wednesday books in brief

[landofnowhere]

Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring, play readaloud. This was new to me and I enjoyed it -- quite a cast of characters, some nice metatheatrical bits, and a clever final twist. Though this seems like the sort of play that would benefit more from being performed on a stage rather than just read aloud over discord.

The Innocent Sleep, Seanan McGuire. Book 18 in the October Daye series, and the first one not to be from October's POV (though there have been a bunch of short stories/novellas with other POV characters). So far it's getting off to a good start, I'll report more later.

Comments

[lirazel]

You should definitely watch the Cary Grant film! It's so enjoyable!

[landofnowhere]

Good to know! I don't go in much for movies generally, and I'm bad with faces so with old black-and-white movies I particularly find it hard to tell the clean-cut white guys apart. But I already know the plot, so this should be easier to follow!

I found Mortimer to be the least interesting character in the read-aloud, but I expect Cary Grant's reactions to be fun to watch.

[lirazel]

I don't think you should have much trouble with this one? Not with the main characters at least. And yeah, Mortimer is not inherently interesting in himself, but Cary Grant is SO good at reactions that he was really the best casting decision imaginable. If you enjoyed the play, I think you'll really enjoy the movie!