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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
4/5 for The Earliest English, especially for teaching me that the switch from synthetic to analytic was well under way LONG before William the Bastard turned up. Now on to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society to make sure I've read the book before watching the movie. I didn't even realize it was epistolary, looking forward to seeing how that translates to the screen.
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I loved the Guernsey book but didn't like the movie very much. The main character seemed much more whiney on the screen.
I am still reading Lawrence Wright's God Save Texas. I like the other books I've read of his, but this one has some snooze chapters about the state legislature persistently trying to pass bathroom bills (because of their fear and bigotry about transsexuals) and whittling away women's rights, including the anti-abortion bills. Also more gun carry laws to encourage it. I heard enough about these when they were in the news. So far there are two chapters about it and they seem to be the longest. I'm on page 285 of 355 and was considering dropping the book. The author lives in Austin and grew up in or near Dallas, is liberal, but from the book he has a soft spot for what I consider willful ignorance.