pickHow do you rate a classic? This was great to read aloud to my son. There were words we both had to look up and it was fun explaining some things to him. Nobody writes like that anymore!
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pickHow do you rate a classic? This was great to read aloud to my son. There were words we both had to look up and it was fun explaining some things to him. Nobody writes like that anymore!
My son saw a picture of an alien ship that resembled the one in this book. I told him about it, and how I would listen to the record (yes, actual vinyl!) every Halloween. He begged me to read it to him. We just started and I‘m having to explain some of the language to him, because let‘s face it, people don‘t write like this anymore! Plus, he‘s nine, so…he loves classics and I‘m so excited to experience this with him.
Painting of the alien invaders from War of the Worlds.
Using this again for an otherworldly prompt, this time for #aliensexist. Probably the only book I own that contains aliens (not my particular go to reading genre). #90sinjuly
I may have treated myself to a few new literary t-shirts on Mother's Day - they were on sale. The Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet tees are new! #OutofPrint
#AwesomeAudiobooks I recently started listening to audiobooks, only these five so far. All were good. #marchintoreading @RealLifeReading
#Marchintoreading #Awesomeaudiobooks Day 22
I don't generally do audiobooks. Today I tried listening to an old favourite, The War of the Worlds while I cooked dinner and the kids were busy outdoors.
I do have fond memories of long car journeys in the Australian countryside as a kid, listening to this and many other audiobooks with the family.
Thinking about starting this next. I'm afraid that since it's a very old book (1897) i might not enjoy it enough. Anyone read it? What's your opinion?
"Few people realize the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims."
My To-Read shelf. Hope i'll finish half of them by the end of the year 😅
(The first on the left is Walden, the smallest is H.G Wells' The War Of The Worlds)
so-soI'm a fan of vintage sci-fi, don't get me wrong. I grew up on the stuff and I love it. For some reason, though, reading this one again for class just killed it for me. It's certainly a better read when you allow yourself to get swept away in the fantasy of it. I think, once I let myself cool off from this sluggish reading, I'll pick it up again and actually enjoy it like I did when I was little.
Happy Birthday, H.G. Wells, born on this day, Sept 21, in 1866. #OOPquote
pickAmazing read. Gruesome but enough description to leave much to the imagination. I finished it in two days and neglected many responsibilities to do so. #litsyfeature
Finished today but I got to take the picture. This one was a good one so it deserves a great picture
A break from the daily grind finally! My job training has taken up all my free time but I managed to sneak an hour this morning to sit outside of my favorite cafe (the one right next to the library of course!) and read!
I forgot my current reading at home, but thankfully I have backup books at the boyfriend's apartment.
pickWonderful book! It was fast paced and kept me coming back for more. The ending left me ferclumpt. I was so happy when he found his wife! Overall, 9.5/10.
Enjoying some #hottea with a #goodbook on a #beautifulday
"I paced the rooms and cried aloud when I thought of how I was cut off from her [the narrators wife], of all that might happen to her in my absence."
"'What good is religion if it collapses under calamity?'" (p. 81 of the Barbes and Nobles Classics Edition)
"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely..."
"The flickering light was blinding and confusing, and a thin hail smote gustily at my face as I drove down the slope."
Up next! I 100% bought this book for the Edward Gorey illustrations and have never actually read it. 👽👽👽
