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been seeing end of year reading posts going around and wanted to share the list of everything i read this year!! it’s under the cut if you’re interested :)
1. Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
2. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
3. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
4. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
6. Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson
7. Educated by Tara Westover
8. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
9. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
10. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
11. Joan by Katherine J. Chen
12. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
13. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
15. Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee
16. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
17. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
18. The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
19. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
20. Idol Burning by Rin Usami
21. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
22. The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun
23. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
24. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
25. Bones and All by Camille DeAngelis
26. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
27. Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
28. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
29. Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
30. Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
31. Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
32. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
33. Get Rich or Lie Trying by Symeon Brown
34. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
35. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
36. Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories
37. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
38. None of This Rocks by Joe Trohman
39. The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
40. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
41. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
42. Near the Bone by Christina Henry
43. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
44. The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
45. Slewfoot by Brom
46. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
47. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
48. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
49. Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
50. Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
51. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
i’ve also just started Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer so we’ll see if i finish it before the new year !
i’d love to hear about the books you read this year or talk about some of the ones on my list!!! i’ve had so much fun making new mutuals and whatnot this year and i hope you all have a great year of reading in 2024! <33
I read 102 books in 2022, but these are my favorites and highly recommended:
24. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
23. Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
22. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
21. Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis
20. Beyond the Best Dressed: A Cultural History of the Most Glamorous, Radical, and Scandalous Oscar Fashion by Esther Zuckerman
19. Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang
18. Yearbook by Seth Rogen
17. Maame by Jessica George
16. Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman
15. The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, From Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs
14. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
13. The Winners by Fredrik Backman
12. Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Harold Schechter & Eric Powell
11. Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
10. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
9. True Biz by Sara Nović
8. George Michael: A Life by James Gavin
7. Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined by Stephen Fry
6. The Push by Ashley Audrain
5. New Teeth by Simon Rich
4. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan
3. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
2. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
1. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Enjoyable read-alouds with my son:
5. Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume
4. White Bird by R.J. Palacio
3. There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
1. The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
Reading goals for 2023:
1. Finish Beastie Boys Book, which I started in 2021 and has been largely sitting on my dresser since then, gathering dust and mocking me with its intimidating length.
2. Since I keep adding books from it to my to-read list, delve fully into the romance genre by reading and listening to at least one or two books a month, preferably from as many different authors as possible.
The Gay White Way is a three act musical revue (review) with music by Ludwig Englander, and book and lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld and James Clarence Harvey. It was originally produced by Sam and Lee Shubert, staged by R.H. Burnside with dances arranged by Ralph Post.
“The story of ‘The Gay White Way’ concerns almost anything in general and hardly more than nothing in particular.” ~ Frederick Tragellia
The show was a revised and re-written version of the previous season’s hit Wine, Women and Song.
Interpolated songs included:
"Merry-Go-Round" by Louis A. Hirsch and E. Ray Goetz
"Somebody's Been 'Round Here" by John W. Bratton and Paul West
"If You Must Make Eyes at Someone" by Leo Edwards and Matt Woodward
"Dixie Dan" by Seymour Furth and Will D. Cobb
"My Irish Gibson Girl" by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome
“Under the Matzos Tree” by Fred Fisher and Alexander Carr
About the Title: Broadway was known as ‘the Great White Way’ because of the glare of its lighted marquees. At the time, electricity used in signage was new and eye catching. The words “great” and “gay” were then used interchangeably. In the early part of the 20th century and previous, the word gay inferred frivolity, light-hearted fun, not homosexuality, as it does today.
The revue satirized past and present Broadway hits and locations. Performers played such real-life Broadway luminaries as David Belasco, Alla Nazimova, Eddie Foy, Trixie Friganza (played by her own sister Bessie), Anna Held, Henry Anglin (portrayed by his own son J. Heron), and Margaret Anglin.
"What Is the Gay White Way anyhow?" ~ a November 1908 newspaper article
The Gay White Way - meaning Broadway - is the greatest street In the world. It is a path of pleasure and a morgue of misery, a boisterous boulevard, a mainspring of mirth. Here are the definitions given by the stars and some of the principals of "The Gay White Way":
Jefferson DeAngelis - The Gay White Way is a riot of roses and a ramble of remorse.
Blanche Ring - The Gay White Way is a condition of minds and contradiction of theories.
Alexander Carr - The Gay White Way is the only place where every chorus girl owns an automobile.
Maude Raymond - The Gay White Way is the street on which, if you leave it for season, you will return singing "Somebody's Been Around Here Since I’ve Been Gone.”
Laura Guerite - The Gay White Way is a continuous Tiddly Om Pom. It is a hash of happiness and a goulash of gaiety.
Frank Doane - The Gay White Way is nothing more than a gigantic lemon squeezer, and many a lemon it has squeezed.
The production had its world premiere in Philadelphia on September 23, 1907.
Scenes took place in the Tenderloin, an entertainment and red-light district in the heart of Manhattan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The area originally ran from 24th Street to 42nd Street and from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. In 1960, a Broadway musical titled Tenderloin was set in the district during the 1890s.
The Gay White Way opened on Broadway at the Casino Theatre (1404 Broadway at 39th Street) on October 7, 1907. It was the follow-up to a previous musical revue titled Wine, Women, and Song.
About the Venue: The Casino Theatre was built in 1882 for light musicals and operetta, but showed mostly vaudeville starting in 1892. A 1905 fire necessitated much reconstruction. In February of 1930, the theatre was demolished to make room for the expanding garment district.
A sign outside the Casino lists Jefferson DeAngelis, who played George Dane in the show.
Another sign outside the Casino indicates that Alexander Carr was appearing. He played Montgomery Bernstein Brewster.
[Thanks to the Stuff Nobody Cares About blog for the close-up images]
“A musical comedy stew filled with everything these theatrical cooks, Messrs. Sydney Rosenfeld and Ludwig Englander, could put in it. But one of these men, in cutting up the ingredients, must have dropped in a lemon or two. While the first helping tasted good to a large audience, the second and third act helpings needed large doses of Worcestershire sauce, and then it wasn’t altogether as palatable as had been expected from a peep in advance at the menu before the curtain went up.”
On October 16th it was reported that changes were afoot at The Gay White Way.
This song is not listed as part of opening night, but was probably inserted after the show opened. Featured performer Alex Carr was its author and originator.
On October 26th, a gun misfired onstage injuring Blanche Ring.
On November 18th, a US Senator’s ex-wife joined the cast. Claire Oddie performed under her maiden name of Claire MacDonald. Her ex-husband Tasker Oddie became the 12th Governor of Nevada in 1911 and was one of those who signed the charter for the new city of Las Vegas.
The Gay White Way closed on January 4, 1908 after 105 performances. It began a limited tour in Philadelphia, where it first opened.
On May 29, 1908, The Gay White Way finally played The Gay Wooden Way, appearing at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City NJ. Original stars Jefferson DeAngelis, Blanche Ring, and Alexander Carr were still performing in the show. The show they performed, however, looked very different than the one that opened in nearby Philadelphia in late September 1907.