Gulliver's Travels, 1726 - amended 1735 - by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels, 1726 - amended 1735 - by Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels, 1726 - amended 1735 - by Jonathan Swift

I began listening to the audio recording of this book on Monday 21st August 2017.
I've decided that listening to audio recordings is a sure way to motivate me to actually getting on with the washing up.

I've listened to audio recording before - years ago - and I have seen at least two film versions - one with Richard Harris asGulliver and one with Ted Danson as Gulliver.

I do recall the key details, but there is so much more to this book.

Part 1 - Lilliput
involved 8 tracks

Gulliver is seen as a giant in a land of 6" people.

This section made me wonder about Dolls Houses.
Had they existed before Gulliver peers into the palace windows?

Pies & Prejudice by Stuart Maconie

Pies & Prejudice by Stuart Maconie

I actually began to read this book on 21st June 2017, but only read a page or two, every now and then, in between reading other books.

The Maconie is now my main read, until its completed.

Sunday 15th October 2017
Finished Pies & Prejudice by Stuart Maconie

Can't say I really enjoyed it.
There's something too obvious & knowing about it.
Consequently I was annoyed by his style, on many occasions.

However, I did learn a lot of factual things - and for that reason it was a good read.

Having spent some time in the north, it was interesting to see someone else's perspective on places I'd visited. In addition SM's book has whetted my appetite to see places I've not yet seen.

All Said and Done (1972) by Simone De Beauvoir

The French-born Simone De Beauvoir (1908-1986) wrote a 4-volume autobiography, consisting of: Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (1958); The Prime of Life (1960); Force of Circumstance (1963, sometimes published in two volumes in English translation: After the War and Hard Times); and All Said and Done (1972).

I began reading All Said and Done on 22nd June 2016. It's hard going. By 3rd Aug 2017 I'm still only on p365 of 463 pages.

Sunday 20th August 2017
FINALLY finished reading the book.
Very uneven. Needed SERIOUS editing.
No contents page.
No index.
However, I still glad I read this book. I filled a whole notebook with quotations from it.