Playground by Richard Powers | Booker Longlist 2024
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
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I’ve read 6? of the books on the list. Of those I’ve read , I’d rank them
1. My Friends
2. Wild Houses
3. Stone Yard Devotional
4. Orbital ( I fell asleep during the audio)
5. The Safekeep ( started well then fell off the cliff)
What was number 6? I can’t remember. Which says a lot about this years list. I’ve stopped even though I have a copy of James on audio. I’m waiting for the shortlist, to see if I can get my enthusiasm back.
I liked The Overstory & I hated the way Bewilderment ended.
Waiting for the short list is probably a good idea. Hopefully they pick some of the good ones.
I really hope I don't have the same reaction as you 🤣 The Overstory and Bewilderment are soo good.
Maybe Richard Powers isn't for me like how some people love mustard and others find it vile. Because you're a Powers fan, I hope you enjoy it. I know Bob the Bookerer loved it
Oh no! I love Richard Powers, and I was so looking forward to this. I did just see a glowing review from Bob the Bookerer, so I’m hoping he’s right and you’re wrong. 😝 Please don’t let this dissuade you from trying another Powers. Bewilderment is so, so good, it made me cry.
I will happily be wrong. Yet I suspect it’s more that Richard Powers is not for me. I will try Bewilderment one day but not now. It’s too soon.
I’ve never read a Richard “Dicky, the Dickster” Powers book and this doesn’t seem like one that I will ever read.
Maybe he's just not for us
I had two more to read but, after watching your review, I’m down to one. The Bookerites have made me read too many middling books this year, let alone something that sounds like it’s made for DNF. I have a theory that there was one person on the committee this year who dominated all the others and imposed their questionable choices almost across the board. Either that or they decided from the get go that James was going to win and they decided to use the rest of the list to showcase flawed works by writers they thought deserved more readers? Not sure why it is such a lacklustre collection of books overall but, like you, I am very much looking forward to moving on from this year’s list.
I think both theories could be true. I think Wandering Stars has a chance at beating James or at least I won't be mad if it does. I struggled to come up with a predication list for the shortlist there are so few standouts.
@@NerdyNurseReads Held did not do much for me. I thought the opening was very promising but it seemed like every time I started to settle into the next part of the story, the timeline jumped. Lost the thread very quickly. I am about half way through Stone Yard - I think that was way down your list but I kind of like it despite the mice. I don’t have a strong favourite, so a bit of a flat Booker season for me. On to the hundreds of other books I want to read and maybe next year will be better.
I know what you mean about Jacques Cousteau. Watching "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" documentary series years ago, he and the crew of the "Calypso" became like members of the family. Their heartfelt message regarding the importance of saving our world's oceans really hit home, mainly because of the character of old Jacques himself: lean, leathery, salt-brined and sun-dried, like a bag of beef jerky with a French accent come to life.
He was so much fun to watch! But we also had fewer options for TV at the time (unless you were fancy and cable - we didn't).
@@NerdyNurseReads My kids grew up without cable, too, because I never saw much point in the 500 channel universe if half of them were "I Love Lucy" reruns. Our rabbit ears were able to pull in the CBC, TV Ontario, and the PBS station from Watertown, so that was the main thing. Also, back then there were video stores, and it was great to be able to introduce your kids to the same movies you grew up watching. And, of course, there were books. I never minded buying things for my kids when we were out and about as long as they were books.
It was the same with the kids and parents I met in the line of work. It was always a great icebreaker when you were meeting a family for the first time and saw they had books in the house. You'd get the introductions out of the way and then start talking about the latest Alice Munro short story collection. Say what you like about J.K. Rowling, she helped kids stop being intimidated by big, thick books. Once, I worked with a 12-year-old girl who wrote and illustrated her own graphic novels. It'd be hard to hold back the tears when you met a kid like that.
@@NerdyNurseReads My kids grew up without cable, too, mainly because I didn't think there was much value to the 500 channel universe if half of them were "I Love Lucy" reruns. With our rabbit ears, we were able to pull in the CBC, TV Ontario, and the PBS station in Watertown, so we really didn't need anything more than that. Plus, in those days there were video stores, so my kids could grow up watching the same movies I did, or newer ones that they'd watch over and over, such as "Matilda", "Harriet the Spy", "Baby's Day Out", or "The Nightmare Before Christmas".
Been enjoying your Booker reviews!
I read 'The Overstory' and didn't really like it. It felt like he created a bunch of narratives and characters that didn't feel super real to me, just to say: Trees Good.
I had a feeling Playground would be similar but instead: Ocean Good.
Idk maybe I'll try another one of his books someday but life is too short.
This time he says "Ocean Good, AI bad"
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