Currently Reading:
Reel History: The World According to the Movies by Alex von TunzelmannDate Started: April 1
Goodreads Summary:
From ancient Egypt to the Tudors to the Nazis, the film industry has often defined how we think of the past. But how much of what you see on the screen is true? And does it really matter if filmmakers just make it all up?
Picking her way through Hollywood's version of events, acclaimed historian Alex von Tunzelmann sorts the fact from the fiction. Along the way, we meet all our favourite historical characters, on screen and in real life: from Cleopatra to Elizabeth I, from Spartacus to Abraham Lincoln, and from Attila the Hun to Nelson Mandela.
Based on the long-running column in the Guardian, Reel History takes a comic look at the history of the world as told through the movies - the good, the bad, and the very, very ugly.
Little Thoughts: I was enjoying this book until she gave A Knight's Tale a C+ entertainment rating. Otherwise, I'm enjoying the trashing of movies and her insights into the historical information that is missing in the movies.
Currently Listening:
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Date Started: March 24
Goodreads Summary:
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
Currently Listening:
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Date Started: March 24
Goodreads Summary:
Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
Little Thoughts: Listening through Pheobe Reads a Mystery. This is my least favorite Austen novel, but I keep trying to find something enjoyable in the story.
Check out my Goodreads 2021 Challenge to see what I've read this year.
Reel History sounds so interesting! Seems a unique look at movies with respect to their reflection of history.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your books this week!
Sue
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