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March Readalongs
10/3/11 15:05I’ve been off work sick for a few days (everyone seems to be toppling with March colds and while I'm back at work my sinuses still don't feel quite right in dry office conditions) and that’s why I’ve been missing around these parts. I just thought I’d give you a wave and a little notification of what readalongs I’m planning to join in March:
‘Shipbreaker’ - Paolo Bacigalupi and ‘Behemoth’ - Scott Westerfeld for The Booksmuggler’s Nebula readathon. I’m 100 pages into ‘Shipbreaker’ now and really enjoying it already.
‘Prospero Lost’ - J G Lamplighter for the Women of Fantasy Book Club.
‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ - Patrick Ness for Calico Reaction's Book Club, which is a reading group I haven’t read with before.
I’ve already finished Karen Mahoney’s 'Iron Witch’. it continue
Four other literary things
Last weekend I saw Romeo and Juliet at the new theatre in Stratford, with some of my favourite members of the Royal Shakespeare Company playing the title roles. More on this later when my head is properly cleared.
The next day I saw Gnomeo and Juliet, which follows the ‘doomed lovers’ storyline in the main, but is otherwise delightfully far away from canon. Elton John songs, references to other films (including one to ‘Brokeback Mountain’ which officially won this film my love) and drag racing lawnmowers which will put you so in mind of Grease. It’s sentimental of course, but there’s also quite a bit of funny and a glob of good heart. Your heart would have to be a little stone ninja bunny not to crack just a leetle bit.
I’m entering the third month of my book buying ban and I am beginning to jonesy for a new book fix (litlove, this is my attempt to keep working that idea of books as healthy but addictive into my blogging). I’ve said I’ll enter into another three month ban with Peta at the end of this one and go until June, which, if you could see my room you would clap hard as a very good idea. Still nnnhhh, bites down.
Do you know the 24 hour read-a-thon, or Dewey's read-a-thon is on April 9th 2011? Hurray!
Adieu, until I am fully none sniffley everyone.
‘Shipbreaker’ - Paolo Bacigalupi and ‘Behemoth’ - Scott Westerfeld for The Booksmuggler’s Nebula readathon. I’m 100 pages into ‘Shipbreaker’ now and really enjoying it already.
‘Prospero Lost’ - J G Lamplighter for the Women of Fantasy Book Club.
‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ - Patrick Ness for Calico Reaction's Book Club, which is a reading group I haven’t read with before.
I’ve already finished Karen Mahoney’s 'Iron Witch’. it continue
Four other literary things
Last weekend I saw Romeo and Juliet at the new theatre in Stratford, with some of my favourite members of the Royal Shakespeare Company playing the title roles. More on this later when my head is properly cleared.
The next day I saw Gnomeo and Juliet, which follows the ‘doomed lovers’ storyline in the main, but is otherwise delightfully far away from canon. Elton John songs, references to other films (including one to ‘Brokeback Mountain’ which officially won this film my love) and drag racing lawnmowers which will put you so in mind of Grease. It’s sentimental of course, but there’s also quite a bit of funny and a glob of good heart. Your heart would have to be a little stone ninja bunny not to crack just a leetle bit.
I’m entering the third month of my book buying ban and I am beginning to jonesy for a new book fix (litlove, this is my attempt to keep working that idea of books as healthy but addictive into my blogging). I’ve said I’ll enter into another three month ban with Peta at the end of this one and go until June, which, if you could see my room you would clap hard as a very good idea. Still nnnhhh, bites down.
Do you know the 24 hour read-a-thon, or Dewey's read-a-thon is on April 9th 2011? Hurray!
Adieu, until I am fully none sniffley everyone.