Friday, April 17, 2020

Kate, Kate, What Did You Do To Me????????????????


                                        This is a cautionary tale about reading, darlings.  Sometimes, a book is not ready for us, and vice versa.

                                         Now, save the above, I have read just about all Kate Atkinson's books, and have always derived great pleasure from them.  Her first novel, "Behind The Scenes At The Museum," which I had never read, was next in the order of my pile.  I picked it up in earnest, but could only get to page 70.  And I knew I did want to go farther.

                                         I was genuinely shocked.  This is not like me at all.  I had to face the truth, I just did not have the strength to read Kate Atkinson's book.  Maybe in another time, another place.  After all, I love Kate.

                                          So, here is what I read instead!---
"The Archive Of Lost Endings," by Lindsey Drager--At 154 pages, a quickie, with retellings of "Hansel And Gretel" and the actual Brothers Grimm.  A fictionalized compilation of what Bruno Bettelheim did, which resulted in Sondheim creating the 1987 classic, "Into The Woods."

Maybe that is it.  Maybe I had had too much of my own reality, and Kate was adding on to it.  So, a dose of fantasy did the trick.

Anyway, with no social life to speak of, this blog may become a book column for awhile.  But I promise to throw in human, and humorous, anecdotes, when I can.

And if the social scene ever starts up again--no matter what form it takes--I will be there!

2 comments:

  1. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with a book column!
    How about your wacky dreams?
    Or annoying commercials!
    Stories from childhood!
    How to help others without leaving home!
    Figuring out the New Normal!

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  2. Victoria,
    All good ideas, and more are
    brewing in my head, right now!

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