Red Széll

The audiobook's always on my phone, plugged into my ears.

But, you know, it's interrupted by having to change from a train onto a bus and lug my climbing gear somewhere.

No, wintertime, it is just pure, utter indulgence.

If I tell you that...

Actually, since recording my last episode last week, I've read two of the books on my want-to list this winter.

You'll see how slothful I've been.

My bass guitar playing has really suffered as well.

It's nice to read something that makes you happy, isn't it?

And I think we'll talk about this a little bit later in the show, I guess, but...

You know, all these naysayers who just turn around and say, oh, well, it can't be proper literature because, you know, it's fun and enjoyable.

Well, no, sorry.

Actually, some of what we now consider to be literature did start off as being written off as light and fluffy and not literary enough.

So, yeah, no.

Do what makes you happy.

I agree entirely.

And I think, you know, she really does show that growth and acknowledgement that we can and do and should change.

Listening to her then and actually reading bits and pieces of the book about a month ago, I was actually really reminded of the seven stages of grief.

When you become bereaved, nobody expects you just to go, OK, I'm through those seven stages within seven hours, within a week.

You are given time to...

to actually go through those stages of grief and learn by your mistakes and your missteps and become a wiser person.