Litsy

Romeo & Juliet | William Shakespeare

https://youtu.be/beV56hp4T3w

Dear Purists: Please be kind.

I really liked this adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, set in the suburb of Verona Beach. I love the dissonance between the modern characters, props, and setting and the Shakespearean English dialogue of the original play. It made for a surreal and beautiful experience that played well to my literary and artistic senses.

#TimbitTunes | 8: #TheSuburbs

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Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

Pogue This was one of my favorite adaptations. It shows how the story is essentially about gangs and their fights, not about Romance. 5y

Cinfhen And the soundtrack was fantastic 🤟🏼 5y

Brooke_H And Harold Parrineau is so good as Mercurio! 5y

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KathyWheeler I loved this version. 5y

madamereadsalot1 I adore this version! 5y

Clare-Dragonfly As a snobby teenager, I hated this version. But I‘ve seen it many times since and love it now. My teacher friend says that it‘s the most faithful adaptation, line for line, of the play. 5y

BookishTrish I lived this movie. Have you heard Claire Danes read The Handmaid‘s Tale? 5y

BookishTrish @Brooke_H YES 5y

Soubhiville I love this movie too! I can‘t say how many times I‘ve watched it. 💔❤️ 5y

PaperbackPirate Another fan of the movie & soundtrack! I don‘t think you need to apologize. 5y

TheKidUpstairs I LOVE this movie. And as @PaperbackPirate said, it's got a great soundtrack! 5y

TheKidUpstairs @Pogue yes! I hate when people hold this up as the ultimate love story/romance. It's a bloody tragedy!!! 5y

TheKidUpstairs @Brooke_H he was perfection in that role. 5y

ravenlee I was ambivalent about this movie when it came out but I wore out the soundtrack (on cassette!). 5y

Centique I loved this movie too! Baz Luhrmann has a unique touch. Have you seen Strictly Ballroom? It‘s over the top but also sweet and fabulous. 😍 5y

LiterRohde @Centique I have not. 5y

LiterRohde @PaperbackPirate Thank you for the support! I didn‘t expect too much pushback from Littens, so the comment was a bit tongue in cheek, but some people are so adamant about not messing with the “original”. 5y

LiterRohde @BookishTrish I have not. But I can see how she would be a good choice as narrator. 5y

PaperbackPirate @LiterRohde I think it shows the quality of the story if it‘s still relevant today, so if there is a grump tell them to take it as a compliment! 😁 5y

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Mindyrecycles

Anastasia Krupnik | Lois Lowry

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Anastasia is appalled to learn her family is moving to #thesuburbs. So embarrassing and unoriginal! 😂 I love her. #timbittunes

Bookwormjillk I used to love her! The memories! 5y

ApplesandSpindles Lol! I don't usually associate Lois Lowry with plucky heroines with adorable plots! 5y

TheKidUpstairs Oh my gosh, I'd forgotten about her! 5y

Centique Excellent choice! 5y

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merelybookish

The Invaders | Karolina Waclawiak

A few selections from Read It Forward's "21 Novels about Being Trapped in Suburbia."
There's lots of books about sad white people in #thesuburbs. ? Not a genre I like, although I've read some of these including the tagged book which was awful.
www.readitforward.com/bookshelf/21-novels-trapped-suburbia/
#timbittunes @Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs

WhatWouldJaneDo I read Tampa a few months ago. I liked it but man was it messed up. Kind of impressed by how far the author was willing to go. 5y

Mrsann2000 I agree with “awful”! I read a couple of these and that description fits. 5y

CarolynM I liked Belong To Me a lot 5y

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ErikasMindfulShelf I really liked Belong to Me too @CarolynM 5y

CarolynM @irre I've enjoyed all Marissa de los Santos's books 5y

merelybookish @WhatWouldJaneDo I have heard Tampa is an interesting read! 5y

merelybookish @Mrsann2000 It's mostly that these books tend to be people by awful characters. Revolutionary Road is a well-written but so miserable to read. 5y

merelybookish @CarolynM @irre The description sounds interesting! Better than The Corrections, that's for sure! 🙂 5y

ErikasMindfulShelf Me too @CarolynM She‘s an auto-buy for me. 5y

CarolynM I bailed on The Corrections at the 100 page Mark - I just didn't care. Marissa de los Santos's characters are much more engaging. Belong To Me is the sequel to

Love Walked in: A Novel

Cinfhen @WhatWouldJaneDo I totally agree!!! Tampa made my favorite reads of 2018 😜 5y

Reggie Oh, I loved the tagged book. I agree, everyone in there was unlikable but I couldn‘t look away. 5y

merelybookish @Reggie It was a #tob pick which is why I read it. It made me realize I needed a break from reading about rich white people. 5y

TheKidUpstairs "Sad white people in the suburbs" is definitely an overdone genre. But every once in a while there's a gem. 5y

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Blaire

The Sportswriter | Richard Ford

I loved all the Frank Bascombe books about his life in #thesuburbs between NYC and Philadelphia. #timbittunes

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

CarolynM This is one I've had on my shelf for ages but never got around to. You've encouraged me to give it a try soon🙂 5y

Cinfhen Ooohhh, you had me suburban Philadelphia....my stomping grounds #stacked 5y

TheKidUpstairs I've never read any Richard Ford. I've got this one on my shelf:

Canada

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Blaire @TheKidUpstairs I‘ve read Canada, and have it 4 stars on goodreads but I only vaguely remember it. 😔 I really do have a terrible habit of not remembering the books I‘ve read. In general I really like his writing.

Canada

Blaire @CarolynM I hope you like it. I know I liked it enough to also pick up Independence Day and the lay of the land. 5y

TheKidUpstairs @Blaire I do the same thing. I read very quickly but often forget details quickly too! 5y

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TheKidUpstairs

Little Fires Everywhere | Celeste Ng

One of my favourite reads of 2017, full of things going awry in #thesuburbs.

#TimbitTunes @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Good pick🙌🏻❣️ 5y

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Librarybelle

The Witches: Salem, 1692 | Stacy Schiff

1692, in what is could kind of be considered #TheSuburbs of modern day Boston, a group of young girls started accusing townspeople of Salem of witchcraft. What transpired from that led to hundreds of accusations in the Boston area. #TimbitTunes

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

Cinfhen I‘m so curious about this piece of history. Although I‘ve seen mixed reviews on this particular book. 5y

Librarybelle @Cinfhen I‘ve read parts of this particular book and had to put it down to read other books for various reasons. It‘s not narrative nonfiction. It‘s definitely a drier narrative. 5y

TheKidUpstairs I've got this one on my TBR. I've heard that it's a dry read, as you said, rather than narrative, so I need to be in the right mood to read it! 5y

Lauram I made it through this one a few years ago and find that I appreciate it more now that a few years have passed. @Cinfhen @Librarybelle @TheKidUpstairs (edited) 5y

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JennyM

Harry Potter: fun book | J.K. Rowling

#TimBitTunes

Friday night in #TheSuburbs. I am SO rock and roll 😆

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

TrishB Looks great to me 😁 still Friday morning but counting the hours until the glass of wine 🍷 5y

JennyM @TrishB it‘s been a LONG week. Hope your Friday goes smoothly and quickly. X 5y

batsy Perfect 😍 5y

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Cinfhen Ha!! That was our house last Friday night😂Except we bailed on the puzzle rather quickly 5y

JennyM @Cinfhen this was supposed to be a ‘family activity‘...I appear to be the last jigsawer standing 🧩 5y

JennyM @batsy I knew I could rely on my littens to appreciate this. Hope you have a great Friday night (not sure if you‘re there yet in your time zone) 😘 5y

Cinfhen Exactly how it played out in my house!!!! Enjoy your wine 😘😘 5y

batsy Thank you, I'm having a quiet night in with my books and some chocolate ❤️ 5y

TheKidUpstairs Looks like a perfect Friday night to me! 5y

Kalalalatja Looks great! Enjoy ❤️ 5y

Cathythoughts I‘m just about getting there myself 🍷🍷🍷 5y

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Cathythoughts

The Stepford Wives | Ira Levin

#TimbitTunes #thesuburbs I‘m thinking of our buddy read last year .... what a great book , set in the #suburbs I‘m pretty sure ... is Stepford a suburb ... I can‘t remember 🤭

Cinfhen, TheKidUpstairs

BarbaraBB I thought of this one too. It must be a suburb! 5y

Cinfhen Absolutely 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻great choice 😀 5y

batsy Oh yes, suburban scares indeed!! Clever pick. 5y

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erzascarletbookgasm This is a great scary cover! 5y

TheKidUpstairs Perfect! 5y

Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB ♥️👍🏻 5y

Cathythoughts @Cinfhen ♥️😘 5y

Cathythoughts @batsy♥️👍🏻 5y

Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm it is 👍🏻😳 5y

Cathythoughts @TheKidUpstairs ♥️👍🏻 5y