The Mists of Avalon

 

I bought this book years ago and put it on my bookshelf. It was one of those books that I told myself that I would get around to. Then a friend told me the plot and I finally took it off the bookshelf. It's a female perspective of the King Arthur stories. The one criticism I would give it is that it was very anti-Christian and I'm religious. But the stories were interesting especially the one about the barren Gwenhwyfar and her relationship with Lancelot. It's one of the longest books I've read. I need to read other books on King Arthur. All I knew before this was The Sword in the Stone so I have a ways to go.  

The Collected Poems Sylvia Plath

 

I've just started getting into poetry. I haven't really given it a try. I've read Anne Sexton and Emily Dickinson. I decided to reread this and then I'm going to do less famous poets. I read this three years ago. Some people on the internet say she's just famous for her life which was pretty fascinating. However, she was an incredible poet. The last 50 poems in the book are from her beginning period. They're all right. It's interesting to see how she developed and became more unique. Her poems became more emotional. My favorite poems here are the ones about her dad who was a beekeeper. He died in Sylvia's youth. I don't really care for the poems where she writes about a famous sculpture. Those are more at the beginning of the book. I heard the movie with Gwyneth Paltrow wasn't that good. I hope one of these days a proper movie is made preferably with a star that doesn't have a name yet. That would be even neater.  

Melancholy Play

 

Tilly, a melancholy girl has three people in love with her a tailor, a lesbian, and a psychiatrist. The play gets really funky in the end by having all of the characters turn into almonds. At first, I thought it was too cutesy but then I admired it for daring to be that eccentric.  I read The Clean House, another play she wrote earlier on this blog. While I liked that play more I still found this play to be a worthwhile read. Ruhl has an interesting style and I'm curious to read her more.