wednesday books
2 February 2022 22:09The Idiot, Elif Batuman. Batuman writes really well, but doesn't quite click with me. I think I prefer her at shorter lengths? My experience with this was similar to reading her The Possessed, where I liked the first two essays, but then it just went on. Somewhat tempted to try the sequel when in comes out to see if it gives payoff, but not really. Also reading modern literary fiction makes me think maybe I should be reading more classics instead.
A Chorus of Disapproval, Alan Ayckbourn. Group readaloud, and a fun one! Play about a small-town production of The Beggar's Opera -- this was a good mixture of humorous, dramatic, and metatheatrical.
I also went on a Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel kick recently, I forget why, if I was just listening to her music or something? I was able to read some of her letters to her brother Felix Mendelssohn through google books preview", and will probably get the whole book from the university library soon.
Also, a google search turned up an excellent post by![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
selena_k, in case you are wondering who I'm talking about!
(For a while I've been meaning to post about her Cholera Cantata, which is getting more attention, though I wish it weren't because of the pandemic, but at least it means I can link to a blog post instead.)
A Chorus of Disapproval, Alan Ayckbourn. Group readaloud, and a fun one! Play about a small-town production of The Beggar's Opera -- this was a good mixture of humorous, dramatic, and metatheatrical.
I also went on a Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel kick recently, I forget why, if I was just listening to her music or something? I was able to read some of her letters to her brother Felix Mendelssohn through google books preview", and will probably get the whole book from the university library soon.
Also, a google search turned up an excellent post by
selena_k, in case you are wondering who I'm talking about!(For a while I've been meaning to post about her Cholera Cantata, which is getting more attention, though I wish it weren't because of the pandemic, but at least it means I can link to a blog post instead.)
