Book Reading.......

[disneydream06]

Just finished up reading book No. 7, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
I have seen parts of the book that have been made into movies/animated shorts, and it was pleasant to read those sections.
Overall, it was a good book, and enjoyable read.
The only thing I didn't care for was the over use, imho, of adjective/adverbs. It is a very descriptive book.
One section where Mr. Rat goes off to tour the world felt really out of place in the book. It didn't feel like Mr. Rat in the rest of the book.

Book List 2016:
1. Schooled in Revenge by Jesse Lasky
2. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
3. Kicking and Dreaming by Ann & Nancy Wilson with Charles R. Cross
4. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
5. A Kingdom Keepers Adventure: The Syndrome:Finders Keepers Losers Sleepers by Ridley Pearson
6. The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett
7. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Comments

[seaivy.livejournal.com]

you do know that it is an Edwardian book
they had a different style

i read the chapter on Christmas every year - it's part of my preparation and celebration

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

The Christmas chapter is one of the sections that I have seen an animated short made about. :) I do like that story. :)
I knew it was older, but I didn't know exactly when it was written. :)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

well done Jon!! Very well done

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

on to book nr 8 (and it's just half Februari!)

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I'm on page 18. LOL..........

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

18 of the how many???

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

310, not counting the little comic book they have at the end of the story. :)
I am almost 1/4 of the way done now. :)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

well done!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

About 50 pages from half way point. :p

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Blimey! You are steaming ahead.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

It helps that I have been making myself read at home on nights off. Usually I just don't bother. lol...
Up to page 18 on next book. LOL.........

[ericadawn16.livejournal.com]

We found a book called Return to the Willows at the grocery store for $3.50. My mom read it after the original book and really enjoyed it even though the sequel is not from the original author.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

That sounds interesting. I will have to look for it. Thank you. :)

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

You are rockin it with your book! :-)

I am in the middle of reading a pretty silly/stupid mystery. That is what I get for going for the free books, LOL!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I tried to get some free books on my Nook when I first got it, but the transfers or whatever you want to call it were awful. Sentences or whole pages would be missing. :o

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

My Nook will still do that every once in awhile with certain books, a paragraph or a page will be lost. What I do is I make the font smaller, and then it is there. I read it and a few pages later I make the font bigger again.

Lately I go to shop and put in a certain type of mystery and do the sort from low price to high and some ok free ones show up, not great but OK.

But I don't even know if you are still using a Nook ;-)

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Still using my nook.
I try to just get things on sale now. :)

[kaishin108.livejournal.com]

Some of those e-books are awfully pricey!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Exactly. :o

[britalone.livejournal.com]

I remember reading Wind in the Willows to my children when they were small. I'll have to give it another read.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I think it would be worth it. :)
And another friend said there was a sequel written by another author. :o

[owlstorm_9]

I think I read this one last year...Very good, even if Disney changed a few things...

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I think the two animated shows I have seen are from Disney. The Christmas one I think is fairly true to the story. :)
The feature movie is kind of hodgepodge. :p

[technophobe1975.livejournal.com]

If you get the chance, see if you can watch the 2006 BBC version. It is beautifully shot, stars some great actors and for some reason I find it massively relaxing.
The whole thing is up on youtube (although I am not sure if it will be blocked where you are!)

https://youtu.be/H7qJizXFob8

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I am going to have to try and watch that. :)

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

Go you - 7 books already!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I am about 50 pages from the half way mark on No. 8. :)

[ellierachael.livejournal.com]

Aw, I haven't read that in YEARS!

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

It was really enjoyable. Haven't been able to say that about many of the "classic" books I have read. :o