I desperately want this to be good, in the hope that it inspires even one moviegoer to read the epic who might not have otherwise. My concern is that Hollywood will Marvel-ify Odysseus and do away with the subtleties of character…but I remain open minded 🏺

#booksky #filmsky #classics

PSA: You can give yourself tendinitis from knitting 2 fast 2 furious. Ask me how I know 😂

They use the Bassae frieze as a framing device, which is informative in its own right while providing a solid foundation for discussing language, architecture, academics, and culture. The best Very Short Introduction I’ve read so far! (Pictured below is a section of the Bassae frieze.)

Reviewing Every Book I Read #1: Classics: A Very Short Introduction by Mary Beard and John Henderson

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nonfiction, 145 pages, published 2000 🏺

#booksky #bookreview #classiclit #classics

T.S Eliot, “The Wasteland”—the poem that opened my third eye and made me a modernist (though I can’t say I agree about April) 💜

#poetrysky #poetry #classiclit

Behold, my latest finished object: the Trailing Daisy socks by Tiina Kuu! 🌼

One of my knitting goals this year is to improve my stranded colorwork, and I think I’ve finally found my ideal tension.

I highly recommend this pattern btw! It’s free on Ravelry 🧶 #knitsky

#currentlyreading Homer’s Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles

Despite being familiar with the most iconic scenes of the epic (sirens, cyclops, Scylla, oh my), it’s much different from what I was expecting!

To my surprise, I think I prefer the Iliad 🏺 #classicsbluesky #booksky

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery. 🪻

introduce yourself with
one book 📕
one film 🎬
one album 💿
one show 📺

#booksky 💙📚

After years of prioritizing Romantic and modern music, I’ve finally hit my Bach phase—I suddenly need to play all the Bach. Starting by revisiting the lovely Invention no.4 in d minor! 🎹 #classicalmusic

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you 💙📚

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookChallenge #Books #BookSky #literaturesky

Day 2: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you 💙📚

One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookChallenge #Books #BookSky

Day 1: The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith