Found at my local library, I wanted Jamaica Inn, but I ll take it ;)
merelybookish Quite the cover! 😳 2y
catsuit_mango @merelybookish yes,it's very much a dated cover ;) 2y
The Birds | 
Found at my local library, I wanted Jamaica Inn, but I ll take it ;)
pickI‘ve seen the movie a dozen time but never read the story. Oh my, it‘s so terrifying and so good.
This is the first Daphne du Maurier I‘ve read, and I chose it because it was short and I didn‘t know how I‘d feel about her. For #AuthorAMonth.
I really liked it! Very descriptive, great sense of place and character development for a short story. It felt kind of like a pandemic story- a pandemic of murderous birds?! Immersive narration too, though I could have done without the sound effects. Now I need to see the movie.
pickGreat collection. Everybody raves about the title story but every one is great: The Apple Tree in particular. She reminds me of Roald Dahl but better in some ways. A writer I return to over and over again.
pickIf you have never read this short story, do your self a solid and get it now. It's 70 some odd pages of absolute genius suspense writing. I have read books that are hundreds of pages long that were unable to create the intensity that Daphne du Maurier does here.
The movie simply shares a title and an idea but has no horror the way the book does, and I like the movie. I always assumed it was because I don't fear birds, but I was wrong. So wrong.
pickBrilliant. Extremely creepy short stories from the Queen of Gothic Literature.
Finished this last night. Full-cast dramatisation, well done.
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pick"The Birds" is quite different than the movie and focuses on a farmer and his family being attacked by kamikaze birds. Unlike the movie, the story gives more insight into why the birds are attacking, although a conclusion is never given. One theory is their behavior is blamed on an extreme cold snap that hit overnight. One character blames the horror on Russian experiments.
The work is fairly intense and will get one's adrenaline pumping.
pickI don't like birds to begin with. This short audiobook, which inspired the classic horror film, made me even more uncomfortable. The full-cast dramatization was captivating.
More from the Foyles jolly: two of the Virago hardbacks that I don‘t have, would like because they would look lovely on the shelf, but can‘t justify buying!
Alfred Hitchcock‘s famous (infamous?) movie The Birds is apparently loosely based on Daphne Du Maurier‘s story. The birds in the small photo like to hang out near the grocery store I regularly use. This is my evening walk during the fall and winter. I think of The Birds movie every time I walk under these #birds. #NoteworthyNovember
NoteWorthyNovember @Jess7 #Birds. I‘m going for the most obvious choice & a very scary movie. Based loosely on Daphne Du Maurier‘s book. 😱
This was only an hour on audio, but very creepy and atmospheric. The similarities between the movie and the story is really just the birds. I enjoy both equally. 🦅🦉🐧🐦#screamathon
pickI've been curious to read this story since I read Rebecca and realized they were both by Daphne du Maurier. It's currently available in 3 short and slightly abridged audio episodes through BBC 4, and listening might be even creepier than reading it since I couldn't speed up to get to the end.
#BBC4Stories #BBC
Just read the short story. You can read it online here. https://gk033.k12.sd.us/The-Birds-Text.pdf perfect for #ScaryReads in #Booktober. Different from the movie, but just as creepy.
Wait! That fabulously, creepy, horribly scary Hitchcock movie was based on a short story? How in the world did I NOT know this!?
The wonderful weird that is London- about to watch The Birds at Brompton Cemetery 💀💀👻👻
