merv
Nick Nack
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Post by merv on Jul 26, 2023 21:10:59 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 1, 2023 2:20:13 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 3, 2023 21:19:38 GMT
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. I had wanted to read some old style “boys’ adventure” books, but my local library did not have most of them. They are particularly lacking in Jules Verne. I had my little heart set on “Journey To The Center Of The Earth,” but n-o-o-o-o. Anyway, I am about one-third of the way through and just finished the Jim Hawkins In The Apple Barrel chapter and really enjoying it.
Since the 1970s, books like the fiction I was trying to find have been slowly phased out of the children’s departments of public libraries in favor of the “case study” novel, stories about challenges that young folk may face, like “Bridge to Terabithia” about having a friend who dies – and, of course – increasingly, fantasy and science fiction, especially the dystopian future novels. I guess they are fine if they help establish a reading habit.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Aug 5, 2023 4:21:15 GMT
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
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Post by theravenking on Aug 6, 2023 12:41:04 GMT
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Post by yggdrasil on Aug 6, 2023 13:26:18 GMT
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. I had wanted to read some old style “boys’ adventure” books, but my local library did not have most of them. They are particularly lacking in Jules Verne. I had my little heart set on “Journey To The Center Of The Earth,” but n-o-o-o-o. Anyway, I am about one-third of the way through and just finished the Jim Hawkins In The Apple Barrel chapter and really enjoying it. Since the 1970s, books like the fiction I was trying to find have been slowly phased out of the children’s departments of public libraries in favor of the “case study” novel, stories about challenges that young folk may face, like “Bridge to Terabithia” about having a friend who dies – and, of course – increasingly, fantasy and science fiction, especially the dystopian future novels. I guess they are fine if they help establish a reading habit. You can probably download all the classics on archive.org/
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 11, 2023 18:37:03 GMT
I am 3 pages into H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."
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Post by spiderwort on Aug 13, 2023 23:09:32 GMT
I'm re-reading "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neal Hurston.
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Post by theravenking on Aug 17, 2023 11:04:43 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 19, 2023 17:59:27 GMT
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Post by Vassaggo on Aug 25, 2023 0:59:37 GMT
Just something for shits and giggles while I pick out another.
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 25, 2023 21:06:05 GMT
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Aug 28, 2023 16:05:28 GMT
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
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merv
Nick Nack
Posts: 171
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Post by merv on Aug 31, 2023 0:52:30 GMT
Finished Danse Macabre...it wasn't as enjoyable as I'd hoped. I think it being pop culturally relevant but being over 40 years old has something to do with it. A lot of the conversation about the potential of horror films and tv doesn't relate as well today as it probably did in 1980. Its also a bit of a ramble. But Im glad I read it.
Up Next: Either Summer Night by Jim Butcher or Heart and Steel by Bill Cowher and Michael Holley...maybe both.
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Post by yggdrasil on Aug 31, 2023 11:36:13 GMT
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