Have to say that Dickens was never high up on my reading radar, but the PW/PW (Pickwick/PeeWee) parallel just knocked him up a few notches. Love how that leads into the Grey Bees book which sounds like an excellent read, so I'll be adding that to my list! I just finished The Bone People by Keri Hulme, which has been on my shelf staring a…
Have to say that Dickens was never high up on my reading radar, but the PW/PW (Pickwick/PeeWee) parallel just knocked him up a few notches. Love how that leads into the Grey Bees book which sounds like an excellent read, so I'll be adding that to my list! I just finished The Bone People by Keri Hulme, which has been on my shelf staring at me for well over a year (maybe two?). Thoroughly enjoyed the writing style, poetic-- the main character was eccentric and excellent and heartbreakingly imperfect. Reading another Booker Prize right now, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, although this one has never been on my shelf glaring at me, I read it right away. Love that it's from the perspective of a dead person dealing with a bureaucratic afterlife, and also a heavy read learning about Sri Lanka's civil war politics.
Have to say that Dickens was never high up on my reading radar, but the PW/PW (Pickwick/PeeWee) parallel just knocked him up a few notches. Love how that leads into the Grey Bees book which sounds like an excellent read, so I'll be adding that to my list! I just finished The Bone People by Keri Hulme, which has been on my shelf staring at me for well over a year (maybe two?). Thoroughly enjoyed the writing style, poetic-- the main character was eccentric and excellent and heartbreakingly imperfect. Reading another Booker Prize right now, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, although this one has never been on my shelf glaring at me, I read it right away. Love that it's from the perspective of a dead person dealing with a bureaucratic afterlife, and also a heavy read learning about Sri Lanka's civil war politics.