Recommend and Not So Much

I started reading John Green and David Levithan's book: Will Grayson, Will Grayson today. I appear to be a quarter of the way through already. I somewhat wished my commute was longer. I almost didn't use the hot tub this evening (more therapeutic than generically recreational this week) because I wanted to read more. So I took the book - very carefully- into the tub. I'd read more except that whole get up early tomorrow after a night of very interrupted sleep.

I finished Possession yesterday. I initially thought having it in audio format would make it more palatable, but it meant I couldn't skim. At least the last 2 chapters got to the goddamn point. Can't say I'd recommend it, but then again, I'm not fond of academic faffing over research (sorry, just NMK) and I find most poetry to be OK, but I don't need to read a book that gets all meta about it. Book club Wednesday. Once again woodwardiocom's brother and I can have another chapter of our ongoing conversation in which I play the role of the one who can't stand any books. It's quite ridiculous how often this happens to me in book club, but I keep coming back. Also, NO idea what next to suggest. The theme for the reading year is "romance"- as in the big sweeping dramatic things put forth by Bronte and Byron. And other B names. Except, you guessed it- don't love that kind of lit. Em suggested we go for the straight up Harlequin style. When we did the Nancy Drew month for mystery, we all chose one and compared/contrasted. I think we were thinking  we'd do the same for Harlequin. 

Robin and I went to see Albert Nobbs yesterday. I feel like it was half a movie. If you're going to do a niche movie like that, may as well have played to it's potential audience of GLBTQ folk who like historical. I did just check, and apparently it is based off a short story, so... OK. I guess it had to stick to the point. I feel somewhat compelled to go find it and see if the original text is as lacking in plot. Really, I'd rather someone else who has already read it and seen the movie tell me. Going back now: I already know one version is disappointing. I'd hate to waste my time twice.  I'd be happy to go on about why I found the movie to be entirely frustrating, but it takes a while and see aforementioned thing about having to go to bed and the new bit about how I probably shouldn't have started writing this in the first place and just gone directly to bed.  The only other point on the disappointing movie is that I will have to read up on movies more before I go these days. I don't have the luxury of going out like that sans Crime Fighter to waste on the  mediocre.