Just last weekend, we discovered the first movie in the "Man with No Name Trilogy" Fistful of Dollars was also available. It was such a thrilling, exciting, fabulous, crazy, awesome film. It was one of those movie choices I resigned myself to watching and not particularly enjoying.but I was so wrong. Over the summer we watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (available Amazon Prime). Plus the way the four episodes work together is masterful. Every now and then it feels like maybe he's losing his grip on you but then all of a sudden he reels you back in. (On Netflix.) He is quirky and smart and so committed to his gig that it's impressive. If you like stand up and you like British humor, I think you'll like the show James Acaster: Repertoire. And yet, there are those brilliant passages, so prescient, so perceptive of human nature, that maybe redeem it all. I resist being perceived as prudish about literature in particular, art in general, but there is something in Percy's novels that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Two more Percy novels later, and I might finally be coming around to her side. Maria enjoyed the book, particularly his "masterful punctuated and humorous conversation." Sophie found it.distasteful. Five years back, Maria and I spearheaded a "bookclub" with some family members and selected Percy's The Second Coming. Thought-provoking, very often, and very often discomforting. It's the third Percy novel I've read and I'm still conflicted on what I think of him as a novelist. I just finished Love In the Ruins by Walker Percy. If you happen to be looking for nice children's music or lullabies that don't make you want to knock your head against a wall, we really enjoy Elizabeth Mitchell. They are a pleasure to read aloud, and children seem to have an affinity for them too. The traditional, very familiar stories get a breath of fresh air with sprinklings of dry humor. Marshall's George and Martha stories were beloved in our house growing up, but I just recently discovered these other two on one of our trips to the library.
The Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks by James Marshall. The round-up of what caught our eyes (or ears) this month: Children’s corner
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