What if the Queen started reading? A lot...an awfully lot. And what if the Queen liked it so much, she would even neglected her duties a little - just a tiny little? What might come out of it in the end?Alan Bennett tells us exactly this story. The story of the Queen finding her love for books and, ...
"Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting." For those that have fallen in love with books, Alan Bennett gives this wink and a nod to you. Takes about an hour. It’s a good, long wink. And more than enough for him to charm you.
“You don't put your life into your books, you find it there.”"The Uncommon Reader" is such a funny, clever and wellwritten book. It is a book about books; a story of how reading can influence you, posses you and most of all a story of how reading can change you. Bennett captures the discovery of boo...
Yes, a re-read, but I now own a copy. Found it at the library book sale and simply had to have it. In fact I snaffled it as I was unpacking the books, that's how much I wanted it. And I'd finished it by tea-time.We had a desert island discs conversation, but books & this is on my list. Just a sparkl...
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