tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post8724032437234147769..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: Spin Me Right Round, BabyStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-23984007144204091712016-03-07T01:14:28.022-06:002016-03-07T01:14:28.022-06:00Well, that wasn't my original intention. I was...Well, that wasn't my original intention. I was just stacking books and all of a sudden there it was! I am trying to be more structured though. But I do need room to be creative, so although I know my next two non-fiction (one I started yesterday) and probably know the two after that... I'm not sure about the two after that... [grin]. Keeps things a bit more... open.<br /><br />Think I saw the Patrick Stewart MD ages ago.... probably. Seen several versions over the years. It's an iconic story after all.<br /><br />Oh, and a rather significant book (by H G Wells no less) dropped onto my mat a few days ago. Until very recently I had no idea of its existence. Don't you love it when that happens?CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-32907222389413143452016-03-06T22:50:57.447-06:002016-03-06T22:50:57.447-06:00My moods change too swiftly for that much planning...My moods change too swiftly for that much planning! I'm pretty sure I'll read Moby this year, though. If I want to go forward in American lit at all, but follow a roughly chronological pattern, it's unavoidable. <br /><br />Have you seen the Patrick Stewart version of Moby-Dick?Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-67099539013468132892016-03-06T03:10:04.770-06:002016-03-06T03:10:04.770-06:00I know it's only March (already!) but I think ...I know it's only March (already!) but I think I've pretty much got my fiction reading planned for the rest of the year... in a moment of weakness I started piling books into sections and there it was - a years worth. So Moby Dick will be 2017 at the earliest. I am, however, planning a series of 10 books made into movies later (say around the summer) and am playing with the idea of reading a few non-fiction that have also made it to the silver screen including 'Bridge of Spies' and 'In the Heart of the Sea' which were two of my favourite films for quite some time. So I'll kind of be reading Moby Dick - almost! CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-11328304793043090832016-03-05T23:31:39.664-06:002016-03-05T23:31:39.664-06:00Are you taking it on this year? Are you taking it on this year? Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-51984524584967716252016-03-04T23:21:55.308-06:002016-03-04T23:21:55.308-06:00My copy of Moby Dick (conveniently located as it h...My copy of Moby Dick (conveniently located as it has been ready to be added to my TBR database for over 6 months sitting right next to me) is a mere 583 pages. Last weekend I finished a 688 page history of Prussia and yesterday polished off a 466 page history of mankind. Moby Dick is probably a 2 week read - tops.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-70279165464982877682016-03-04T20:43:53.997-06:002016-03-04T20:43:53.997-06:00@CyberKitten: I imagine Moby consitutes a TBR pile...@CyberKitten: I imagine Moby consitutes a TBR pile all by itself!<br /><br />@R.T. Hopefully not too much so -- I'll wince if the spin gives me a Thousand and One Nights or Moby Dick, but it's only a 1 in 10 shot for either of those. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-60667035174488191892016-03-04T08:59:37.233-06:002016-03-04T08:59:37.233-06:00Egads! You are ambitious! I will sit back and watc...Egads! You are ambitious! I will sit back and watch (with envy) as you read and discuss the titles on your list. If I weren't so damned old -- knock, knock, knocking at Heaven's door -- I'd sign on to a similar challenge; however, the rule against buying green bananas is a metaphor for not joining reading challenges. RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-60705104036128848932016-03-04T08:38:05.306-06:002016-03-04T08:38:05.306-06:00Read 2: 7 & 16. Got 5: 2, 3, 10, 17 & 19.Read 2: 7 & 16. Got 5: 2, 3, 10, 17 & 19.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com