A (very long) Friday Reads for 6 December 2024

[@olofvs]

A fifty minute Friday reads? Your too generous good sir Steve!

[@greyfjr]

From A Presence of Grace to Frieda yoga = perfect! I would have happily watched at twice the length. Thanks, Steve, and yes please to a digital Weekend Reads too. Your freebie indie spotlights, plus your interviews, are always a highlight for me.

[@foreverdissenting3675]

I only read ebooks so I purchase them. Even new releases. Still cheaper than purchasing the physical version. Supporting authors is kind of important.

[@jordanparsons5703]

The record that Shakespeare knew how to write is the many plays and poems attributed to him by people of his own time! Doesn't get much more concrete than that.

[@gaildoughty6799]

This was fascinating in its scope. I especially enjoyed your enthusiasm about Flannery O’Connor. Many years ago I read a large volume of her collected letters. It was oddly riveting, and a joy to read.

[@severianconciliator1862]

I think it was Shakespear’s sister.

[@constancecampbell4610]

I love biographies, especially of creative people. Nancy Mitford’s Savage Beauty is a favorite.

[@crypsid]

I'm finally reading Herodotus (in the Tom Holland translation) and really loving it! Also reading Harkaway's Tigerman on your recommendation and it's turning out to be a special read as well.

[@ShawnMorey-sx7wm]

The doubt of the identity of who wrote Shakespeare's works would make for a good Shakespearian drama/comedy.

[@jamesholder13]

I spent my week rereading Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.

[@RyanLisbon]

Running the gamut this week/weekened Natchez Burning by Greg Iles Trust by Herman Diaz White Teeth by Zadie Smith A Little Life by Yanagihara

[@aaronfacer]

Do you think Mantel's soft spot for Cromwell has its origin in her soft spot for Wyatt?

[@watermelonman3000]

Are you aware of Alexander Waugh's (R.I.P.) work on this? All on YT.

[@carolinasiqueira752]

I'm still working on The Children of Ash and Elm and The Penguin Book of the Literature of the Japanese American Incarceration. As it turns out, babies are a real time sucker 😂

[@timg2414]

Hey steve have you read any Lawrence block.

[@metriodshine]

I'd wager he has at some point.

[@zitrandy]

I enjoy the book reviews and chat, but I think you're cute. You're a good looking man.

[@saintdonoghue]

I'm guessing your glaucoma's acting up again?

[@paulroslindale7217]

And he is modest too! 😊

[@michaelclark1811]

@@saintdonoghue youre a dreamboat steve everyones knows it

[@PhilipBaltimore-xi7du]

By the way, the biography of the 17th Earl of Oxford (which I was looking for since the '90's) by B.M. Ward has recently been republished.