PAUL GODWIN

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@kinchdreamlight @quotesdaily100 Many find it difficult. Not to read as the language is pretty straightforward but to deeply understand. I’m on a reread just now, a close reread, it rewards taking each page very slowly

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@aryan_4568 @clarafables White Nights is a very slight and uneven work at best. Written by a young man yet to mature to greatness in this.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@clarafables

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@saeeds_80 They are worlds apart. I would start with his shorter works - you’ll hear a lot about White Nights but The Meek One and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man are better, more mature works. If you absolutely want to tackle one of the biggies, C&P is a walk in the park compared to TBK

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@tega_ebi Why? Books are their own reward for the reader.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@deewalkerbooks I really don’t mind if I read that many. This is the year I’ve read most. I hate saying I read so many because it isn’t performative - I’m just saying it is possible. Some years I have only read 5 or 6 books. Stopping TV was the game changer. I’m only on here 10 mins a day.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@deewalkerbooks Same as everyone else. 3 hours reading at nighttime at 300wpm - allow for 50 minutes an hour actual reading. So, at an average book length of 100,000 words that is 3 books a week.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@isitjus39832272 @AuthorGFAllen Exactly. It can be the right book at the right time for us or the right book at the wrong time for us. Then again, sometimes, it’s just the wrong book for us whatever time it is.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@isitjus39832272 @AuthorGFAllen I hated the first third of that book. It got better. It’s a 3 star read for me.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@whaline28 @AuthorGFAllen Do you yourself a favour and don’t go anywhere near his “Midnight Train”. It’s the same book but without any of the good stuff you saw in the first half of TML.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@nortonibus @AuthorGFAllen Noooooo! 😬 Hey, some books land differently for us.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@bbullo @AuthorGFAllen I was the same when I tried it in my 20s, my 30s & 40s. Didn’t land for me. I didn’t get it at all. Finally read it last year and now can confidently say it is possibly the greatest novel I have ever read. Give it a few years and try again. Sometimes we aren’t in the right place

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@AuthorGFAllen 2 biographies. Eric Idle’s, which was a massive disappointment. And ‘First Lady’ by Sonia Purnell- so dull. In fiction, I’m sorry to say it has to be ‘My Brilliant Friend’. I know there are plenty who love it and that pleases me for them. Just did not land for me.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@JeffSosville @PenguinUKBooks @bookclubpodhq @iLispector It is the one I started with. I was blown away. Loved her introduction l, too. And even the title page. It’s a challenge in that it’s a structure that is a little unusual but not a difficult read at all.

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

I had no idea just how incredible a writer #ClariceLispector was. Reading #HouroftheStar is one of THE reading experiences of my life. And I’ve read a lot of books. Love discovering a new author. @PenguinUKBooks @bookclubpodhq @iLispector

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@Humanoholic I could give a long list. I’ll avoid the obvious ones. I’d offer ‘Fathers and Sons’ by Turgenev. Also his novella, ‘Home of the Gentry.’

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@matchristiantho @SelsdonChapman He did write the show music in fairness

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@SelsdonChapman I’d guess Bette Midler. But I’d probably take the money already had as I wouldn’t be sure

[PAUL GODWIN @godders2304]

@chuckohio Glad to hear it