Once upon a time...!!

 

 

 

Readers' Quote of the Day

 

 

“Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.”

 
Stéphane Mallarmé  

 

 

 

 

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

 

 

 

The Go-Between

By L. P. Hartley

 

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One summer holiday destroys a boy's life forever. This novel, based at the turn of the 20th century, tells the story of one young boy, Leo is staying with his school-friend at Brandham Hall. He begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall.

 

Leo is used most dreadfully in this novel; his innocence and his devotion to Marian means that this spoilt young woman, without a shred of shame, ruins this little boys life forever.

 

The Go-Between is a deeply moving novel, and it is one that I really enjoyed.

 

I picked up my copy from Waterstones.

Book v Movie - Ready Player One

 

 

Ready Player One

By Ernest Cline 

 

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This book is based in a dystopian world in the year 2045 - the world is a vastly different place from what it is now, and poverty is widespread. Like many other people, Wade Watt escapes reality in the OASIS, a virtual utopia. But this is more than a computer game; it is a competition because 

OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that whoever can solve his riddles that he left in the OASIS then they will inherit his considerable wealth. Needless to say, everyone plays to win.

 

I thought this book was fabulous. I was hooked from start to finish. The world that Wade lives in is terrible, but by escaping the world in the Oasis, Wade can be anyone he wants to be. I thought the idea behind this book was inspired, and I will certainly be reading more books by this author.

  

After watching the movie, I cannot decide which one I prefered. I thought the movie was really good, and it made for some very compelling watching, and I thought it did justice to the book.

 

The movie and the film were equally impressive. 

 

I picked the book up at Waterstones  and watched the movie on NetFlix.

 

 

 

Moby-Dick 

By Herman Melville

 

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This book was really odd. I gave up by chapter 5 as it was just so boring. I know lots of people will disagree with me, but for the life of my, I don't know how this book became a classic.

I can't wait for the library's to open so I can stop spending my money on books like this. I picked up my copy from Waterstones.

 

 

Movie Review - Five Feet Apart

 

Five Feet Apart

By Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. 

 

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I had planned this to be another book v movie post, but to be absolutely honest, I bought the book after watching the movie, and I have not felt at all inclined to read the book, simply because the film was absolutely brilliant. So this is going to be a movie review instead.

 

The story is heartbreaking, and the characters were masterfully portrayed. Stella Grant has cystic fibrosis, and she is in hospital. Here she meets William "Will" Newman, who also has cystic fibrosis, and they end up falling in love, but they have to stay six feet apart at all times, but Stella, decides to take back one foot, and thus the title is Five Feet Apart.

 

I have never cried so much in a movie in my life. 😭😭😭

 

Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse had such great chemistry - I cannot imagine the roles of Stella and Will being played by anyone else.

 

I think during this pandemic, this film really highlighted how vulnerable some people are, and although there are many that say that Covid only kills those with underlying health conditions, it does not mean that their lives are not worth protecting. I really believe that everyone should watch this movie.

A scandalous affair between a Lady and the gamekeeper!

 

 

 

Lady Chatterley's Lover

By D H Lawrence

  

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I can see why this book was so scandalous when it first came out! So this very posh lady falls in love with the gamekeeper. No one saw that one coming, did they? 😂

 

This story follows this scandalous relationship between Constance and Mellors, who could not come from more different backgrounds. 

 

I thought this book was fabulous, and I found their relationship very interesting. The sex scenes in this novel are a little odd, but they must have been very shocking when this book came out.

 

I picked my copy up at Waterstones.