Litsy

Glorious Exploits: A Novel | Ferdia Lennon

bailed

This one is me, not the book. I tend not to enjoy fiction set in Ancient Greece and this was no different. Glad I gave it a try at least. Don‘t let me deter anyone. #TOBlonglist

squirrelbrain I actively disliked this and bailed, both of which are quite unusual for me! 😬 1d

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 23h

Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain I‘m glad I‘m not alone! So maybe it is a little bit of the book and not just me. 😉 20h

squirrelbrain @micheleinphilly hated it too! 🫤 19h

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Mpcacher

Bury the Lead: A Quill & Packet Mystery | Elizabeth Renzetti, Kate Hilton

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This is a lighter mystery featuring Cat, who is a journalist with a small town paper. When a famous actor dies on stage during a performance, Cat (who was already doing a piece on him) investigates. The story has humour, parental angst, lots of small town doings and some #metoo drama. I enjoyed it and look forward to the next in the series. Thanks to NetGalley for digital advance reading copy. 3.75/5 stars.

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Our Town, a Play in Three Acts | Thornton Wilder

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I have read a couple of books this year that mention - or in the case of Tom Lake revolve around - Our Town. I have somehow gotten through this life without seeing or reading the play and thought I should correct that. It isn't a play that is performed around my area so reading it was the way.i think I would have more affinity for it if I had learned it in highschool. It is a sad story and 👇.

ChaoticMissAdventures I understand why Patchette had her MC holding on tight to the memory of playing Emily. Overall though I found it all to be a bit boring, I had to take long breaks between acts. But I do understand the themes of life passing you by and the ebb and flow of generations. And Poor Emily. Maybe we should bring the play back to a wider audience to talk about maternal mortality now seems like a good time. 1w

rubyslippersreads I had to read it in high school and found it depressing. There‘s an old movie version, starring William Holden and some of the original Broadway cast, that makes me think Hollywood had the same concerns. (edited) 1w

Susanita Yesterday I learned that Aaron Copland did the music score for the movie. 1w

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TheLudicReader It‘s definitely worth watching. There‘s a version with Paul Newman as the stage manager that‘s really good. I first discovered it in the 1970s with a production starring Robby Benson (❤️) and thus began my love affair. I wrote my honours thesis on it, and so while I understand it seems dated, the themes are universal and the scene where Emily returns to her 12th birthday guts me every time. 1w

ChaoticMissAdventures @TheLudicReader I always feel I get so much more out of a story when I am doing bookclub, or a school project on it. Reading it in an afternoon on my couch with only Ann Patchett for context probably did it a disservice. @rubyslippersreads @Susanita looks like I will need to find the movie somewhere! It all feels very Americana- Rockwellian which I can appreciate for what that is.
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rubyslippersreads @ChaoticMissAdventures I think the Paul Newman version that @TheLudicReader recommended may be available on YouTube. I haven‘t seen it yet, but I‘m sure it‘s much more faithful to the original play than the old movie (available on Prime Video). 1w

TheLudicReader Yeah, the movie is not worth watching, @rubyslippersreads @ChaoticMissAdventures 1w

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Eggs

Our Town, a Play in Three Acts | Thornton Wilder

Just wanted to share this 😢

dabbe 😭😭😭 2w

Eggs @dabbe Unforgettable 😔💕😢 2w

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thebacklistbook

Playing with Myself | Randy Rainbow

Right about now, I would love some Snow. It's been a rainy winter so far which is not at all usual.

The tagged represents being cozy indoors, since that's how I listen to it. #two4tuesday

TheSpineView 🤍❄️🎄 Thanks for playing 2w

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Bookwomble

Pelleas et melisande | Maurice Maeterlinck

I don't need much persuasion to be listening to #Finland 's national composer, Sibelius, but as it's his birthday today, it seemed rude not to mindfully do so.
Sibelius derived his Pelléas et Mélisande suite from his incidental music for Maeterlinck's play about the doomed love of the title characters. The setting is a decaying castle deep in the forest, which fits the mood of the book I'm reading, "Gossip from the Forest".
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Larkken

Glorious Exploits: A Novel | Ferdia Lennon

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I loved this, it was brilliant, but then maybe it is something only another Classicist would love? I have beef with the blurb calling it a comedy, it is def a tragedy, if a madcap one, and it is about POWs being forced to perform in order to eat, so rather brutal for even dark comedy. But there were still some flashes of beauty, and I appreciate the decisions the author made in plot and execution. #tob25 #tob25longlist

Larkken If the dialect is weird for you in print, I recommend the audiobook read by the author. Syracusans with Irish accents make sense to me now, what can I say. 2w

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Tkgbjenn1

Making It So: A Memoir | Patrick Stewart

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Jean Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, two legendary characters. An interesting autobiography.

RamsFan1963 It disappointed me he was such a womanizer and cheater. I thought better of him 2w

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Andrea313

Choir Boy | Tarell Alvin McCraney

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The play-reading spree continues! I recently finished off these two in quick succession and loved them both. Even on the page, you can see how engaging Fleabag was as a live solo work, and being a huge fan of the TV series, it was cool to see what was chosen for expansion in a new medium. Meanwhile Choir Boy is one of my favorite new plays of the past decade(ish). One review called it "a poem inside a play" and I couldn't agree more.

Andrea313 #SeeMoreTheatre 3w

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