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Jul 2019
10:07pm, 23 Jul 2019
18,254 posts
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Columba
Resumed Karamazov.
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Jul 2019
10:11pm, 23 Jul 2019
40,576 posts
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McGoohan
I finished Restless (Boyd) and mostly loved it. The ending was a bit weak and in retrospect I think that is one of Boyd's failings - I don't think he always manages a very satisfying ending. Not much to it at the end of the day other than: 'Spies, eh? Can't trust em.' which isn't that big a revelation.
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Jul 2019
10:13pm, 23 Jul 2019
40,577 posts
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McGoohan
Now I'm playing at Daz the Slug as I have two books on the go, both classics from my Big Pile O'Unread Classics that have been waiting a while.
Calvino's If On A Winter's Night A Traveller
and
Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie
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Jul 2019
9:12am, 24 Jul 2019
113,476 posts
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GregP
IOAWNAT is one of those books I loved so much back in the day that I refuse to read it in case I don’t love it anymore- see also particularly Secret History (seems several of us feel that way about it), Snow Falling on Cedars, Pilgerman and probably many others. Earthly Powers. Ancient Evenings.
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Jul 2019
9:37am, 24 Jul 2019
40,586 posts
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McGoohan
Only about 30 pages into IOAWNAT and enjoying it so far...
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Jul 2019
9:47am, 24 Jul 2019
113,482 posts
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GregP
I recall *absolutely* loving it, but I can't remember anything about it except I found it strangely comforting.
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Jul 2019
9:48am, 24 Jul 2019
40,589 posts
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McGoohan
There's one section I want to quote verbatim - I think Dio would like it - it's like one of his blogs. I'll see if I can dig it out online. (It's about choosing a book in a bookshop when you already have a pile of unread books at home.)
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Jul 2019
10:11am, 24 Jul 2019
113,490 posts
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GregP
If you end up loving it as much as I remember loving it we should make it an official unofficial group book.
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Jul 2019
10:14am, 24 Jul 2019
38,757 posts
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Diogenes
Calvino is one of those writers I've always meant to read but never quite got around to.
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Jul 2019
10:18am, 24 Jul 2019
40,592 posts
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McGoohan
There are another two of his (Invisible Cities and Our Ancestors) in my TBR pile but I thought I'd go for the 'famous' one first.
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