In a letter to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "I cannot live without books," and we understand how he felt. Books have been our best friends ever since we can remember and we're going to celebrate our love for them with this 'reading challenge.' The aim is to tick one book off every month!

Although our lives have taken us in different directions, this challenge, and this blog, is also a way for us to celebrate our friendship as well as our love of reading.

This blog is really just for fun and each entry will explain how the 'book of the month' fits into the category, why we made our choices, and include some comments/thoughts on each book.

Let the challenge commence!!

Donna and Ida

Friday, 30 June 2017

Challenge 15: A Book Of Poems


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Donna's Book: "Summer With Monika" by Roger McGough (Andre Deutsch, 2017)

 I adore Roger McGough!  I've loved him since he was in The Scaffold and since I've started reading his poetry, I've loved him even more.  I always go to see him when he does readings in Liverpool, and I dragged by parents to see him in King's Lynn last week when they told me he was doing a performance for the King's Lynn festival while I was on holiday in Norfolk (they really enjoyed it though!!).  At the time that this challenge arose, I hadn't read this so it seems like the ideal choice!

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This summer has been a summer of anniversaries in Liverpool, but one of my favourites was the full performance of "Summer With Monika" (with some other readings) by Roger McGough and musicians from the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for its 50th anniversary in June!  With Roger's usual wit and wisdom it describes the excitement of falling in love and then the emotional rollercoaster as that love progresses and fades, along with the fading summer.  It's just beautiful, especially when read alongside the CD with its full musical dramatisation of the poems.  Wonderful and powerful, and I love Roger even more now!


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