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What's a book you really enjoyed, that you feel like no one else on lemmy has read? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by ericbomb to c/[email protected]

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I read some free kindle books back in the day, that probably only a few thousand other people have read, so very plausibly no one on Lemmy has ready.

So, what books have you enjoyed that you feel confident no one else on Lemmy has read?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At the time he died, I'd been a fan of Douglas Adams for about 25 years. After he died, they released a collection of essays, works in progress, notes and such. In it, he described the amazement he had for his favorite author, who he described as having an amazing way with words. The guy that amazed me with "It flew in much the same way a brick doesn't." was amazed by someone else's way with words. So, I put down Salmon, walked to the nearest bookshop, and bought a couple of volumes by P.G. ( if I may call him that) Wodehouse and began a new era of fandom that rivals my adoration of dear old Doug.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What book would you suggest starting with?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I started with a random Jeeves book and was immediately hooked. This blogger put some thought into it: https://honoriaplum.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/getting-started-with-bertie-and-jeeves-a-chronological-challenge/?wref=tp

I would say Joy in the Morning has one of my favorite sentences in the English language, describing a fellow who is startled by an intruder while he's feeling a bit embarrassed.