Much Ado About Nothing is by far my favorite Shakespeare play. I love most of his others too (especially Twelfth Night, Macbeth, & Romeo and Juliet), but this play is special. It’s fun to watch/read but surprisingly complex. If you haven’t ever seen/read it, I highly recommend starting with the Branaugh movie version and then reading an annotated copy. I actually own the dramatized audio version with David Tennant and Samantha Spiro, so I really like listening while I read along in hard copy. They’re […]
It’s not easy being queen
I kept seeing friends rave about My Lady Jane on Goodreads so I procured an audio copy from the library to see what all the fuss was about. I am SO glad I sought this book out. Has there ever been such a charming young adult novel? I’m trying to think of one and coming up blank. Maybe Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, but the types of charm are completely different in tone. My Lady Jane was co-written by three authors and the story is extremely […]
Smugness in print form
This book was cute and funny, but not nearly as cute and funny as McHale seemed to think… Basically, it’s half autobiography, and half self-help book — how to be the best Joel McHale you can be. The whole thing is very tongue-in-cheek, very smug and self-aware. While McHale does hit the occasional very funny punchline…on the whole it was just exhausting. The only thing I really enjoyed, and this will sound weird, but he does a fantastic job poking fun at his own receding hairline. […]
Tudor royals, books, shapeshifters and all manner of complications
According to history, when King Edward VI, Henry VIII’s son died young and childless, certain noblemen who wanted to make sure a ruler of the Protestant faith ruled the country put his young cousin Lady Jane Gray on the throne. She ruled for nine days, before Mary Tudor arrived with her armies, removed the poor girl and had her beheaded. This book bears a vague resemblance to that story. In the England of this story, the conflict in England isn’t between Catholics and Protestants, it’s […]
Yay for more books for CBR9!
Thanks alwaysanswerb! I am already reading Issa Rae’s book and gearing up for CBR9. 🙂
Sense and sensibility
Sense and sensibility is one of those books that I always felt was better in cinematic portrayal than in actual reading. After my latest reading I’m not so sure. As we all know the tale focuses on two sisters, Elinor and Marianne as they navigate poverty as a result of losing their father and the customs of 1800’s England being shite, basically. The book seems to imply that the eldest sister embodies Sense, she values good judgement and careful actions. Marianne on the other hand […]
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