Holiday Reading

This was a book club pick and I really enjoyed it. It's about relationships with mental conditions and the impacts around that. I was engaged and the narrative voice worked very well, I thought. I listened to it and it really felt like someone you knew was talking by the end of it. It was surprising and enjoyable, more for being something quite unusual in the topic and story.

I had to read this after seeing the show, because I wanted to see how the mirroring worked in the book, and the way the story threads appeared before we understood what we were following. I thought the writing (and presentation) of this tale is very interesting in the craftmanship.

I enjoyed the book, and the use of different fonts made it clearer than the tv show (where I spent a lot of the early episodes saying "That's a different narrator - who's that narrating for him?" or "What's that clicking - is it a film?"

Anyway, book is good, and tv show is really great. Wins all round.

When I saw this on a bin I was reminded of how much I loved Peanuts as a kid, so decided I would re read some. I can borrow them from the library on Hoopla so read them on my phone when I get a chance. This one is in colour and the other is in B&W.

They are still funny but there are some that seem so harsh or sad.

It's kind of strange - yet true, I guess.

I did enjoy them though, 50 years on!

This is a short story on Audible. Very funny - worth the $3 investment, I thought. Nails a lot of the weird human herd behaviour. I laughed out loud a few times in recognition.

Hope Santa brings everyone a few good books for Christmas.

Enjoy the time to relax and read.