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Billypar
Rabbit Hole | David Lindsay-Abaire
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#Tuesdaytunes (on Wednesday)
@TieDyeDude I still haven't streamed that Philly radio show that you mentioned a few weeks back, but it led to a revelation tonight. I was listening to a favorite artist of mine that I've posted about before - Stas Thee Boss and remembered she is a radio dj on a west coast public radio station, KEXP. But for some reason, it never occurred to me to try to stream her show...until tonight. And it's great! 👇

Billypar https://www.kexp.org/shows/Street-Sounds/ I'm listening to it now - it's on every Saturday night, but they have the last two episodes available. It's a great mix of old and new hip hop, classic and avant garde. Great for finding new artists, and Stas has already introduced me to so much hip hop and soul through a series of playlists she posts on Spotify called Late Night Sauce: https://open.spotify.com/user/1274906161?si=pz_VNCgZQS2FbMMMkcEKpQ 4h
Billypar And while we're on the topic of music discovery, this week I found out that another British hip hop artist I follow Lex Amor (who I came across via a different hip hop radio-style program on Bandcamp, lol) has a 35 hour (!) playlist on her Spotify page called AMOR that seems amazing. It's more chill and has a blend of hip hop, r&b, and soul. She's also a DJ, but maybe that goes without saying 🎧🎙 4h
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psalva
Much ADO about Nothing | William Shakespeare
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A comedy in which tragedy is narrowly avoided by manipulating others into thinking that a tragedy has occurred. Hmm…quite interesting. Leonato‘s soliloquy in Act V, Scene I was the most effective part to me, full of seeming anguish despite the fact he knows his daughter isn‘t dead- the real emotion seems to come from her ruined reputation. ⬇️

psalva All the drama easily avoidable via a few simple conversations of course, but I suspended disbelief and enjoyed the ride in the end. It‘s been a while since I‘ve read a Shakespeare play and this was an interesting one to dip back into. 1w
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CogsOfEncouragement
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Tom Lake is on my tbr. I understand it refers to Our Town a few times. This was a quick read. Good to be knowledgeable of this classic I‘m sure.

dabbe I read TOM LAKE first (LOVED it) ... then I had to go back and reread OUR TOWN. (LOVED it way more than I did in high school!) 🤩 1w
vivastory I just checked out Tom Lake from the library. Really looking forward to it 1w
CogsOfEncouragement @dabbe parts of Our Town seemed a little familiar to me, mostly the stage manager. I‘m not sure if I saw the play eons ago or if there is just a similar narrator in something else I saw. Definitely glad I read it though. 1w
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CogsOfEncouragement @vivastory enjoy! It‘s on my shortlist, but you know how that can go. lol 1w
vivastory I checked out 8 other books at the same time, so I definitely understand lol I am wanting to make it a priority. I read Patchett for the first time over the Thanksgiving holidays last year & Dutch House ended up as a favorite of the year 1w
CogsOfEncouragement @vivastory Dutch House made my top reads list of 2023 as well. 1w
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lauraisntwilder
A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare
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My son has been assigned Shakespeare for the first time. 🤎 I decided we needed to read outside with fairy lights. My husband and I read from these two copies of mine from college, while my son read his parts from his copy from school. We had snacks and the weather was lovely. I can't wait to start Act 2 and meet Puck again.

Ruthiella What a wonderful family activity! 😃 2w
Clare-Dragonfly How lovely! 2w
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TheBookHippie
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dabbe 💚🩷💚 2w
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jhod
Prima Facie | Suzie Miller
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WH Smith buy one get one half price airport fiction pics ✈️

squirrelbrain Both fabulous! Going on your hols? Have a great time! 4w
julesG Enjoy your trip! 4w
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MariaW
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I finished reading the easy version of Romeo & Juliet with my 8th grade students. Even though the text was changed a lot they did not catch some parts of the the story. And I did not like the easy version because some of the best known quotes of this play have been changed. I prefer the original.

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dabbe
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AmyG Our Town! You should read Tom Lake by Ann Patchet….she writes of a woman‘s first love while playing Emily in summer stock theater at Tom Lake. Excellent. 1mo
dabbe @AmyG I did! That's why I had to reread OUR TOWN (hadn't read it since high school). #greatminds 💚☘️💚 1mo
AmyG Ha! 👊🏻 1mo
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Read4life 💙💙 1mo
dabbe @Read4life 💚💙💚 1mo
Amiable The Atlantic says there are 136 Great American novels: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/03/best-books-american-fiction/67... 1mo
dabbe @Amiable Who knew? Thanks for sharing; booklists are my favorite! 🤩😍😃 1mo
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dabbe
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The last time I read this was in AP English back in 1983. 😳 After reading TOM LAKE, I had to revisit it, and I'm so glad I did. I remember finding it pointless at the tender and stupid age of 17. What the hell was wrong with me? Such a poignant reminder to carpe diem--especially the most mundane moments of our lives because going about our daily business is the life of living and we must cherish every single second. Thanks, TW, for the reminder.

TheBookHippie SAME GIRL SAME and then I saw the play too -the next year in 1984 🙃 guess I should reread it and the book you mentioned I‘ve been avoiding it . 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (edited) 1mo
sarahbarnes This is such a good reminder that I should read this again, too. So many books I didn‘t appreciate in my youth. 1mo
TheLudicReader So much love for Our Town and an appreciation of the play enhances Tom Lake, for sure. 1mo
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dabbe @TheBookHippie Our high school performed it, too! Okay, we need to meet somewhere in the middle of our country (wouldn't THAT be interesting?) and see the play by a small, hometown school. 🤩 1mo
dabbe @sarahbarnes I'm feeling that more and more. Books I hated in high school (I'm talking to you, MADAME BOVARY), I just loved reading as an adult. Did I actually acquire a little wisdom along the way? 🤔 Nah, probably not. I was a naive and obnoxious high school student. 😂 1mo
dabbe @TheLudicReader I hoped you would write (I'm working on your next letter, btw). It's because of you I got off my ass to read TOM LAKE. You inspire me, m'dear. 💚💙💚 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I haven't read or seen it, I feel like I need to after Tom Lake! Good to know others feel the same 1mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe yes. Because you‘d be a better date than the one I had. Rest his soul. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo
KAO I liked parts of this when I read it for first the first time when I was in high school, but time and experience happened—and by now I have read it a handful of times and love even the minutiae of this play. I think of it often in moments of deep appreciation of “small things.” 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie Should I cry or laugh? How about both? 😂😢🤩 1mo
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures It's a fairly quick read, too! 🤩 1mo
dabbe @KAO I will, too. How I missed that in high school, I have no idea why. Sometimes great literature is wasted on the young. 🤩😍😃 1mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe I laugh. But I am not really that nice about boys who thought they could get in my pants..........LMAOROF. 1mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie 😂😂😂 1mo
Amiable Since I just picked up “Tom Lake” at the library, I took your advice and read “Our Town” as a refresher. (It‘s been so long, I don‘t think I could have intelligently discussed the plot.) It left me in tears. Holy cow, that hits differently in your 50s 😳 Thanks for the push to experience all the feels. 1mo
dabbe @Amiable I cried, too! Act 3 just about did me in. I can't wait to read what you think of TOM LAKE. 💚💙💚 1mo
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Super_Jane
A Doll's House | Henrick Ibsen
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3.5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 #play #classic