Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

John Banville's By The Sea has three timelines which are entwined in such a way that I never felt lost.

That is the most difficult thing to do. Many writers try it, few pull it off well.

 

[RoyalChick]

As a comedy it's hysterical. All that teenage hysterical, melodramatic angst.

I can totally see it and it is making me feel better about the play. Maybe that was Shakespeare's intent all along.

 

[BY Bob]

Despite all the side tracking I do still keep chickens!

Let's all bury her!
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I love it,

Somehow I feel responsible for all this book talk. I owe you something chicken related.

How about a lost photo, that I recently found, of the greatest hen ever with Patsy and Lilly enjoying some baked corn on a January day. Will that make up for it?

 

[BY Bob]

Life's too short to read bad books! If I feel I really must know what happens [rare if it's that bad] I just read the ending & skip everything else. I know, I know, I'm terrible. Bad habit or not an ending will often tell you if the rest is worthwhile. @MaryJanet: Have you read any Tracy Chevalier?

I have another friend that will read the ending of a book before she buys it. I never understood that. The worst ending to any novel I ever read was the ending to The Natural. I was so let down. The movie fixed that. If I had read the ending first I would have never read the book.

I guess I just feel that the author put a lot of effort into creating their work and I owe them the respect of reading it as they intended. Usually there is something enjoyable in a book even if it isn't a great one.

 

[BY Bob]

We did "Macbeth" and "Hamlet" no romances or comedies for us!

Hamlet and King Lear here. Very high on the depressing scale.

 

[BY Bob]

I read all of those except Brave New World, a couple more we read was Bridge to Terabithia and Slaughterhouse 5.

Now those are some "happy" books! Yikes!

 

[BY Bob]

Good evening folks

Good morning Bob.

 

[BY Bob]

My eyes get very tired very quickly these days.

I just got my new glasses yesterday. My eyes were so bad I could no longer read with my glasses on despite the bifocal. It took months in the days of Covid for them to be made.

I'm going to start reading something for pleasure again. I just need to choose something.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I read all of those except Brave New World, a couple more we read was Bridge to Terabithia and Slaughterhouse 5.

Bridge to Terabithia is one of my all time favorites!!

 

[LozzyR]

Now those are some "happy" books! Yikes!

I seem to remember Slaughterhouse 5 not being too bad despite the name.