Massive Book Haul - June 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- I have books coming at me from all corners of the globe brought to me by private couriers who I reward with bed and board occasionally. Flying to London at the end of this week where I plan to purchase more books. The madness never ends.
I love a good haul. I really need to get round to a John Irving, I love both Cider House Rules and The World According to Garp films so I can't imagine having a bad time,
Absolutely LOVED this entire video!! The most I have ever gotten at one time is 9 and what fun I had !! Good to have you back again.
My only justification for the self-indulgence of a book haul is that I plan to read them all. It's not much of an excuse, but it's all I've got.
By coincidence I am half way through 'The Way We Live Now' by Trollope. You'll love it. Nearly every character is awful in some way. Just great.
Solid recommendation, cheers!
Wonderful video, it’s so sweet seeing you open packages of orders you've forgotten about and then seeing the joy of recognition! I've read almost everything Eco has written, and I really recommend both The name of the rose and Foucault 's pendulum. And I've read Irving 's A widow for a year and The fourth hand, and totally agree with you, he has fallen out of fashion, but undeservedly so, he's a solid writer. I cannot wait for your review of Lee's Wharton biography (I loved it) and Amis's volume of nonfiction, it looks interesting.
I do get much joy from opening book packages. Happy to share it with you. I will start with the tiny Eco I picked up and see how it goes. Foucault's Pendulum has always sounded like too much book for my little brain.
I love the expression of glee when you open some of the packages! I read A Prayer for Owen Meany a long time ago and even though I thought it was fantastic, I never moved on to read Irving's other works. I don't know why--it sometimes happens with authors if I read what I think is their one masterpiece (Byatt's Possession and Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire). Maybe on some level I was afraid I would be let down if the other works don't measure up?
A couple of random observations: Is it just me or is there a lot of interference with the video? (Not sure I know the technical terminology, but there are a lot of "flashes" cutting into the video, especially later on.) Also, you may want to double check and make sure that the addresses on the package labels can't be read (but then again I may just be paranoid ...)
Anyway, happy reading!
My brother is an Irving completist, but I read three novels and moved on. Looking forward to coming back to The Cider House Rules.
I didn't notice the video interference until you pointed it out. I need to sort some things out with my video equipment!
Hilarious that the previous reader didn't even take out the stickie tabs 😂
Right? And I'm quite surprised that they sold it like that. I don't mind it though. Someone has done all that hard work, so why shouldn't I benefit?
Please give a hug from me to your American couriers 😉
Will do. They're moving in on Monday and spending the week!
Love John Irving-- especially Owen Meany.
I just bought Knife as I've wanted to read Salman Rushdie but am a bit intimidated by him-- do you have a good place to start?
I haven't read it yet, but I reckon "Knife" is probably as good a place as any. It's short and his non-fiction is so crisp. Novel-wise, I thought his most recent book "Victory City" does everything a Rushdie novel is supposed to do without being difficult. I would recommend also "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" as slight more accessible than some of his more forbidding work. But if you get one with any of his fiction, there is more that is worth digging into.