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Oli Beard
@OGWBeard
Posting about books. Now reading: #yearofreadingWoolf; Man of Nazareth; The World; Otterbury Incident; Moomins; Sassoon 1918 diary; #yearofreadingJoyce.
Jan 2, 2022 • 173 tweets • 70 min read
Book 1 of 2022: 'The Housekeeper and the Professor' by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder.

Charming start to reading year. A retired maths professor with only an 80-minute memory continues to share a love of mathematics and baseball with his Housekeeper and her son, 'Root' 'The Housekeeper and the Pr...He is a brilliant maths pro... 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Arthurian legend by a master storyteller. Centred on a New Year Eve feast at the Round Table and a knightly trial. Some 'romance' which had the boys rolling their eyes but plenty to enjoy. 'Sir Gawain and the Green K...Sir Gawain lovingly embraci...
Jan 4, 2021 • 134 tweets • 73 min read
Book 1 of 2021: ‘An old captivity’ by Nevil Shute.

Unexpectedly good. Unassuming heroism, discipline, sleep, anxiety, love, stoicism and a surprise. Donald Ross flies sea plane to Greenland in challenging circumstances for Prof and Miss Alix Lockwood’s archaeological survey. ImageImage I really enjoyed how Shute portrays Ross as equally heroic and unglamorous, an adventurer and a worrier. Did not expect the turn of narrative about two-thirds-in. At first I found it a bit odd, but it worked and came through in the end. ImageImageImage
Jan 6, 2020 • 89 tweets • 40 min read
Book 1 of 2020. Heligoland by Jan Ruger.

Enjoyable Anglo-German history of a North Sea island over the last two hundred years. Captured from Denmark by British, swapped for Zanzibar with Germans, never truly belonged to anyone, with geo-strategic role from Napoleon to Hitler. Image 2. ‘Grandpa’s great escape’ by David Walliams.

Laugh out load funny (Daddy, both 5 and 7 year olds) but sad at times. Grandpa believes he is still a WWII spitfire pilot. When put in a home he thinks it’s Colditz Castle and is not far wrong. Escapes with help of grandson Jack. Image
Jan 8, 2019 • 80 tweets • 26 min read
Book 1 of 2019:

Erebus - the story of a ship, by Michael Palin.

Excellent adventure story, but also an interesting commentary on daily life on ship in the early 1800s. Image 2:
'Over to you' by Ronald Dahl. 10 short stories based on his experiences as an RAF pilot in WW2. Image