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“Mr. Sniggs, the Junior Dean, and Mr. Postlethwaite, the Domestic Bursar, sat alone in Mr. Sniggs‘ room overlooking the garden quad at Scone College. From the rooms of Sir Alastair Digby-Vaine-Trumpington, two staircases away, came a confused roaring and breaking of glass.“

#FirstLineFriday #FridayReads

This sort of absurdist satire isn't really my thing. However, there were some very funny moments and insightful observations, and Paul Pennyfeather is a likable character.

I'm happy that I can check off another #1001 book and fill in my #1928 slot for the #192025 challenge! @Librarybelle

#20in4 #BookSpinBingo @Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks

#GratefulReads - Day Nineteen - #ClassicYouveEnjoyed I laughed out loud at the many and various calamities that befell Paul Pennyfeather. This was my first Evelyn Waugh, but definitely not my last, a firm fan.

I always adore Evelyn Waugh‘s dark, surreal yet perfectly observed satire. This was wild and weird and so, so true about loooots of oxfordy minor public school types I‘ve known even 80 years later. Points lost for racial language, the prose and humour was so modern I forgot it was old in any way until I was shocked by terminology used about black people. That wasn‘t a big part of it, could be avoided by skipping one chapter but I have to mention

Good morning all. 32C in London today (90F) 😨😨😨 I seriously cannot cope with heat so... interesting how I‘m gonna live through a barbecue today! I evolved for drizzly rain not hot days!

Starting the day off with Evelyn Waugh in the bath, I love him so much.

Is it hot where you are team Go Team? @Trashcanman @Megabooks @KathyWheeler @RachelO @TheEllieMo @cobwebmoth @wanderinglynn

The TV adaptation of Brideshead gives a false impression of Waugh. When it comes down to it, I don't like him very much.

2nd breakfast and a book #mycover

I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason which he is anxious to conceal.

So, there was a book sale at the library. They didn‘t have half the selection of the spring sale, but I still found some good ones—and only spent $8!

There‘s a title in there I hadn‘t heard of, Susan Vreeland‘s Luncheon of the Boating Party. Has anyone read it?

Oh, and don‘t worry, the fire is behind glass and I moved the books promptly after taking the photo.

It‘s #indiebookstoreday ! I work out of town and don‘t get here as often as I‘d like, it was a beautiful day yesterday so I made a point of picking up donuts and visiting my favourite used book store.

We're in the middle of watching "Decline and Fall." It's entertaining alright. It's one of the few of his books I don't have a copy of. Here's a pretty old Dell copy of "Vile Bodies." It says "in his first American soft-cover publication" on the back.

Next up.

My #tbr and therefore #septembermostanticipated

#fallintobooks #awesomeautumnbooks

3/5 stars. If I hadn't had to read this for college, I doubt I would have picked it up. It's a book that's very much of its time and is something I can appreciate as an English Lit student.

This book was amazing! While I had my doubts at first, I was impressed with how the well the denouement just worked. Everything came together so nicely at the end.

This book is strange. I'm unsure if it is the uniquely British humor and lingo that is confusing, or something else. The book is funny in certain parts, but the rest (so far) seems slightly discrete and disconnected. On the plus side, I did get to go to Von's at Purdue and pick this and some others out! #unsure #britlit #shrug

I read this as I heard the BBC is making it into a Television mini series. Pretty funny In that dry, British wit kind of way and I hope the TV series brings out the comedy. WARNING: includes some deeply racist language reflective of the time it was written.