Books - The Reading Of

[Bazile]

I have never been an avid reader of books .
Actually more accurately , the number of books I have read can be counted on one hand .

I remember the teacher at junior school reading a chapter from ‘Stig Of The Dump’ , to the class , each week , I think it was.
He never did finish said book , which was a disappointment, at least to me

The two books I do remember reading was from CS Lewis – The Chronicles Of Narnia – namely ‘The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe’ and ‘ The Last Battle’
I remember being scared to look at the ‘ beasty / creature ‘ illustration in the last battle book
1. Does anyone remember said illustration of creature ?

I love the portrayal of P G Wodehouse , Jeeves & Wooster , by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
I was told that the books are even funnier - I might have a read to see if I agree

2. What’s been your reading history ?

[Jackdaw33]

I suppose that I became an avid reader simply because there was nothing else to do. I was a sickly child and spent roughly half the time confined to bed. Books were the only relief from boredom.

[jourdain2]

Well, Jackdaw, that was how R.L. Stevenson started await your collected works with interest! :)

[Jackdaw33]

Don't think I'll ever be published. My first work was universally rejected:

Billy Bunter Goes to Weightwatchers.

[jourdain2]

:o) x

[dance2trance]

All films and TV are based on books. So pick what you like as a TV or film and get the book. if you like CSI just go to a book shop and get a crime novel Can't go wrong with Sherlock!! Woodhouse is funny but so non hip today as he was a Nazi so people say because he lived in Nazi Paris at their expense. Then the Sci Fi of Frank Herbert or Heinlein!!The melodrama of the Woman in White yes White not black. The intrigue and comedy of Our Mutual Friend by Dickens about a poor man winning a huge fortune and the gold diggers after it. Currently I am reading the life of emperor Augustus. Oxfam have cheap books!