This was really fun to read! I loved The Hours when I read it as a teenager but can barely remember it now - maybe it's the kind of book you need to read when you're 17?
I'm dying to watch the movie! Weirdly a lot of the books I read in January have movie adaptations, and I've been thinking about watching a few of them!!
I can’t even explain how invested I am in your project of reading backlist titles from your shelves!! And the reviews here were especially fun to read—I like the diary-esque approach to talking us through the circumstances of the reading. Loved & Missed and Washington Square are two favorites of mine, so I’m thrilled you liked them too. (And I picked up The Hours at a library book sale this weekend, then eventually guiltily put it back on the table and left it behind in favor of a few others—thank you for confirming for me that that was an ok choice in the end!)
This was really fun to read! I loved The Hours when I read it as a teenager but can barely remember it now - maybe it's the kind of book you need to read when you're 17?
Honestly I might be a little harsh on it, but it just wasn't for me! I can see myself finding it more compelling as a teenager...
Fair enough! I'd be curious to reread it now :)
i was reading your description of Washington Square and it sounded familiar… then i realized the movie The Heiress (1949) is based on it!!
I'm dying to watch the movie! Weirdly a lot of the books I read in January have movie adaptations, and I've been thinking about watching a few of them!!
I can’t even explain how invested I am in your project of reading backlist titles from your shelves!! And the reviews here were especially fun to read—I like the diary-esque approach to talking us through the circumstances of the reading. Loved & Missed and Washington Square are two favorites of mine, so I’m thrilled you liked them too. (And I picked up The Hours at a library book sale this weekend, then eventually guiltily put it back on the table and left it behind in favor of a few others—thank you for confirming for me that that was an ok choice in the end!)
Ahh--I'm so glad that these are fun to read! I am having a lot of fun, so fun all around :)