I walked out of the Branagh Hamlet at intermission. It was just the final nail in the coffin of my conviction that Branagh is a wanky actor.
That's my girl... That's my good girl.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Sue - Jun 18, 2008 3:16:26 am PDT #6408 of 28370
hip deep in pie
lisah - Jun 18, 2008 6:10:04 am PDT #6409 of 28370
Punishingly Intricate
Oh, lisah, I think you used the wrong quickedit up there.
oops! Sorry. I posted and then split.
kat, the part that threw you was also a little disconceting to me but I feel like he's going to have a larger role in the family. Just based on the end of the chapter.
Who knows though? I did like his point of view anyway.
juliana - Jun 18, 2008 7:32:36 am PDT #6410 of 28370
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Instead of being middle aged, Lord & Lady Macbeth are an ambitious young couple on the make.
I like that interpretation - I also like the interpretation of Lady Mac being significantly older than her husband. I always want to see it as a passionate marriage, even though it can work with both of them considering it a marriage of business, I think it works out best when there's fire underneath.
lisah - Jun 18, 2008 11:01:29 am PDT #6411 of 28370
Punishingly Intricate
Instead of being middle aged, Lord & Lady Macbeth are an ambitious young couple on the make.
ooh have you seen the Shakespeare Re-Told Macbeth??? [link]
James MacAvoy as a hot young chef and Keely Hawes as his hot young ambitious wife/hostess of their restaurant.
It was pretty amazing.
Laga - Jun 18, 2008 11:07:56 am PDT #6412 of 28370
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ooh have you seen the Shakespeare Re-Told Macbeth?
Oh Lordy yes. I was a little disturbed by some of the meat stuff but JM shirtless in leather pants made up for it.
Kate P. - Jun 18, 2008 5:48:23 pm PDT #6413 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I read Oscar Wao recently (I think on Jesse's rec, even!) and really enjoyed it, but it did also take me a long time to finish. My favorite part was early on, when Lola is telling the story of her adolescence, running away from her family, her relationship with her mother, etc. Lola was definitely my favorite character. I found Beli's story the hardest to appreciate, and that's when I put the book down for a few weeks. But I really liked how, in the end (not terribly spoilery), it turned out to be largely Lola's story after all.
Jesse - Jun 18, 2008 5:56:14 pm PDT #6414 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm glad to hear that other people found it slow-going, or took breaks, or whatever, because I assume that most people here read more "good" or at least hard stuff than I do.
Kate P. - Jun 18, 2008 6:01:54 pm PDT #6415 of 28370
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I was glad to see that as well, actually! I read so little adult fiction these days that I assumed the problem lay with me when I didn't pick it up for days or weeks at a time.
Kat - Jun 18, 2008 6:04:20 pm PDT #6416 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I assumed I was just being a slacker. Glad other people paused and restarted it.
Kat - Jun 18, 2008 8:58:50 pm PDT #6417 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just finished Oscar Wao. I think I wanted to like it much more than I did. Which is a bummer. I'm glad I'm done so I can be DONE with it (I have wicked completest issues). I need something light and fluffy and then it's off to Jane Smiley.