This tag is the creation of @Heather Gregg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqsaTUuEJpY
The prompts:
Can you recommend stories (books, films etc) which fit these themes:
1. Imposter Syndrome: an average person gains power
2. Becoming: a change in career sparks a story
3. Rebranding: a person or institution changes dramatically
4. Cover: a book bought because of its cover
5. Stories in music: book with music as main theme/background
6. Spectacles: book set in the entertainment industry
7. Laughter lines: media in which comedy/humour features
8. Fashion: Book/film set in fashion world
9. Drugs: Pharma or addiction
10. Ever youthful: story from viewpoint of a young person
A few hours after filming this video, I saw the news that Jean-Jacques Sempé, the illustrator of Little Nicholas, had died: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/11/le-petit-nicolas-illustrator-jean-jacques-sempe-dies-aged-89
Books mentioned (in alphabetical order)
The Adversary; by Emmanuel Carrère
Apollo’s Angels; by Jennifer Homans
The Conductor; by Sarah Quigley
Fashion (Taschen ed.)
The Great Book of Italy; by Maria Laura Della Croce and Annie Sacerdoti
The Great Swindle; by Pierre Lemaître
Leave it to Psmith; by P.G. Wodehouse
Little Nichoals; by Goscinny and Sempé
Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling; by Ross King
Rasputin; by Douglas Smith
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Great answers. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling looks a fascinating book.
The Adversary, The Conductor, and Rasputin all look interesting.
what a fun tag
Looved this and also so glad it led me to a great new channel!
I read The Conductor a few years back and you made me really want to re-read it! Enjoyable tag 😊
So glad that you had fun with this tag! I love your answers and the books are tremendous. I've read "Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling" and it is enthralling, enjoyed the flip through Italy, knew about Shostakovich but not the story of his conductor (fascinating!), Psmith is the best, comrade, the fashion books are delightful. I wonder if Little Nicholas Goscinny is the same Goscinny who was half of the creators of Asterix and Obelix?
As always I loved your tag video!!!
A book you bought because of the price on the cover… hee hee hee! (In my best imitation of your delightful laugh.)
Those two volumes on fashion look gorgeous.
Such a fun tag! Enjoyed your answers.
Enjoyed the tag! Such great book selections. I've not read any but now I want them all! And that fashion book, absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for the new channel suggestion.