Maybevember... and nice to see that the bus has been sent to the depot. Of Mice and Men is, as you say, potent. A brutal tale. A worthy book. And I made it that far but cannot re-subscribe. Best, Mark.
Love Feet of Clay. The City Watch books are really the high watermark for Discworld. If you want more Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath is a fantastic book, that being said, like Of Mice and Men it’s also pretty short on chuckles. I remember that Columbo episode
@@TheBookThing I have a soft spot for the Witches, but the City Watch books are probably the benchmark for Discworld, yeah! I’ve seen the film of Grapes of Wrath, that’s a heart-rending couple of hours - Henry Fonda was amazing as Tom Joad. It’s definitely on my list of Steinbeck books to try. When I feel sufficiently brave to read it! 😅
I agree Feet of Clay is a great book, I love all the ones to do with dwarfs.
@@AaronReadABook Same here - I’m excited to reread the Fifth Elephant when I get there, I loved that one a lot too.
Maybevember... and nice to see that the bus has been sent to the depot. Of Mice and Men is, as you say, potent. A brutal tale. A worthy book. And I made it that far but cannot re-subscribe. Best, Mark.
@@book-ramble You’ve already made number go up, for which you have my sincere thanks! I hope your month is Decembrilliant.
@@genteelblackhole 🤣
Love Feet of Clay. The City Watch books are really the high watermark for Discworld.
If you want more Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath is a fantastic book, that being said, like Of Mice and Men it’s also pretty short on chuckles.
I remember that Columbo episode
@@TheBookThing I have a soft spot for the Witches, but the City Watch books are probably the benchmark for Discworld, yeah!
I’ve seen the film of Grapes of Wrath, that’s a heart-rending couple of hours - Henry Fonda was amazing as Tom Joad. It’s definitely on my list of Steinbeck books to try. When I feel sufficiently brave to read it! 😅
@ I love the film. Watched it many times before finally reading the book. The book is probably more of an emotional assault. If that’s even possible
@ MORE of an emotional assault? I’m impressed, and maybe a little terrified.
@ oh yeah! Reading Steinbeck is the emotional equivalent of going up to Conor McGregor in the pub and calling him a twat