Continuing with the Phantom theme, this mid-week post will be a discussion of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to Phantom of the Opera. Premiering in London’s West End (which is analogous to New York’s Broadway) in March 2010, Love Never Dies is the continuing saga of Christine Daae, Raoul de Chagny, and the Phantom of the…
“The Opera ghost really existed.”
Title: The Phantom of the Opera Author: Gaston Leroux Genre: Fiction – mystery/horror Publication Date: 1911 (first American edition) Purchase Price: $7.00 (paperback) Misc. Info.: Based on the (true?) accounts of the Opera ghost at the Paris Opera House From looking at his photograph, Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) appears to be a rather handsome, if unremarkable,…
Poetry Post
Poetry is not what I would call my forte. I have hundreds and hundreds of books on all kinds of topics, but out of all the quotations in my Commonplace Book, only approximately 60 poems make an appearance — and several are repeated. I’m much pickier with poetry than I am with books: I like…
“The story is in the cards.”
Title: Sepulchre Author: Kate Mosse (no, not the model–that would be Kate Moss) Genre: Fiction (quasi-mystery/horror) Publication Date: 2007 Purchase Price: $16.00 (paperback); I got a hardback on sale for $6.98 Misc. Info.: From the author of the bestseller Labyrinth Looking back, perhaps the fact that I found this week’s book in the discount bin…
“Write what should not be forgotten.”
Okay, here’s the skinny: I’m a nerd. You are surprised by this revelation, I know. “It’s not possible!” you say. “You, a nerd? Lies!” Protest all you wish, but that doesn’t make it any less true. There are oodles of examples of my nerdiness: my enjoyment of doing laundry, my hatred of all things with…