Two books I'm starting today: Symphonies for the Soul is a classical music "pharmacy" linking musical pieces to mental health issues, which will probably be a book I'll slowly consume into next year.
The tagged book is Olds' poetry collection about aging during the COVID era - at least that's what I think it is. I've not previously read her work, so unsure if this is a good introduction.
Bookwomble And, yeah, you love my lamp! ❤️💡🐈⬛📚🏵️😄 Impulse buy as Mrs B objected to the one I liked with crows, but cats, books and flowers are inarguably satisfactory 😊 4d
VanessaCW Love the lamp! I like crows. I find them fascinating. I also like cats, flowers and obviously books! 4d
wanderinglynn That lamp! 😍😍😍 4d
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CoffeeNBooks I'll be curious to see what you think of Symphonies for the Soul. I love classical music, and that sounds like a really interesting book! Also, great lamp! 4d
Bookwormjillk @wanderinglynn hey! Good to “see” you 4d
AnnCrystal Lovely Lamp 👏🏼🤩📚🏵️🐈⬛💫...Crows would have been lovely too 🤩💫. 4d
jitteryjane724 I'm very interested in what specific pieces will be linked to mental health issues in your reading if certain ones are listed. Will you keep us updated? 3d
Bookwomble @VanessaCW @wanderinglynn @CoffeeNBooks @AnnCrystal Thank you for your appreciation, despite me being a #ShamlessLampPimp 😁 3d
Bookwomble @jitteryjane724 I'll post some updates as I go along 😊 The entries are listed alphabetically by emotion, so starting with Abandonment, Condy offers Handel's Messiah, which I've actually never liked. The second offering for Acceptance (lack of) is Holst's Saturn, which I love ❤️🪐❤️ Each entry had a short essay about the music and composer, and the emotions Condy expected it to elicit, and that's interesting regardless the musical piece. 3d
jitteryjane724 @bookwomble thanks for letting me know! It sounds like something I'm going to have to investigate myself as well. Very interesting so far! 3d
Bookwomble @jitteryjane724 The book you need to stack for the "music pharmacy" is the one I've tagged in this message, though I'm also enjoying the poetry of Sharon Olds, so maybe you'll like that, too ?![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
Symphonies for the Soul: Classical music to cure any ailment 3d
Symphonies for the Soul: Classical music to cure any ailmentjitteryjane724 @bookwomble oops, thank you!! Stacked! 2d