Rage is sometimes good.
Life lessons is true about books. It's like speaking to a friend who tells you what you don't want to hear but know it's the truth.
Never got interested in twitter, FB, and social media beyond youtube and email. I use a flip phone. Friends have given me iphones but I use them to make videos. I don't need the added distractions. And I find I have less anxiety than those who are married to their "toys." I used to read at coffee shops but I get distracted by conversations so that ended years ago. I too read in the mornings when my concentration is strongest. Never understood the reading in bed idea. Nor reading at the beach. Who can read with so many beautiful distractions? I think Kundera, Vidal, and Fuentes would agree on the latter:)
Well I’ve got The Magus and now you’ve intrigued me to read it. Only after I finish the abridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo. 🤣 Trust me, you’re not missing anything not being in the socials. I see that after I got off them. I love the flip phone idea. I think it’s cool but this is coming from someone who still calls her friends on the phone and has hour long conversations with them. Voice calls never see their faces…
Have you ever read the quincunx from Charles Palliser, I loved but it was a one time read for me. Curious what you think
No I haven't heard of this book so I'm looking it up.
....Oooh, it's a big book and 'fairly' recently published too (I think 1989 is still recent, ha ha). I've put it down in my 'TBR' and will look out for it in my bookshop jaunts. Thank you for the recommendation. Please share here what you thought about it as I'd be interested to know.
@@LifeLessonsFromBooks that s difficult, it takes you on a journey to the 19 century with a boy and his mother. It s about classes it s about a mysterie, it absorbs you, it s a pretty big book (with small print in my case) but I couldn lay it down. I heard people that remind it of Dickens but I never read him. It s not the easiest but it s worth the journey
Sounds great. Well I now know about it so will look out for it. Thank you. ☺️