Shakespeare
No Filter Booklr Challenge: A book that has been scribbled on or written in…
November 2018 Reading Wrap-Up
Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really like it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: October 30 – November 3
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Waverly’s salty, salty thoughts.
Least Favorite Thing: No one communicates well in this book and it is infuriating reading their conversations because like JUST SAY WORDS OK JUST SAY IT DON’T THINK IT!!
I really liked this book. Now I’m torn on Brenna Yovanoff because two of her books I hated and two I loved… What is the real Brenna Yovanoff?? Stress.
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Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: November 3 – 6
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Laini’s writing voice.
Least Favorite Thing: As I’ve said before, there were some bits that were just too descriptive. Things I’d rather not visualize.
These stories aren’t pleasant, but I like them anyway because of Laini’s voice.
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Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi
(Shatter Me, book 4)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: November 6 – 9
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: That scream! Whaaat!
Least Favorite Thing: No one communicates in this book!
Man I loved the ending to this book, it was exactly what I wanted.
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Aston, & Jodi Meadows
(The Lady Janies, book 2)
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: November 10 – 19
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Helen
Least Favorite Thing: Just a tiny bit longish…?
I read this book during a reading slump and it still managed to be a four star book for me. It was so funny!
They Never Came Back by Caroline B. Cooney
Rating: ★★★☆☆ – liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: July 22 – November 23
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: The POV shifts.
Least Favorite Thing: What about Marmee and Dad Bob??
It took me ages to get past the third chapter of this book, but I won’t name any names as to whyyyy… Anyway I finished it and it was well written.
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Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Rating: ★★★★☆ – really liked it
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: November 17 – 25
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Beatrice/Benedick
Least Favorite Thing: EVERYONE JUST FORGIVES FUCKING CLAUDIO LIKE HE DIDN’T PUBLICLY SHAME HERO????
Fuck Claudio. Also why is it always the friar who’s like “let’s pretend someone is dead!”?
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
(To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, book 1)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ – it was ok
Review: No
Format: Print
Reading Dates: November 24 – 27
Read Count: 1
Favorite Thing: Um….
Least Favorite Thing: I did not like a single character in this whole book…
I have to say, even though I rated this 2 stars, that doesn’t mean it’s a bad book. It’s a solid, decent book, but it’s really not my cup of tea which bumped it down a bit. And if you like YA Romance, then you’ll probably love this book.
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In Progress
Completed: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Classic Remarks: February 3, 2017
Classic Remarks is a meme hosted on Pages Unbound that poses questions each Friday about classic literature and asks participants to engage in ongoing discussions surrounding not only themes in the novels but also questions about canon formation, the “timelessness” of literature, and modes of interpretation.
This Weeks Prompt:
Tell us about your favorite poem or poet.
I know it’s probably a cliche, but I like Shakespeare. I don’t read a lot of famous poets, I stick to local poetry publications usually, but I really enjoy Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
There’s something so magical about the lyrical flow of Shakespeare’s work. It’s forgiving in a way that other poetry is not. With most poems, if you don’t read them correctly (if your timing is off) it’s going to sound completely horrible, or like something written by a third grader. But with Shakespeare, you can read it any way you like and it’s going to sound beautiful anyway.
Not to mention you get the fun of picking it apart!
My favorite is Sonnet 130:
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
What are your favorite poems/poets?
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