Random book from our personal library.
Watching the Christmas Eve Carol service from Westminster Cathedral while reading this memoir of an amazing singer.
pickI picked up an old “Canadian Educational Edition“ of this play about the murder of Thomas Becket. The notes helped but I expect I still missed a good number of references in Eliot's verse. The story was seasonal, as the drama took place during the Yuletide season.
#gottacatchemall (Lycanrock Dusk: TBR 2+ years) @PuddleJumper
#52bookclub (told in verse)
Random book from our personal library.
Read a different edition in 2005 and later rated it ★★★★☆
I forgot to take a picture, but my #winternaturecardswap cards are in the mail. And I got to read a chapter of my book while waiting in line for stamps! 🥰 My apologies for being a little late - hopefully it just extends the joy.
@thebookhippie
Thanks to @Andrea313 for this #BlameItOnLitsy success! I really enjoyed these deep dives into Sondheim's works, especially when I disagreed with the author. 😂 (He is just so wrong about the Baker's Wife, I mean seriously!) I'm not familiar with Sondheim's later musicals but enjoyed the chapters nonetheless. The audiobook is a pleasant listen.
(I used this pic because Nina!)
#URC bk about old hobby @Faranae
#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair
pickA reread. I think the power of this play lies in its implied questions and its sense of rebellion.
This time reading it, the dramatic elements leapt out. How Antigone is more powerful by not making any practical sense but yet remaining true to her form. How king Creon is undermined by making complete sense, because he wraps himself in pride that gets tighter and more fragile, setting up a kind of self-destruct button. Good stuff
Saturday morning #coffeeandabook ... well, a play. Rereading Macbeth, my favorite Shakespeare play.
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