My Christmas #bookhaul - interesting that my family ignores the practical kitchen stuff on my wishlist and gave me books. 😆
May your Christmas (if you celebrate) be merry, bright, and book-filled. If you don‘t celebrate, may your Monday be…well, book-filled!
pick(1954) Hm. Something scary relevant about a dystopian society ruled by anti-science populists ...
There are really two books here: one a thriller about a group of outlawed scientists trying to escape Earth for for a trip to the stars and a long shot at starting over again, this time with less superstition and hate. The second book is an exploration of their new world. Pace is uneven, but it kept me engaged.
panFirstly, the ending was so frustrating that I actually threw this book away (onto grass so all is well). I really enjoyed the way Gogol breaks the 4th wall and adds his own personality onto the descriptions, yet the ending of this book is full of incomplete sentences and an entirely missing section which is where the chaos built up was supposed to unfold. I‘m upset right now - maybe I‘ll think differently when I‘m a bit calmer. What do you think?
#poetrymatters
@TheSpineView
#sorrow
Lord Byron added an additional stanza that he never published. Wonder why?
🤔🤣😉 Here's the (not-published) last stanza:
Then—fare thee well—Fanny—
Now doubly undone—
To prove false unto many—
As faithless to One—
Thou art past all recalling
Even would I recall—
For the woman once falling
Forever must fall.
[The poem was about Byron's failed affair with Lady Frances Webster.)
Not just a quote, but it's my favorite on the subject of #regret.
#InQuotes
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Book Sorting score - four Modern Libraries WITH JACKETS, that I didn't already own.
I say when you find a Norton critical edition & you love getting lost in all the footnotes, get it !
#NortonCriticalEdition
Of course it's 100% normal to listen to the reading of Keats magnificent To Autumn, while having autumn mix. 🍂
