Spiffingly good books
March 2012
149 posts
Day 29: Book you’re currently reading
I’m currently reading three books at the moment, The Help, Possession and The Iliad. However, like I said on my last video, it’s exam period and I only have three weeks until my first university exams commence therefore I doubt that I would have moved on from these three books before the end of my exams which is in May. That feels really depressing but I suppose reading is a sacrifice I have to make at this time of year. Just a month and a half to go and I can start reading again properly!
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First of all your blog & youtube has helped me rediscover my love for reading. That I must thank you for. Secondly if you haven’t read ‘The girl with the dragon tattoo’ by Steig Larsson already, I highly recommend it. The symmetry of dual story lines with Mikael Blomkvist & Lisbeth Salander coming into one and branching off at crucial points is quite brilliant. Finally, keep up the good work you’ve been doing!
Cheers!
Jesse Michael.
I just saw this message in my inbox but there was no reply option so pardon me publishing it on here Jesse, but I really would love to say an immense thank you for such a lovely note!
It’s such an wonderful thing to hear that I assisted someone to find their way back to books (because those little guys need all the love they can get! (: ) I haven’t started it yet but I am thoroughly looking forward to reading it, even more so now you’ve sent me a personal recommendation, thank you ever so much!
Your support really does mean a lot to me, I can’t thank you enough, I hope I maintain a decent standard for you all, I try my hardest, but please let me know if I slip!
Thank you again ever so much.
Cino xxx
Day 28: Last book you read
I shan’t be saying much on this as I have to first write my official book review for it and it shall be discussed in my next vlog, but as a brief entry for today I shall say: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is my answer for today (:
Day 27: Favourite fiction book
Well, ok, everyone knows my favourite book is a fiction book, so rather than repeating myself I think I’ll mention my favourite American fiction book, you know, so it differs from all my stereotypical responses of Evelyn Waugh and Jane Austen etc.
So, drumroll please…..
Anyway, I read this book on my last holiday, which was when I was fifteen years old, in Italy. (sadly, my family can’t afford holidays so I’ve only been on a couple in my lifetime!)
However, this shall be my holiday read for always. And holiday just happens to be my life. I literally woke up and started reading, I stopped swimming and carried on reading, I ate and read with this novel - something which I never do because I’m really conscious about eating and reading and being rude at the dinner table, but with this book I honestly couldn’t give a damn.
I wanted to name my daughter Harper after this amazing novel, but now the Beckhams have called their daughter it, they’ve ruined it for me and I can’t any more haha (:
