I’m not a young reader anymore, but I would say ‘no’. The fun thing about books is that they also show a bit about customs and language use from the time they were written. A book is more than the story, it’s also the rhythm of the language.

He also recorded an album, but let’s not go into that.

Stefan Zweig is one of my favourite authors. In this book, and all his others, there’s so much of his own struggles reflected in the characters. Glad to hear it also works in the translated novels.

Robert Drewe. Check him out, of of Australia ‘hidden treasures’.

I don’t count books. Some years I read 40, some years I read over 100. Over all the years, I read thousands of books. No clue how many.

Masters of solitude - Parke Godwin and Marvin Kaye. The hero tends to be a bit annoying? Pretentious? Not sure how to say it. But the hero isn’t all good, and that was a switch compared to books I read before.

My SO got annoyed with me one day, because I was chuckling so much reading this book. I couldn’t explain why it was funny (I mean, you should just read it), so she couldn’t laugh with me. I cannot read this book around her.

Maybe you didn’t know it? But I assure you, it’s widely known.

And the ass saw the angel. Nick Cave is a fantastic writer.

P.G. is a great writer, but you have to see it in context (the time period it was written) to enjoy, I think. If you don’t like it, don’t read anymore, waste of time.

There’s a real danger is self published books, because often the writer think more highly of his/her work than the reader (I worked a short time fir a publisher, sorting through send-in manuscripts, which was fun and frustrating at the same time). I have bought a few, if I get to talk to the writer first and it sounds appealing. One was actually good enough to get published, the others were entertaining.