I have had Little Women on my TBR and saved on my library's e-book app for awhile and thought this is a great opportunity to finally read it. I haven't finished it yet, but I am really enjoying the look at the lives of the March sisters as they grow up and learn about life. It is such a cozy and wholesome story so far and I am looking forward to finishing it soon!
So glad you are loving it! Little Women has always been a special story to me, coming from a family of four sisters. The older I get, the further I've had to stay away from reading or watching the movies because they make me inconsolably emotional. 😂
I love The Great Gatsby and your creative exploration of the book. You've inspired me to re-listen to Jake Gyllenhaal's narration of TGG, which I think is *fabulous*.
I ventured to find a new-to-me classic outside of the US/UK/Canada. A random Google search brought me to the Australian classic "Cloudstreet" by Tim Winton. Strangely my local library has a copy of the book in French, but not the original English version. I'm glad I took a chance and bought an English copy to read. I don't think the wonderful Australian dialect(s) would come across the same way in a translation. The regional tones and turns of phrase are vital to the setting and storytelling, not to mention bringing the characters to life. I love that I'm learning plenty of colourful new words like "staggerjuice" and "chiacking".
The book is a brick. I don't expect to finish reading it until early next month. However the story is engaging, and I'm keen to find out how it ends!
I had no idea there's an audio version of Gatsby with Jake Gyllenhaal as the narrator! I will definitely need to listen.
I love your choice in Cloudstreet, and your journey to landing on an English copy. Do those words "staggerjuice" and "chiacking" have a French equivalent? 😂
The premise and era sound so compelling and I look forward to hearing your closing thoughts!
I have had Little Women on my TBR and saved on my library's e-book app for awhile and thought this is a great opportunity to finally read it. I haven't finished it yet, but I am really enjoying the look at the lives of the March sisters as they grow up and learn about life. It is such a cozy and wholesome story so far and I am looking forward to finishing it soon!
So glad you are loving it! Little Women has always been a special story to me, coming from a family of four sisters. The older I get, the further I've had to stay away from reading or watching the movies because they make me inconsolably emotional. 😂
I love The Great Gatsby and your creative exploration of the book. You've inspired me to re-listen to Jake Gyllenhaal's narration of TGG, which I think is *fabulous*.
I ventured to find a new-to-me classic outside of the US/UK/Canada. A random Google search brought me to the Australian classic "Cloudstreet" by Tim Winton. Strangely my local library has a copy of the book in French, but not the original English version. I'm glad I took a chance and bought an English copy to read. I don't think the wonderful Australian dialect(s) would come across the same way in a translation. The regional tones and turns of phrase are vital to the setting and storytelling, not to mention bringing the characters to life. I love that I'm learning plenty of colourful new words like "staggerjuice" and "chiacking".
The book is a brick. I don't expect to finish reading it until early next month. However the story is engaging, and I'm keen to find out how it ends!
I had no idea there's an audio version of Gatsby with Jake Gyllenhaal as the narrator! I will definitely need to listen.
I love your choice in Cloudstreet, and your journey to landing on an English copy. Do those words "staggerjuice" and "chiacking" have a French equivalent? 😂
The premise and era sound so compelling and I look forward to hearing your closing thoughts!