In my searching for all topics literature I have come across a website that I think is fantastic.
Bookmooch.com is an online marketplace for freely exchanging the books you've read. Browse the library other readers have put up there (you can search in your own area or further afield) and request a book. A few days later your book will arrive in the post! Advertise your own books you are happy to part with and you can clear your shelf space for all those new arrivals.
I will definitely be availing of this for my next read and would love to hear if anyone has had experience with it.
The latest Nesbo is consuming my reading time en ce moment- I promise to get through it soon!
Monday, 28 February 2011
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
What are you reading??
So for this week I am reaching out for your latest brushes with literature. (I'm reading a book, am rather enjoying it, but it is about to come out on film so I've decided it isn't quite the time to bore you all with my thoughts on it.)
Is anyone reading anything of note? Been to a play? Or have any special musings connected with literature?
I would love to hear!
Next week I travel to Oslo and am going to read something by (apparently) the "new" Stieg Larsson...
Is anyone reading anything of note? Been to a play? Or have any special musings connected with literature?
I would love to hear!
Next week I travel to Oslo and am going to read something by (apparently) the "new" Stieg Larsson...
Sunday, 6 February 2011
National Theatre Live's King Lear at The Ritzy Cinema Brixton
This week I attended an evening of Shakespeare in a modern form. No, this wasn't a deathly "modern interpretation" involving a trapeze, electronic music or alternative dance before you collectively gasp. This was a live broadcast of the tragedy King Lear from the Donmar Theatre to cinemas worldwide.
Four of us gathered at the Ritzy early to share a bottle of wine, a quick dinner & quality updates. Little was said of the play beyond reminiscences of when we read/saw it last. One of the party played the part of Cordelia in a school production 10 years ago and thus was eager to see if tonight's youngest daughter would be up to scratch.
Taking our seats in the rather fittingly grand cinema, we didn't know what to expect from a film screening of the classic play. But it worked well. The Donmar theatre is an extemely intimate space which leant itself well to filming. The intensity of the production was easily transmitted onto the big screen and the wider audience was quickly drawn in.
Alas, however, technology of these modern times is a flawed being. Some way in to Act III, as Lear was in full flight of his madness, a technical fault put a temporary stop to the whole show and immediately snapped us back to our detached cinema seats. Cordelia beside me viewed this as an ideal opportunity to re-live her glory days and bring the play to a close with the rest of us as her acting troupe. Though I began to fear being dragged in front of the crowd, the kinks were ironed out and the play resumed and came to its bloody and tragic end as planned.
The play itself is too well known (and too dense!) to delve into here. Suffice it to say that it is one of the most powerful accounts of fierce and devastating betrayal ever created. The masterful acting by Derek Jacobi in the title role reminded me of why I love theatre.
Of course, we had almost as much fun in the aftermath-where we all agreed that the Duke of Cornwall's Liam Gallagher-esque swagger did not quite translate to Elizabethan theatre. And also that Cordelia was a tad to self-righteous for her own good.
A classic play, a hugely entertaining production and fine way to spend an evening.
Four of us gathered at the Ritzy early to share a bottle of wine, a quick dinner & quality updates. Little was said of the play beyond reminiscences of when we read/saw it last. One of the party played the part of Cordelia in a school production 10 years ago and thus was eager to see if tonight's youngest daughter would be up to scratch.
Taking our seats in the rather fittingly grand cinema, we didn't know what to expect from a film screening of the classic play. But it worked well. The Donmar theatre is an extemely intimate space which leant itself well to filming. The intensity of the production was easily transmitted onto the big screen and the wider audience was quickly drawn in.
Alas, however, technology of these modern times is a flawed being. Some way in to Act III, as Lear was in full flight of his madness, a technical fault put a temporary stop to the whole show and immediately snapped us back to our detached cinema seats. Cordelia beside me viewed this as an ideal opportunity to re-live her glory days and bring the play to a close with the rest of us as her acting troupe. Though I began to fear being dragged in front of the crowd, the kinks were ironed out and the play resumed and came to its bloody and tragic end as planned.
The play itself is too well known (and too dense!) to delve into here. Suffice it to say that it is one of the most powerful accounts of fierce and devastating betrayal ever created. The masterful acting by Derek Jacobi in the title role reminded me of why I love theatre.
Of course, we had almost as much fun in the aftermath-where we all agreed that the Duke of Cornwall's Liam Gallagher-esque swagger did not quite translate to Elizabethan theatre. And also that Cordelia was a tad to self-righteous for her own good.
A classic play, a hugely entertaining production and fine way to spend an evening.
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