Welcome to Litsy!

Yuval Sharon‘s passion for his topic shines through on every page of this engaging, accessible book. While he does assume you‘ve got some basic opera knowledge, there‘s enough context here for even neophytes to follow along with each of his points—and to interrogate those points against their own experience of the performing arts. I had an excellent time doing just that, and now I‘m all fired up to explore EVEN MORE OPERA. Highly recommended.

I finally found a decent Kindle case! Now I can read ARCs in style, starting with the back half of the tagged book. It‘s got me thinking good and hard not just about opera but about performance in general.

I also ordered vegan poke. The “tuna” is marinated watermelon, and it WORKS. Texture‘s good, flavour‘s better. Would eat again.

I stopped off for a cappuccino and some opera criticism courtesy of this fascinating book. I‘m always excited about opera, but it‘s got me EVEN MORE EXCITED ABOUT OPERA THAN USUAL! The chunk I just read was about opera as a nonchronological art, and I dunno if the ARC‘s formatting jumbled the timeline and the illustrations up or if Sharon intended it to appear like that, but either way, it gets the point across.

Yesterday was my birthday! I woke up to the news I was approved for an ARC of the tagged book, about which I am SO EXCITED. I can‘t wait to dig into it.

I also got a couple of bookish presents: a new Kobo case and a mystery my mother won in a contest. And I took myself off to the thrift store in the afternoon, there to find a functional beige iPad case I transformed with some glitter mist because no device of mine will dress like Colin Robinson.