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I quite like Shute's On the Beach. This sounds good to me. You know I don't normally read lit fic but sometimes I get the urge...
Thanks, Apatt.
Behold my only foray into the world of images within reviews. Took me about five thousand hours to do, and I've never attempted it since!
I'm not sure if this would be your thing, Apatt.
But thank you for reading my review.
You read all kinds of stuff don't you?! Ballsy?! You've got the Aussie speak down pat on a way! Check out Bryan Brown in the mini-series. Geeze he looks a bit like you ;)
Suzanne wrote: "You read all kinds of stuff don't you?! Ballsy?! You've got the Aussie speak down pat on a way! Check out Bryan Brown in the mini-series. Geeze he looks a bit like you ;)"
Thanks, Suz!
I thought that 'ballsy' was English lingo.
Stone the flamin' crows! ; )
I've never read Shute, but I do like your description of "a modern, ballsy female character in a time of authorial chauvinism" - and "ballsy" sounds perfectly British to me. Those darn colonials, using our language and thinking they invented it.
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Cecily wrote: "I've never read Shute, but I do like your description of "a modern, ballsy female character in a time of authorial chauvinism" - and "ballsy" sounds perfectly British to me. Those darn colonials, u..."
Thanks, Cecily.
Shute packs an awful lot into one book, without it feeling congested, and I think that it's still a great read nearly seventy years after it was written.
What is harder to digest is the racist language used in the book. Emblematic of the time period no doubt.
I find racist language easier to accept when it's set in the far distant past. When it's living memory (not mine!), it can be much harder to put up with.
You managed to include all the most important points in this wonderfully succinct review. Well done Kevin!
Kathleen wrote: "You managed to include all the most important points in this wonderfully succinct review. Well done Kevin!"
Thank you, Kathleen! You are too kind.
Your review was much better.
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Thanks, Apatt.Behold my only foray into the world of images within reviews. Took me about five thousand hours to do, and I've never attempted it since!
I'm not sure if this would be your thing, Apatt.
But thank you for reading my review.
You read all kinds of stuff don't you?! Ballsy?! You've got the Aussie speak down pat on a way! Check out Bryan Brown in the mini-series. Geeze he looks a bit like you ;)
Suzanne wrote: "You read all kinds of stuff don't you?! Ballsy?! You've got the Aussie speak down pat on a way! Check out Bryan Brown in the mini-series. Geeze he looks a bit like you ;)"Thanks, Suz!
I thought that 'ballsy' was English lingo.
Stone the flamin' crows! ; )
I've never read Shute, but I do like your description of "a modern, ballsy female character in a time of authorial chauvinism" - and "ballsy" sounds perfectly British to me. Those darn colonials, using our language and thinking they invented it.;)
Cecily wrote: "I've never read Shute, but I do like your description of "a modern, ballsy female character in a time of authorial chauvinism" - and "ballsy" sounds perfectly British to me. Those darn colonials, u..."Thanks, Cecily.
Shute packs an awful lot into one book, without it feeling congested, and I think that it's still a great read nearly seventy years after it was written.
What is harder to digest is the racist language used in the book. Emblematic of the time period no doubt.
I find racist language easier to accept when it's set in the far distant past. When it's living memory (not mine!), it can be much harder to put up with.
You managed to include all the most important points in this wonderfully succinct review. Well done Kevin!
Kathleen wrote: "You managed to include all the most important points in this wonderfully succinct review. Well done Kevin!"Thank you, Kathleen! You are too kind.
Your review was much better.