Welcome to Litsy!

On 28th May, 2022, Andrea Marcolongo spent a night at the Acropolis Museum, looking onto the Parthenon, ruined by Lord Elgin, whose biography she brought with her. Inspired by her impressions of that night, Shifting the Moon is a blend of histories: art history, colonial history, personal history, classical history.
While never condoning Elgin's theft, Marcolongo, presents him as a tragic figure, ruined by the act of ruination he committed.

"On the last week of May, in an outdoor gear shop in Paris, I bought a camping bed, a sleeping bag, and a flashlight."

#FirstLineFridays @shybookowl

51/100 I know it's an old saying, but honestly, I could listen to Stephen Fry read a phone book, if they still existed. His narration really brings the story of Odessus to life, it's often quite funny when it's not being tragic, as Odessus has one misadventure after another, both helped and hindered by the various gods of Olympus. I know this is the last book of his Greek Mythology series, but I love to see him tackle Norse mythology. 5 🌟 read

#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude

There are so many songs about the moon I could have chosen to accompany this book, but it's a marvelous morning for a Moondance, so the romantic, mystic, Celtic soul of Van Morrison it is💚🩵💚
#BooksAndMusic #BooksAndCoffee

Next up: Italian classicist Andrea Marcolongo got permission to spend a night at the Acropolis, and this shortish book (142 pages) is an account of her meditations on ancient Greece, Lord Elgin, personal reveries and "the ever-changing relationship between present and past". ?️?

⭐️⭐️⭐️

2.75 stars. I was drawn to this book because it was set in Athens, Greece. The prose was introspective and meandering, sometimes lovely, but it felt like it held me at an emotional distance.

Excellent biography of how cities change,and how some histories can be hidden.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578863564

Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy! I did not know that Stephen Fry had a 4th book in the Greek Mythology series. I need to finish my current audiobook so I can get to this. I know it's going to be another winner. #SeriesLove2025

"Another innovation of Cleisthenes was ostracism. The ecclesia voted once a year, if there was demand, on the exile for ten years of a leading politician. Citizens could propose anyone they wished. There was no question of punishment for criminality, rather a desire, in Plutarch's phrase, to 'humble and cut back oppressive prestige and power.'"
-Anthony Everitt, "The Rise of Athens"

#5JoysFriday

1. I‘m at the soccer game right now with my lovelies
2. Got a cool garden spinner on clearance. Been wanting one of these!
3. Made a mango strawberry smoothie for lunch
4. Going to Orla Gartland at the Fonda tomorrow with my daughter
5. Tagged book is hilarious! I couldn‘t sleep last night and I was reading it, but I laughed so hard I thought I‘d wake my husband 😂