The Reading Room

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A fascinating, if grim, read. As Holocaust deniers/negationists seem to be gaining new momentum I felt it was important I finally tackled this book. Strongly recommended.

I read this years ago, but misplaced it along the way. TBH itā€™s a long, if interesting, haul, but watching the non-musical TV adaptation has rekindled my interest so this is on its way:

Courtesy of @coco

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I expect you had to buy your own, he doesnā€™t normally allow any one to borrow any of his porn stash

Iā€™d imagine he has spare copies tucked away in safe spots around the house.

This is great so far, itā€™s similar in style to the Takeshi Kovacs trology :sunglasses:

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After discovering Marina Amaralā€™s photographic re-colouring work (see Old Pics thread) it piqued my interest to read her book with Dan Jones.

The best childrenā€™s book ever.

Give us a clue.

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Refreshing my memory so I can do it full justice as next weeks class read.

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Wonderful book, I re-read it every 2 or 3 years myself. Out of curiosity, what age group are you teaching? I would imagine most young folk are only familiar with the (silly) movie retelling.

9-10. It wonā€™t form part of their literacy curriculum but I like to read them a good story during our occasional free periods. As a book to encourage a love of reading I canā€™t think of anything better , Iā€™ve used it in previous years with 11 year olds and seen them go on to tackle The Lord of the Rings. Takes a bit of effort to do it well though, Gollum isnā€™t easy to read aloud and do his dual personalities convincingly

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Video posting required :grin:

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No chance. If I was good enough Iā€™d be doing it for a living. I would happily pay to see a live reading from The Hobbit if it was done well.

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In the interests of saving storage space on the site

Imagine a gormless Irish housekeeper holding up a series of cards (Subterranean Homesick Blues style) with ā€˜go onā€™ written on every one

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Think red nosed comatose Irish Priest responding with FECK OFF
:grinning:

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:face_with_monocle:

Iā€™ll thank you to find your own idioms and racial stereotypes in future.

:smirk:

Arse

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