Wonderfully written. Lots of great selections in this list. Like you I heard The Hobbit read aloud and it has stuck with me for 40 years. Also like you, I don't like negative Nancy's bloviating about things they disliked in a book. I am a big fan of Mr. Rothwell's newsletter as well. In my newsletter I explore how books intersect with our lives but I am only getting started on my writing journey. Keep up the great work and thanks Mr. Crow.
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So great to find this article! Thank you.
I'm looking forward to our next meeting and sharing about the third of the books in this list I've actually read and (mainly) love - and I'm excited to now explore the next two thirds!
Thanks especially for reminders I can pick up for Nelah xxx
Great books! I really strongly disliked the Mere-Wife for a lot of reasons, but I somewhat randomly read a handful of Beowulf translations in, I think, 2019. That book grew on me tremendously since I first read it when I was thirteen.
Love this article and I have read so few of the books it makes rich picking for future ‘to be read’ piles. I have just bought ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’ for my dad (who disappeared 25 years ago and who popped up recently. I met him a couple of weeks ago. He was always an avid reader, now as much as ever. He may already have read the book but I’m into Jolabokaflod and the gifting of books on Xmas Eve so that’s what he’s getting haha). I love how passionately you write of the way books are woven into the core of who you are.
Good Omens is a classic. Think the only thing I could say I’ve read that made me laugh out loud more was Catch-22.
The story of how they wrote Good Omens just shows you the genius of those two writers
Wonderfully written. Lots of great selections in this list. Like you I heard The Hobbit read aloud and it has stuck with me for 40 years. Also like you, I don't like negative Nancy's bloviating about things they disliked in a book. I am a big fan of Mr. Rothwell's newsletter as well. In my newsletter I explore how books intersect with our lives but I am only getting started on my writing journey. Keep up the great work and thanks Mr. Crow.
So great to find this article! Thank you.
I'm looking forward to our next meeting and sharing about the third of the books in this list I've actually read and (mainly) love - and I'm excited to now explore the next two thirds!
Thanks especially for reminders I can pick up for Nelah xxx
Great books! I really strongly disliked the Mere-Wife for a lot of reasons, but I somewhat randomly read a handful of Beowulf translations in, I think, 2019. That book grew on me tremendously since I first read it when I was thirteen.
Love this article and I have read so few of the books it makes rich picking for future ‘to be read’ piles. I have just bought ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’ for my dad (who disappeared 25 years ago and who popped up recently. I met him a couple of weeks ago. He was always an avid reader, now as much as ever. He may already have read the book but I’m into Jolabokaflod and the gifting of books on Xmas Eve so that’s what he’s getting haha). I love how passionately you write of the way books are woven into the core of who you are.