So it’s my turn to lead a Classics Bookclub discussion and I can’t remember the last time I felt so intimidated! All coherent thoughts and FLOWN right out of my head, faster than the speed of light, and I’m afraid all you will be left with is perfect dribble. This month we read (at my…
Category Archives: Classics
Greek Myths
Greek myths are weird. I don’t get them. I don’t understand why people would want to listen to them and I don’t get a culture who would delight in such tales. Even as I type that, having just read a whole collection of them, I conclude that morbid curiosity would drive one to them. Published…
Books on Screen (and Stage): Les Miserables
The adversarial relationship between Jean Valjean and Javert. A romance between Cosette and Marius. A love of country and a desire for change. A struggle of ideals. Each of these themes plays strong, whether in the book, the Broadway musical, or the movie. Let’s talk about the musical first. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack…
Les Miserables Podcast
What do you do when you have some really smart and wise women on your team? You shut up and listen to them, that’s what. Dawn and Lisa spoke very articulately and passionately in our bookchat in conjunction with the Classics Bookclub on Les Miserables, so please have a listen. We focused on the relationship…
Classics Bookclub: Les Miserables
I finished! I finished! Did you? If not, feel free to join in anyway. I think that there is so much in the first half of the book, and so I would love to hear your incomplete thoughts if you want to share them. I am glad that I had the accountability of this bookclub…
Classics Bookclub Preview: Les Miserables
I know — it’s long. It’s very very long. Are you reading it? I devoured the first couple of sections, and it lagged a bit in the middle for me, but I’m so glad I’ve re-read it. In the spirit of the book, I want to extend grace to those of you who are trying…
Books on Screen: Brideshead Revisited
Inspired by the best-selling novel, the provocative and intense Brideshead Revisited is a riveting drama of forbidden love, power and betrayal, featuring stunning performances by Academy Award winner Emma Thompson (Best Actress, Howard’s End, 1992) and Matthew Goode (The Lookout). When the charming aristocrat Sebastian invites Charles Ryder to his family’s estate, Charles becomes seduced…
Books on Screen: Anne of Green Gables
I have recently come to an awful realization. That is? That there are people out there, living amongst us in society who look just like you and me – and yet they are different somehow. How different? Well, they haven’t read Anne of Green Gables. Some of them haven’t even seen the movie. Even my…
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