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Originally Posted by Daithi
Yep, no way I was going to get either one of them. The only thing I've read done by Virginia Woolf was To the Lighthouse and I absolutely hated it. The way she goes into what everybody is thinking is like listening to my grandmother tell a story. "I went to the store to buy some milk, and was wearing shoes, but these shoes hurt my feet. Do you remember that TV show with the agony of defeat? When I was a kid we didn't have TV...." Somebody just shoot me.
As long as my Google skills are up to the task, poohbear's other book looks really good. It looks like they made a BBC TV series out of the books, and at least one of them is available on Netflix.
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Woolf is definitely a love/hate type of author. You either love "wallowing" in the characters' thoughts or you don't.
The Gently books are fun reads - I also enjoyed the TV series on DVD - quite loosely based on the books - but Martin Shaw was perfect in the role.
I'll be around (virtually) - power company willing!