I’m in a reading rut this year too - read a few books I liked ok and a few I’ve been ambivalent about, but nothing that really hit home.
Usually I’d go back to the classics (Austen, Dorothy sayers, even good old HP) but I find that once I’m in the rut the problem is me - in don’t have the attention span or interest to really engage.
So I’m reading some Wodehouse (a perma-recommend) and Flashman (which I cannot in good conscience recommend because the protagonist is a vile human being, but do read it anyway because it’s hysterical) and waiting for my rut to pass.
Good thoughts about Succession. In contrast, a reason I really enjoy Mad Men was because I thought it presented both the liberal and conservative viewpoints and their weaknesses. It’s easy for a show to glorify the sexual Revolution of the 60s, but I especially thought Peggy (at 30th bday, when she says, “what did I do wrong?”) presented the negatives of that movement and her general unhappiness in having a noncommittal relationship with Abe.
Did you feel the same? Enjoying reading your thoughts on tv shows!
I’m in a reading rut this year too - read a few books I liked ok and a few I’ve been ambivalent about, but nothing that really hit home.
Usually I’d go back to the classics (Austen, Dorothy sayers, even good old HP) but I find that once I’m in the rut the problem is me - in don’t have the attention span or interest to really engage.
So I’m reading some Wodehouse (a perma-recommend) and Flashman (which I cannot in good conscience recommend because the protagonist is a vile human being, but do read it anyway because it’s hysterical) and waiting for my rut to pass.
Anyone else got any recommendations??
Thank you!!
THAT HOUSE THOUGH😍😍😍😍
Good thoughts about Succession. In contrast, a reason I really enjoy Mad Men was because I thought it presented both the liberal and conservative viewpoints and their weaknesses. It’s easy for a show to glorify the sexual Revolution of the 60s, but I especially thought Peggy (at 30th bday, when she says, “what did I do wrong?”) presented the negatives of that movement and her general unhappiness in having a noncommittal relationship with Abe.
Did you feel the same? Enjoying reading your thoughts on tv shows!