I was completely blown away by the description in Perfume, I'm not sure I've ever read something that is so evocative in the way it describes smell. I would really recommend it!
Haha yeah for sure. I'm not sure if you've read it or not, but I did really enjoy 'In Cold Blood' when I read it a few years ago, I hope you like it. I just ordered a copy of 'Day of the Triffids' and am looking forward to it. Also, I was recently Burnsided for the first time. So good. Thanks for all the great videos :)
After watching Jean's video, I checked out my TBR box, and it turns out I've got a Shirley Jackson book in the new Modern Classics design. But as I've only got one Penguin Modern Classic (Dubliners by James Joyce) in the old old green editions (the design before the silver design), the new and the old old old design kind of fit together!
I'm a volunteer in a charity bookshop and you've given me an idea for a book promo: Seeking Silver Spines! Definitely a good excuse for a visit to a second hand or charity bookshop, we get them all the time and they're often in very good condition. I like the new colour but I feel your pain on the lack of continuity.
+Eric Karl Anderson ah I'd highly recommend We Have Always Lived in the Castle - I read it 4 years ago I think and it still feels so vivid in my mind! ^_^
Lolita is not a pornographic book. Of course some parts are pretty hard to read, but mostly Nabokov writes like a poet, it's almost a love story. At least the Portuguese edition I read. Worth it.
+Ana Cristina i didn't think it was, neither was the enchanter. I completely agree his writing is stunning but the subject matter still turned my stomach and I think reading one book on it was enough :) I don't regret reading it though. I feel like I've read a mini Lolita.
Don't agree.. A book can both be at the same time pornographic, horrific as well as poetic in writing style. The story is to me horrific and yes, pornographic (porno cán be written poetic). Anyhow, I know there is a lot of disagreement on this book but I take it as a personal insult as people asume that because it is written beautifully, the love is beautiful as well. It is néver a lovestory.. for that you need 2 people in love and there is only one who is preying on a little girl. Humbert Humbert might 'love' her but I do have doubts about that as he writes humiliatingly about Lolita, says she is stupid etc.). I find that so many people seeing it as a lovestory, they fall for the typical excuses the pedophilic pedosexual makes when he's in court.
Paper Plane I never said it's a love story. I agree with you, what I said is the book is written in a beautiful way that looks like a love story if wasn't the pedophilia situation. I wasn't trying make pedophilia acceptable. I was talking about the the author written. (Sorry my English, it's not my first idiom).
Jean Bookishthoughts, I would argue that the Enchanter is not a mini Lolita. It's not just the subject matter that makes Lolita, well, Lolita. It's Nabokov's satire of literally all of Western Literary Canon. Like there are references to sate even the most hardcore Lit Nerd scattered throughout. The book is an exhausting exercise in terms of morality, sure. But all the word play, man, the word play. Having said that, I don't blame you one bit from steering clear of Lolita, but it truly is one of a kind. Perhaps for good reason lol
Paper Plane, Lolita isn't pornographic though. The sex scenes are at best skimmed over, the most description you get is that Hum "liked it." Blech, now I need a shower. But my point is, there is a difference between sexual references and pornography. I think even with his intellectual fascination Nabokov couldn't bring himself to write actual sex scenes. Don't blame the guy. Like, there are legitimately pornographic books, but Lolita is not one of them. Though it is oddly shelved under erotica sometimes.
You were in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie! That's so fun :). I read Muriel Spark at uni, but I need to read more of her work. I'm also a big Shirley Jackson fan. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is AMAZING!
Jean this video was meant for me! I'm binge buying some books in these beautiful editions and this video popped up on my feed! Loved hearing your thoughts on classics as always :)
Pale Fire is definitely worth reading!! A maze-like literary game that can only created by a genius. Also if you like Calvino, If on a winter's night, a traveller and Invisible cities are both fantastic books as well :)
Good to hear! I will make it my next Nabokov. And my parents have If On a Winter's Night... which I always hear people recommend so I hope to get to it eventually ^_^
I got some Penguin Classics today :) i got A Clockwork Orange and Bram Stokers Dracula :) nice collection! :) Ahhh i saw Lolita at the shop too knew i should have grabbed it...
Mmm classics, love them so much. I have been trying to read more of them lately but wasn't going so well so now I am doing classics buddy reads with a friend and I think things are getting better :) Also your collection...wow so jealous, I am slowly building mine but mine is so so far away from what you own!
I definitely think reading 20th century/modern classics is helpful when trying to get into more classics, eases you into slightly different writing styles ^_^ glad to hear you're getting into them though!
Obviously I adored this video and I'm sorry for tangenting but in ur future study/life videos would u be willing to talk about the typical structures of your day and more of the specifics within it? Bc I'm in awe of ur time management and I find that having someone else's routine to emulate inspiring and helpful until I can ideally find my own
Pale Fire is *amazing*. Formally VERY odd but amazing. I have no sense of smell so it may be a bit strange that I like Perfume so much. I also recommend Suskind's The Pigeon, which he wrote after Perfume. I was kind of iffy about Haunting of Hill House when I read it. I do want to read more Jackson, though.
I've mentioned this on I think one of shoutame's videos, I really love(d) the old (design before the gloss silver covers) Penguin Modern Classic covers which were all pale green with a photo covering the whole of the front cover. I mentioned below that I have a copy of Dubliners in this design, and I love finding those pale green editions in Charity Shops, particularly copies that have not been used/read.
I read of mice and men a few weeks ago and have fallen in love with John Steinbeck. I am currently reading Winesburg, Ohio which was one of his favourite books apparently! I haven't read anything else by him but my dad loves Cannery Row.
I weirdly hadn't heard of The Sundial before so I immediately added to my tbr, sounds fantastic! I also still need to read some Italo Calvino, I added Italian Folktales to a couple years ago when you read it but never got around to it (intimidated by size and new to folktales). I should really pick up a few and see what I think or try out one of his shorter books, I'm really curious about his writing. :)
Cannery Row is a really lovely novel where not a lot happens and it's really poignant and sad and somehow I was really invested in the characters even though it was so quiet. Ludmilla Petrushevskaya sounds awesome and will fill the Roald-Dahl short story void I've been experiencing. c:
I did a paper on 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' on the bookclub Nafisi organised from a theory of practice point of view. I still reread the book every so often. Also loved 'Things I've been silent about', which is Nafisi's autobiography, 'The Republic of Imagination' which is basically on the power of literature. Jup, I'm a fan :D
I would really recommend Petrushevskaya's other collection, it's a collection of novellas called "there once lives a mother who loved her children until they moved back in."
I have only just started collecting the Penguin Modern Classics and so far I have Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express both by Paul Theroux, and Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino. Your praise of the last one has made me so excited to read it (it is huge though which is intimidating). Also as a new collector, it makes me so sad that they have changed the spines because there are so many titles in the old edition that I have on my wishlist still.
+BBCgirl520 Italian folk tales is huge but because they're shorts you can always read one a day or take easy breaks. I found once I'd started I couldn't put it down though and read it in a week aha so don't be intimidated ☺️ I hope you enjoy it!
I recently bought Calvino's Italian Folktales and I've been intimidated by it's size so hearing your endorsement is very reassuring. Also, I didn't know that book of Perrault's fairy tales existed and now I need it in my life. As a huge Shirley Jackson fan, I've always preferred her novels to her short stories which I feel are a little more subtle and domestic (not to say those are bad things or that I don't like them). I personally recommend Hangsaman as the next book to read because it's always been up there with Hill House and Castle in terms of my favorite books by her.
+amanda kore it's big but I think because it's lots of little short stories I sped through it, like literally could not put it down, I think I read it in a week aha. I hope you enjoy it! And I'm glad I'm not alone in preferring Jackson's novels. I agree I like the slow pacing.
Thank you for the video :) I started reading Pale Fire this week and was actually wondering if you'd read any Nabokov, so thank you for answering that question haha. I am about 1/3 of the way through and am enjoying it so far, but I would definitely recommend it for you (mix of poetry and academia etc). Of the others, I think 'Why read the classics' sounds really interesting. My uni gave every student a copy of In Cold Blood last year - not sure why they chose that one, but I had been meaning to read it for a while anyway, so that was pretty lucky.
I've not read The Winter of Our Discontent yet, but I have read Cannery Row--not my favourite Steinbeck, but still really enjoyable! A pleasant read that doesn't necessarily follow a strong story arc, but mostly just focuses on the atmosphere of the town. I'd still give it a try if I were you though because it is followed up with Sweet Thursday, which is apparently a romance with an actual plot involving characters we meet in Cannery Row.
You should absolutely try the Cyberiad! I've recently read another of Lem's works and am mad with myself for not doing it earlier. Very deep, highly interesting views on human nature... and fun to read too :D
Vladimir Nabakov - Pnin , really recommend it. It's sad and at the same time enourmosly hilarious. Some say it was his break from Lolita, as it is such an opposite of it. Such a great book to read, really recommend.
Two of Steinbeck's most famous books are The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. Both are good and have film adaptations. Think I'll pick up Cannery Row.
I feel your pain over the new green/blue spines! I love the colour, but find it a bit painful that most of my Orwells have white spines, and then there's one random green one! I'm getting used to it now though..
I love Shirley Jackson! She is one of my favourite authors, I love her short stories and her novels. I prefer her stories in her other collections such as Just An Ordinary Day and Let Me Tell You compared to Lottery and Other Stories. The Bird's Nest is one of my favourite of her novels. Her Autobiographies are also brilliant. :)
I love this kind of videos! I really don't like the new design of the series though, I think the white spines look a lot prettier! Also I feel the same pain that any new ones I buy aren't going to match the other ones...
I'd try Pnin by Nabokov. I think he wrote it around the same time or slightly after Lolita, probably as bit of a palette cleanser! It super short and super adorable.
Aww, I would have recommended Lolita as your next Nabokov read, as it's an absolutely phenomenal novel! A lot of people praise Pale Fire, but I studied it and found it quite hard-going, just due to the format. It's definitely worth checking out though as it's really interesting. Personally my second recommendation choice would be Laughter In the Dark! ^_^
Amazing video! I'm now really looking forward to spending a fortune (which I do not have) in all of these books. Just a little side note: Malcolm X did not belong to the Black Panther Party. He was a minister in the Nation of Islam, and certainly did inspire many of the ideals shared by the Panthers, but was not himself a party militant.
+Adriana Albuquerque ah I clearly need to read the book soon! All my info is based on studying civil rights in secondary school and reading Angela Davis in the past few years. It all gets so muddled. So much to learn. I'm excited to read his story though! I knew he was originally a member of the Nation of Islam though.
Three things: Silver penguins classics covers are beautiful, The Cyberiad is a good book, and you should check out the book entitled The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Oh the spine change, I can't stand it, but what choice do we have now? Personally I'm buying the titles I'm interested in in the white design, if possible, before they will get reprinted in blue.
+DearEartha yes someone else already corrected me :) slip of the tongue, this is why I need to read the book aha my knowledge is so fuzzy. Although I did know he was contemporary with MLKJ and about his original associating with the Nation of Islam :)
Jean Bookishthoughts the Black Panthers emerged after the death of Malcolm X and they were absolutely inspired by him, so I can understand the misunderstanding there. Actually, though X was not part of the Black Power movement ( which was the movement the Black Panthers were part of), he was certainly its greatest inspiration. And he didn't write his autobiography (not sure if someone mentioned this part in the comments) - he narrated it to Alex Haley, but this was long after he was out of prison. In prison he learned to read and write, I believe. You'll enjoy the book. You should check out works by Stokley Carmichael aka Kwame Toure (who was a member of the BBP) and Huey Newton ( the leader of the BBP). They were geniuses of their time.
i am curious about the spine on the penguin modern classic, is it sturdy? i mean it will not crack as you read the book through, especially if the book is quiet thick. thanks in advance
"There once was a mother who loved her children until they moved back in" is the third of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, did'nt like it, found it very hard to get invested in the characters. I too liked "scary fairytales" best
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Definitely read Perfume, I had to read it for school and it was my favourite book of the course, there's a lot of interesting symbolism and imagery!
I was completely blown away by the description in Perfume, I'm not sure I've ever read something that is so evocative in the way it describes smell. I would really recommend it!
+The Reader's Athenaeum I can't even imagine it but the way everyone is praising the description of smell has me so intrigued!
Oh no, I feel your pain on the change of colour of the Penguin Classics spines!
+Gabriel Ward at least we're all in agreement ☺️
Haha yeah for sure. I'm not sure if you've read it or not, but I did really enjoy 'In Cold Blood' when I read it a few years ago, I hope you like it. I just ordered a copy of 'Day of the Triffids' and am looking forward to it. Also, I was recently Burnsided for the first time. So good. Thanks for all the great videos :)
After watching Jean's video, I checked out my TBR box, and it turns out I've got a Shirley Jackson book in the new Modern Classics design. But as I've only got one Penguin Modern Classic (Dubliners by James Joyce) in the old old green editions (the design before the silver design), the new and the old old old design kind of fit together!
I absolutely LOVED Perfume. The book gives you a very distinct experience, as smell is not usually a very sollicited sense in books.
I would love to see more of this style of video 😍 although I now have another 10 books on my wishlist...
Aha, which ones!? I will definitely think about what other books I could do videos like this on ^_^
You own a lot of them
I'm a volunteer in a charity bookshop and you've given me an idea for a book promo: Seeking Silver Spines! Definitely a good excuse for a visit to a second hand or charity bookshop, we get them all the time and they're often in very good condition. I like the new colour but I feel your pain on the lack of continuity.
Lovely collection! Your Shirley Jackson books remind me how ridiculous it is that I've never read her writing as I'm sure I'd love it.
+Eric Karl Anderson ah I'd highly recommend We Have Always Lived in the Castle - I read it 4 years ago I think and it still feels so vivid in my mind! ^_^
I know want to read all of these. Dammit. I love collection videos. 😊
+Portal in the Pages mwuhahaha ;)
Lolita is not a pornographic book. Of course some parts are pretty hard to read, but mostly Nabokov writes like a poet, it's almost a love story. At least the Portuguese edition I read. Worth it.
+Ana Cristina i didn't think it was, neither was the enchanter. I completely agree his writing is stunning but the subject matter still turned my stomach and I think reading one book on it was enough :) I don't regret reading it though. I feel like I've read a mini Lolita.
Don't agree.. A book can both be at the same time pornographic, horrific as well as poetic in writing style. The story is to me horrific and yes, pornographic (porno cán be written poetic). Anyhow, I know there is a lot of disagreement on this book but I take it as a personal insult as people asume that because it is written beautifully, the love is beautiful as well. It is néver a lovestory.. for that you need 2 people in love and there is only one who is preying on a little girl. Humbert Humbert might 'love' her but I do have doubts about that as he writes humiliatingly about Lolita, says she is stupid etc.).
I find that so many people seeing it as a lovestory, they fall for the typical excuses the pedophilic pedosexual makes when he's in court.
Paper Plane I never said it's a love story. I agree with you, what I said is the book is written in a beautiful way that looks like a love story if wasn't the pedophilia situation. I wasn't trying make pedophilia acceptable. I was talking about the the author written. (Sorry my English, it's not my first idiom).
Jean Bookishthoughts, I would argue that the Enchanter is not a mini Lolita. It's not just the subject matter that makes Lolita, well, Lolita. It's Nabokov's satire of literally all of Western Literary Canon. Like there are references to sate even the most hardcore Lit Nerd scattered throughout. The book is an exhausting exercise in terms of morality, sure. But all the word play, man, the word play. Having said that, I don't blame you one bit from steering clear of Lolita, but it truly is one of a kind. Perhaps for good reason lol
Paper Plane, Lolita isn't pornographic though. The sex scenes are at best skimmed over, the most description you get is that Hum "liked it."
Blech, now I need a shower. But my point is, there is a difference between sexual references and pornography. I think even with his intellectual fascination Nabokov couldn't bring himself to write actual sex scenes. Don't blame the guy. Like, there are legitimately pornographic books, but Lolita is not one of them. Though it is oddly shelved under erotica sometimes.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I hope to one day have as many classics as you do! Thanks so much for sharing. 🤓
You were in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie! That's so fun :). I read Muriel Spark at uni, but I need to read more of her work. I'm also a big Shirley Jackson fan. We Have Always Lived in the Castle is AMAZING!
Jean this video was meant for me! I'm binge buying some books in these beautiful editions and this video popped up on my feed! Loved hearing your thoughts on classics as always :)
+whateverkimberly yay! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Pale Fire is definitely worth reading!! A maze-like literary game that can only created by a genius. Also if you like Calvino, If on a winter's night, a traveller and Invisible cities are both fantastic books as well :)
Good to hear! I will make it my next Nabokov. And my parents have If On a Winter's Night... which I always hear people recommend so I hope to get to it eventually ^_^
I love Perfume, have read it many times! So many wonderful books in this video!
+Daeron's Den im eager to read it after everyone's comments!
I got some Penguin Classics today :) i got A Clockwork Orange and Bram Stokers Dracula :) nice collection! :) Ahhh i saw Lolita at the shop too knew i should have grabbed it...
Perfume (the story of a murderer) is my favorite book of all time!! Highly recommend you read it!!
The Winter of Our Discontent is really good! It was my first Steinbeck and I absolutely loved it.
Mmm classics, love them so much. I have been trying to read more of them lately but wasn't going so well so now I am doing classics buddy reads with a friend and I think things are getting better :) Also your collection...wow so jealous, I am slowly building mine but mine is so so far away from what you own!
I definitely think reading 20th century/modern classics is helpful when trying to get into more classics, eases you into slightly different writing styles ^_^ glad to hear you're getting into them though!
I'd definitely give Cannery Row a shot. I read it in a day earlier this year. Characterisation is fabulous xx
Obviously I adored this video and I'm sorry for tangenting but in ur future study/life videos would u be willing to talk about the typical structures of your day and more of the specifics within it? Bc I'm in awe of ur time management and I find that having someone else's routine to emulate inspiring and helpful until I can ideally find my own
Pale Fire is *amazing*. Formally VERY odd but amazing.
I have no sense of smell so it may be a bit strange that I like Perfume so much. I also recommend Suskind's The Pigeon, which he wrote after Perfume.
I was kind of iffy about Haunting of Hill House when I read it. I do want to read more Jackson, though.
I love this video you should do one on classics collection or science fiction maybe .
I've mentioned this on I think one of shoutame's videos, I really love(d) the old (design before the gloss silver covers) Penguin Modern Classic covers which were all pale green with a photo covering the whole of the front cover. I mentioned below that I have a copy of Dubliners in this design, and I love finding those pale green editions in Charity Shops, particularly copies that have not been used/read.
Both Steinbeck books are fabulous. I just finished The Winter of my Discontent last month on audiobook which was a great listen.
I've not read any of these books but I really want to read The Driver's Seat. You've got a lovely collection there :)
I read of mice and men a few weeks ago and have fallen in love with John Steinbeck. I am currently reading Winesburg, Ohio which was one of his favourite books apparently! I haven't read anything else by him but my dad loves Cannery Row.
I weirdly hadn't heard of The Sundial before so I immediately added to my tbr, sounds fantastic! I also still need to read some Italo Calvino, I added Italian Folktales to a couple years ago when you read it but never got around to it (intimidated by size and new to folktales). I should really pick up a few and see what I think or try out one of his shorter books, I'm really curious about his writing. :)
Cannery Row is a really lovely novel where not a lot happens and it's really poignant and sad and somehow I was really invested in the characters even though it was so quiet. Ludmilla Petrushevskaya sounds awesome and will fill the Roald-Dahl short story void I've been experiencing. c:
I love the Penguin Modern Classics editions
I did a paper on 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' on the bookclub Nafisi organised from a theory of practice point of view. I still reread the book every so often.
Also loved 'Things I've been silent about', which is Nafisi's autobiography, 'The Republic of Imagination' which is basically on the power of literature.
Jup, I'm a fan :D
I would really recommend Petrushevskaya's other collection, it's a collection of novellas called "there once lives a mother who loved her children until they moved back in."
I have only just started collecting the Penguin Modern Classics and so far I have Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express both by Paul Theroux, and Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino. Your praise of the last one has made me so excited to read it (it is huge though which is intimidating). Also as a new collector, it makes me so sad that they have changed the spines because there are so many titles in the old edition that I have on my wishlist still.
+BBCgirl520 Italian folk tales is huge but because they're shorts you can always read one a day or take easy breaks. I found once I'd started I couldn't put it down though and read it in a week aha so don't be intimidated ☺️ I hope you enjoy it!
I recently bought Calvino's Italian Folktales and I've been intimidated by it's size so hearing your endorsement is very reassuring. Also, I didn't know that book of Perrault's fairy tales existed and now I need it in my life.
As a huge Shirley Jackson fan, I've always preferred her novels to her short stories which I feel are a little more subtle and domestic (not to say those are bad things or that I don't like them). I personally recommend Hangsaman as the next book to read because it's always been up there with Hill House and Castle in terms of my favorite books by her.
+amanda kore it's big but I think because it's lots of little short stories I sped through it, like literally could not put it down, I think I read it in a week aha. I hope you enjoy it! And I'm glad I'm not alone in preferring Jackson's novels. I agree I like the slow pacing.
Thank you for the video :)
I started reading Pale Fire this week and was actually wondering if you'd read any Nabokov, so thank you for answering that question haha. I am about 1/3 of the way through and am enjoying it so far, but I would definitely recommend it for you (mix of poetry and academia etc).
Of the others, I think 'Why read the classics' sounds really interesting. My uni gave every student a copy of In Cold Blood last year - not sure why they chose that one, but I had been meaning to read it for a while anyway, so that was pretty lucky.
I've not read The Winter of Our Discontent yet, but I have read Cannery Row--not my favourite Steinbeck, but still really enjoyable! A pleasant read that doesn't necessarily follow a strong story arc, but mostly just focuses on the atmosphere of the town. I'd still give it a try if I were you though because it is followed up with Sweet Thursday, which is apparently a romance with an actual plot involving characters we meet in Cannery Row.
You should absolutely try the Cyberiad! I've recently read another of Lem's works and am mad with myself for not doing it earlier. Very deep, highly interesting views on human nature... and fun to read too :D
"Reading Lolita in Tehran" is definitely a worthwhile read! Highly recommend.
I highly recommend Johnny Got His Gun, it's one of my favorite books! It's a bit depressing at times but it's such an eyeopening story!
Most of my Penguin Classics and modern classics are in the black covers .
Vladimir Nabakov - Pnin , really recommend it. It's sad and at the same time enourmosly hilarious. Some say it was his break from Lolita, as it is such an opposite of it. Such a great book to read, really recommend.
Two of Steinbeck's most famous books are The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. Both are good and have film adaptations. Think I'll pick up Cannery Row.
I feel your pain over the new green/blue spines! I love the colour, but find it a bit painful that most of my Orwells have white spines, and then there's one random green one! I'm getting used to it now though..
I love Shirley Jackson! She is one of my favourite authors, I love her short stories and her novels. I prefer her stories in her other collections such as Just An Ordinary Day and Let Me Tell You compared to Lottery and Other Stories. The Bird's Nest is one of my favourite of her novels. Her Autobiographies are also brilliant. :)
I love this kind of videos! I really don't like the new design of the series though, I think the white spines look a lot prettier! Also I feel the same pain that any new ones I buy aren't going to match the other ones...
I'd try Pnin by Nabokov. I think he wrote it around the same time or slightly after Lolita, probably as bit of a palette cleanser! It super short and super adorable.
WOWZA those are pretty. Have you ever built a book fort with them? You should build a book fort with them. I won't rest until that video exists.
+Books In Five aha maybe a book fort for a small cat, I certainly wouldn't fit inside :)
I stand by my statement. :p
Aww, I would have recommended Lolita as your next Nabokov read, as it's an absolutely phenomenal novel! A lot of people praise Pale Fire, but I studied it and found it quite hard-going, just due to the format. It's definitely worth checking out though as it's really interesting. Personally my second recommendation choice would be Laughter In the Dark! ^_^
+chboskyy I don't think I'd even heard of laughter in the dark! So thanks for that recommendation ☺️ I of course trust you implicitly
Amazing video! I'm now really looking forward to spending a fortune (which I do not have) in all of these books.
Just a little side note: Malcolm X did not belong to the Black Panther Party. He was a minister in the Nation of Islam, and certainly did inspire many of the ideals shared by the Panthers, but was not himself a party militant.
+Adriana Albuquerque ah I clearly need to read the book soon! All my info is based on studying civil rights in secondary school and reading Angela Davis in the past few years. It all gets so muddled. So much to learn. I'm excited to read his story though! I knew he was originally a member of the Nation of Islam though.
It is a tall haul if you haul anymore your going to have to feed it and take it on walks
Three things: Silver penguins classics covers are beautiful, The Cyberiad is a good book, and you should check out the book entitled The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Perfume is an amazing book!
Read Steinbeck years ago it was worth it.
Oh the spine change, I can't stand it, but what choice do we have now? Personally I'm buying the titles I'm interested in in the white design, if possible, before they will get reprinted in blue.
Malcolm X wasn't connected to the Black Panthers - he was a leader of the National of Islam and a contemporary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr
+DearEartha yes someone else already corrected me :) slip of the tongue, this is why I need to read the book aha my knowledge is so fuzzy. Although I did know he was contemporary with MLKJ and about his original associating with the Nation of Islam :)
Jean Bookishthoughts the Black Panthers emerged after the death of Malcolm X and they were absolutely inspired by him, so I can understand the misunderstanding there. Actually, though X was not part of the Black Power movement ( which was the movement the Black Panthers were part of), he was certainly its greatest inspiration. And he didn't write his autobiography (not sure if someone mentioned this part in the comments) - he narrated it to Alex Haley, but this was long after he was out of prison. In prison he learned to read and write, I believe.
You'll enjoy the book. You should check out works by Stokley Carmichael aka Kwame Toure (who was a member of the BBP) and Huey Newton ( the leader of the BBP). They were geniuses of their time.
i am curious about the spine on the penguin modern classic, is it sturdy? i mean it will not crack as you read the book through, especially if the book is quiet thick. thanks in advance
+Safhira Rovida they seem sturdy enough, the spines in the Ines I've read aren't cracked :) although I don't mind a cracked spine
I read The Cyberiad, and it was good, but a bit too crazy for me...
+drawyourbook aha it certainly sounds mad although I'm always up for a bit of a lad scifi/fantasy story
Holy crap. I think you have a problem. Admitting it is the first step lol.
+Joshua Sidney could be drugs ay
Jean Bookishthoughts Truth.
"There once was a mother who loved her children until they moved back in" is the third of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, did'nt like it, found it very hard to get invested in the characters. I too liked "scary fairytales" best
Ah maybe I'll pass on that one too then. Maybe one great collection was enough aha.
Read Shirley Jackson's The Birds Nest next :
+Peggy Gordon aha I really should since it was a gift as well!
Perfume is soooo weird, very disturbed character indeed
+Tacha Woody weird I like aha
Reading Lolita in Tehran was quite interesting. I didn't like Perfume very much.
What the heck?! Why did they change the design?! I don't like that.
Any one Indians??