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@librarian1701-D 6 сағат бұрын

A refreshing take on Dickens novels ranked! I appreciate your thoughts. I never thought about a 'name' title, but i think I'm the opposite, 🙃 I'm more drawn to them in order to find out more about the person! I'm just starting out reading his novels after several decades! So I"m trying to decide where to start and after this, I think I won't start with Great Expectations ..as i had expected to 😊 Still haven't decided. I got a few from used bookshop including edward drood.. but didn't know that he never finished it.. so that will prob be the last one i read. Thanks for your thoughts!

@RelishBooks Сағат бұрын

Good luck! I hope you like them!

@fabriziov816 18 сағат бұрын

I agree with you. It feels like an authentic story and you can easily get into it and all the horrifying things about war

@smritiagarwal4534 2 күн бұрын

I would recommend Anxious People By Fredrick Backman. It's a lovely book with memorable characters who will stay with you forever

@RelishBooks 2 күн бұрын

Thanks, I’ll check it out!

@smritiagarwal4534 4 күн бұрын

Totally agree with your thoughts on her writing and language style 💯

@smritiagarwal4534 4 күн бұрын

Wonderful background ❤

@RelishBooks 3 күн бұрын

Thanks 😊

@smritiagarwal4534 8 күн бұрын

A good detailed review. However, if you could shorten the length of book reviews up to approximately 15 minutes, it would be great

@AaronReadABook 10 күн бұрын

P.G. Wodehouse is cozy to me, hilarious and not very serious but a master of the English language at the same time! The Inimitable Jeeves would be my recommendation. Or maybe someone like Barbara Pym, and as someone else commented, Agatha Christie!

@RelishBooks 8 күн бұрын

@@AaronReadABook Thanks! I’ve only read a tiny bit of PG. Wodehouse’s work, I definitely want to try more.

@dope1725 11 күн бұрын

My favorite Bradbury story. I dig the Green Machine. Gumport Falls salesman😊

@RelishBooks 10 күн бұрын

I love the Green Machine too 😊

@Paromita_M 11 күн бұрын

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is an all-time favourite of mine. Such excellent writing. My comfort read is Agatha Christine's books. Try The Mysterious Affair At Styles maybe. Hercule Poirot is such an endearing character.

@RelishBooks 11 күн бұрын

I do love Agatha Christie. I’ve read most of the Poirot and Miss Marple books, but she still has a bunch of others that I want to read. 😊

@ammrshfz 11 күн бұрын

thank you Relish!! i will add The Complete Works of O. Henry to my TBR. Relish check out Ray Bradbury's books "Dandelion Wine" or "The Illustrated Man". The latter being a collection of short stories. you will like bradbury's writing.

@RelishBooks 11 күн бұрын

Dandelion Wine is one of my all-time favorites! 😊

@matthewsims9469 11 күн бұрын

About halfway through Bleak House, haven't read it since grad school, trying to finish but its tough

@RelishBooks 11 күн бұрын

It has rough patches, but I promise it’s worth it!

@insearchofwonder 14 күн бұрын

Love all the books and the first two movies! I agree with you about the changes they made being good for a movie adaptation. But i also love the books as they are. I love almost everything about them except i wish there was more of Gilbert.

@RelishBooks 13 күн бұрын

I completely agree! I think the books are great as books and the movies great as movies, while still giving many of the same feelings and values. I think the movies brought those values out a little better, which is why I lean towards preferring them. :)

@stst77 16 күн бұрын

I think Florence is a VERY real character of a child starved for love and therefore cannot fully develop in all her emotions and character. She CAN’T allow herself to show anger or any negative emotion lest she will displease someone and be unloved. She is the image of every abused child that looks perfect on the outside but is crying on the inside and so hungry and starving for love that she becomes apologetic for anything and everything that has no reason to be apologized for and becomes a people pleaser. Abused children often become like Florence or the other extreme like the angry, bitter, hardhearted, vengeful Alice and Edith. An abused or neglected child can go either way. Dickens showed both. There are many Florences in this world. If you see someone who is too perfect, it’s very possible they were neglected or abused as children. Being perfect is their only way to survive in life.

@RelishBooks 15 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Maybe it’s just because I feel that my own reaction would tend more towards anger that makes it hard for her character to feel real to me. It’s hard to understand when a character reacts to things in a way that we as the reader can’t imagine.

@stst77 15 күн бұрын

@@RelishBooks and that’s the beauty of books isn’t it, books let you get inside and see people that normally we wouldn’t associate with so we can’t relate to. For example, I can’t relate to Mr. Dombey’s feelings yet after reading the book I thought, “wow, there are people that really think that way “. It’s hard to relate to but there is so much value in opening the door of our minds to see how other minds think and relate in this world. All the characters are fictional yet each of them reflect real people even Florence!

@AaronReadABook 20 күн бұрын

I much prefer physical books and never really did audiobooks till this year. I enjoy an audiobook when I'm walking or running but I can't listen to anything too complicated. I think the better the writing the more I want to read it physically as it's much easier to sort of wallow in the language, your eyes can pass back over a sentence much easier than your ears, so I tend to stick to quite easy stuff for audio.

@RelishBooks 19 күн бұрын

I completely agree!

@smritiagarwal4534 20 күн бұрын

Helpful review. Will definitely read her works. I have an immense liking for a good writing style.

@Tolstoy111 21 күн бұрын

Fiction that is about its own material form like Faulkner or Pynchon can be tough to merely listen to. The best narrated audiobook I’ve ever heard is Michael C. Hall reading Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary”.

@toddbelanger1923 21 күн бұрын

Physical books 100%...total agree with ALL your points...and yet I still love a good audio book here and there...they definitely have there place too..😊

@RyanReadsGreek 21 күн бұрын

Sounds very interesting, and I like how you speculate on the underlying theme with your review.

@RelishBooks 21 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@sheanag84 21 күн бұрын

😊

@malouasounds 22 күн бұрын

Erich Maria Remarque was a German author. This is an anti-war novel (not a war novel), and what makes this book special is that, unlike most books that deal with this topic, there are no actual heroes in the story. And that was chosen very deliberately.

@AaronReadABook 28 күн бұрын

I love All Quiet on The Western Front, I read it maybe 15 years ago and it's still very vivid. You've read some greatbooks this year! I read Cranford and North and South last year and they are so different but both wonderful.

@RelishBooks 26 күн бұрын

I’m hoping to read North and South later this year. 😊

@79derikh Ай бұрын

AQOWF is my next read

@RelishBooks Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!