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Romeo And/Or Juliet
Romeo And/Or Juliet: A Chooseable-path Adventure | Ryan North
Romeo loves Juliet. Or Rosaline. And Juliet loves Romeo. Or Viola. Or Orlando. It's Shakespeare as you've never played him before. In this choose-your-own-path version of Romeo and Juliet, you choose where the story goes every time you read! What if Romeo never met Juliet? What if Juliet got really buff instead of moping around the castle all day? What if they teamed up to take over Verona with robot suits? Whatever your adventure, you're guaranteed to find lots of romance, lots of epic fight scenes, and plenty of questionable decision-making by very emotional teens. All of the endings--there are over a hundred--feature beautiful illustrations by some of the greatest artists working today, including New York Times bestsellers Kate Beaton, Noelle Stevenson, Randall Munroe, and Jon Klassen. Packed with exciting choices, fun puzzles, secret surprises, terrible puns, and more than a billion possible storylines, Romeo and/or Juliet offers a new experience every time you read it. You can choose to play as Romeo or Juliet (obviously) but you can also play as both of them, or as Juliet's nurse, or, if you're good, you can even unlock a fourth playable character! That's right. We figured out how to have unlockable characters in books. Choose well, and you may even get to write the world's most awkward choose-your-own sex scene.
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AshRaye
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I knew going into this that it was going to be wild from start to finish. I decided to just go with it and have a great time. I wasn't disappointed. The stories are fun, silly even. The author is highly entertaining, I expect nothing less from them. I've gone through it a few times, but there are still so many more options to explore.

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bluestocking.book.nerd
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Pickpick

The Goblin Teen desperately needed a haircut and I desperately needed a book to read during said appointment, so I borrowed this one that the Girl Child just got for her birthday. Cute idea - not my thing, but 💯 perfect for teens and college students! Go find the online game, too!

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Squeeee!!! Choose your own adventure stories are my Achilles heel! ❤️😍❤️ 3y
bluestocking.book.nerd @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Make sure to add his other book, To Be or Not To Be! 3y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Awesome, thank you! ❤️ 3y
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Sharpeipup
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“thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce” Wish this book was available when I took English Lit. #chooseyourownadventure #shakespeare #24b4monday

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aroc
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Ok #LMPBC #GroupU, what about this book? It's been on my shelf for forever! I think it might be fun to see each others choices! What do you think?

@Lovesbooks87 @EH2018 @TheWordJar

Lovesbooks87 I haven‘t read it. I trust whatever you pick!😀 4y
TheWordJar I would love this pick! I just checked it out from the library last week because I‘ve wanted to read it for so long. (I‘ll hold off, just in case!) 4y
EH2018 Im interested! 4y
aroc @Lovesbooks87 @TheWordJar @EH2018 I choose this one. Although I'm thinking of sending a notebook to write our number orders so as not to influence others choices. Thoughts? 4y
EH2018 @aroc a notebook sounds good 4y
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Kaddele
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Loved this show - so much fun and so much glitter! Brilliant ending to this year‘s West End pilgrimage. 🤩(And, speaking as someone who had to do all of Shakespeare at uni, I agree, Romeo is a douche with no upper body strength...)

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Dogearedcopy
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Since this is told in a non-linear format AND I‘m the kind of person who likes to know when they‘re done with a book AND I‘m an office supplies geek (and a Post-It Notes (R) freak in particular)... 😜

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WhatWouldJaneDo
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Been enjoying my can o' wine and Shakespeare In Love, a particularly fun play to watch just after finishing Romeo and/or Juliet. But just after the second act started, it started pouring rain suddenly and we're now paused huddling under the sound booth overhang. In probably seven years of going to Shakespeare in the Park this has never happened to us before!

Eyelit That‘s unfortunate! I went to an outdoor theater for a Shakespeare fest many years ago and it started pouring in the second half of Othello. the actors valiantly tried to keep going but eventually had to admit defeat. My friend and I were completely drenched by the time we made it back to the car. Still remember that night fondly, tho. 😂🌧🤷🏻‍♀️ 5y
WhatWouldJaneDo It was totally unexpected tonight too! The rain didn't last terribly long, but once it stopped they announced it would be at least 20-30 minutes to go through their drying process and do tech checks (and that was assuming everything worked). Our chairs were soaked and that would put me way past my bedtime so we headed home. We have season passes so we can go as much as we'd like, so we might try again next weekend. 5y
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WhatWouldJaneDo
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Pickpick

Very fun Choose-your-own-adventure Shakespeare with tons of Bard in-jokes. I'm a completionist so this involved lots of book marks and multiple fingers holding spots to try and make sure I found all the endings. I especially loved the side quests into other plays or characters, and my fave was getting to be a noir detective as Rosaline (proving she had much better things to do than hook up with Romeo when he was pining for/stalking her).

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I loved this and I‘m toying with reading it aloud to my 8th grade students and letting them vote on making the decisions. 5y
WhatWouldJaneDo @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I bet they would love that! 5y
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WhatWouldJaneDo
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Almost through playing as Juliet in this choose-your-own-adventure but first a drug fueled dream side quest (into a Midsummer Night's Dream apparently).

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WhatWouldJaneDo
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Choose your own adventure Shakespeare, and I just unlocked a side quest as the nurse! This book is so much fun!

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Coleen_Nieto
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GREEN! I only had a small stack of green books in my bedroom. Most of my books are un the basement and I didn't have the energy to get a stack from the basement. Daisy and I took a walk today and she let me take her picture.

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Robothugs
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1) Done!
2) My niece mispronouncing “popsicle.” The p was replaced with c - hilarious as you can imagine.
3) 🧐 This is a hard one. Maybe Italian.
4) I only know of my cousins on my maternal side: I‘m fairly certain I have 13...ish. 🤣
5) thanks for the tag @Lizpixie I‘m not sure who hasn‘t done it at this point but feel free to use my post as an invitation to do so! ♥️
#FriyayIntro

LeahBergen # 2 😆😆 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage ♥️👋🏻 5y
BiblioLitten 🤣🤣 5y
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GatheringBooks
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#MarchIntoThe70s Day 26: Fats curated this list of books inspired by #RomeoAndJuliet. This is only a sneak peek of some of the titles she included here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-hUP

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I liked the tagged -> it felt more like the Hatfield/McCoy feud than romeo & juliet 5y
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arlenefinnigan
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gradcat This looks fun! 5y
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Sweettartlaura
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Pickpick

A bit much, but fun nonetheless.
What‘s interesting is when I went through as Juliet, I maintained my independence, never winding up with Romeo, even as I explored other options.
But when I went through as Romeo, I wound up with Juliet, successfully, with no need for anyone to die.
The nurse path is super-annoying.
And I think there are a couple other paths I didn‘t stumble on. I‘ll keep this around and pick it up again to see where else I land.

julesG So Romeo is the one needing a relationship? 5y
Sweettartlaura @julesg in this version apparently so. Although when I‘m Romeo, Juliet is open to it. She just has to feel like it‘s her choice no matter what. Which is fine by me 💁🏻‍♀️ 5y
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Sweettartlaura
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Even as Romeo, it‘s so easy to escape death! What was wrong with Shakespeare???🙄😏

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Sweettartlaura
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First pass through this “choosable-path” version is successful! (And also, not unlike my actual life 💁🏻‍♀️)

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Augustdana
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Went to the book depot on a whim and this looks friggin delightful. The illustrations are worth the price of admission alone.

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youneverarrived
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I‘ve never read a graphic novel but this looks fun #classictographicnovel #maylovesclassics #litsyclassics

2BR02B I dig Ryan North. I bet this one's a lot of fun. 6y
youneverarrived @2BR02B it looks like it will be! 6y
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zembla
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A delight. I played through a few different times, then I just flipped through reading the endings and whatever else caught my eye. I loved the unlockable playable character and other Easter eggs that I‘ll spoil in a comment below, for anyone who‘s curious.

zembla You can play as Rosaline in a hard-boiled detective storyline, and as Nurse in an old-school adventure game called NURSE QUEST. There are also mini-stories of Macbeth, A Midsummer Night‘s Dream, and Pyramus & Thisbe. This book is clearly made with love, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. 6y
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GatheringBooks
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#AdelesMayMashUp Day 9: One of the GatheringBooks ladies, Fats Suela, who works as a circulation asst at the Ohio Library has created this list of star-crossed lovers in novels for our Contours Of Love reading theme first quarter of the year - perfect as well for #CrazyForYou prompt. Here is the full list: https://gatheringbooks.org/2018/03/31/saturday-reads-a-reading-list-inspired-by-...

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great list!!!! 6y
GatheringBooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks thank you!! fats has come up with a list that i think is not that well-known to most - haven‘t read these novels myself and looking forward to finding them here in singapore. 6y
vkois88 Looks like a great list! I hadn't heard of most of them. Thanks for sharing 🤗 6y
GatheringBooks @vkois88 my pleasure! i hope it adds to your tbr stack! 6y
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Onlyinurdreams28
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This book was hilarious and I had a lot of fun reading until several different endings I generally don‘t like choose-your-own-path adventure books, but this one is an exception.

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juliannebenford
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Hey Litsy, did you miss me? Reorganised my shelves before I put up my tree 😊

Laura317 Nice! Welcome back. 😁 6y
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AMVP
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#decinbooks17 & #reindeerreads #day6 - #redandgreenbooks / #redandgreen

Already falling behind again, though in my defense I had DnD and a dentist appointment on Wednesday,

Have enjoyed tooling around with this book, though I took it off my "Currently Reading" list because it doesn't seem like the kind of book you just up and finish.

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Clwojick
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Oh Romeo! Maybe this one will be good. 😉

#LibraryWishlist #NeverEndingTBR

Have any of my fellow Littens read this book? Would you recommend? Please let me know. ☺️

jpmcwisemorgan I thought it was a lot of fun. I‘ve thought about turning it into a game of sorts and having friends help chose the adventure. 6y
LiteraryinLawrence I liked this one. You don‘t “read” it as much as you just bounce from blurb to blurb depending on what decisions you make. I found it fun but didn‘t read all the parts. 6y
Onlaughterandliteracy I didn‘t love it. It was fun but I couldn‘t read all of it. And some of it was plain ridiculous!! Which I think was intended, but it got a little too much for me! (edited) 6y
readinginthedark I really enjoyed it! It‘s not meant to be taken seriously or read straight through, but I‘ve always loved CYOA books, and this even gave me some new perspective on the original (although I‘m not sure it was meant to 😆). 6y
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mariaku21
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It was witty and well written and I loved that North added his own spin to these characters by giving them modern traits and dialogue.
My only problem with this is that after 20 path selections, I ended up repeating the same path and getting the same ending and it became tedious because it's a 400 page book and I was stuck with the first 100 for path selections.

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Bradleygirl
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I love you, nutty Ryan North. Mostly for dinosaur comics, but this is impressive. I had to cave and get this off Amazon at the realization that this huge choose-your-own adventure will take ages to complete. #shakespeare #remixes

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abby-doodle-bug
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This is AMAZING. If you like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Dinosaur Comics, Nimona, Lumberjanes, Homestuck, or Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, this is a must read. Also features art from super awesome web comic artists and graphic novel artists.

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mariaku21
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OMG look what I found at my library?!? Didn't know these types of books were still being written.....
I'm a sucker for these chooseable path adventures!!
You guys remember those?

mariaku21 In my first path, I managed to run away from home, break away from the Capulet ties, meet someone else, move in with said someone, and break up with said someone and it's all good because I became a pirate!! 7y
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Smangela
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It's not that this was necessarily bad but there is NO way I can figure out how to read all the possible paths and because of that I can't count it (in my heart or mind) as a fully read book. I so rarely bail on books I can tell you the last time I did was about 3-4 years ago. It's so hard for me to bail but I have to, I cannot put anymore effort into this one.

IamIamIam Sounds like a headache! 7y
Ms_T Sounds like you gave it a good go. Time to move on though. 7y
AmandaL You're better than me. I read one path, skimmed the rest, and counted it as read. 7y
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readinginthedark 😂I'm so crazy; I wrote down each thing I chose and went through the paths in a totally obsessive way. But I also took breaks between reading them so I wouldn't lose interest. Of course, Romeo and Juliet has never been my favorite Shakespeare, so I found laughing at it very refreshing. 7y
Smangela @readinginthedark that's the direction I was going!! But I was like, no stop, "I can't put that much effort into this" mainly because I've had about 5 books out from the library for probably 7 months ???? 7y
Smangela @amandaL hahaha! It's just so hefty for a choose your own adventure! 7y
Smangela @IamIamIam it was a bit of one haha 7y
Smangela @Ms_T thank you! Haha I'm coming to terms with it ☺️ 7y
readinginthedark @Smangela Good point! It takes me forever to read books anyway. 😆 7y
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VAtheBookNerd
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I met him at Awesome Con in DC this weekend. According to the postcard, he said it was nice to meet me! 😁😁😁😁

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queerbookreader
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Mehso-so

Eh. Ehhhhhhhhhhh. Ehhhhh. That's basically how I feel about this. I was absurdly excited to read this since last year, and I finally got my paws on it last month.........but ehhh. The author was trying way too hard to be funny and amusing and witty. I hate when authors do that. Funny writing is organic, not ~lets see how many ridiculous things I can cram into a paragraph because oho I am so amusing~. WOW, I'm disappointed.

queerbookreader @SaturnDoo This is one of my last library books out!!!!! I have been weak and kept checking things out, but NO MORE. Really I have like three left to get through and after I swear to god I am paying attention to my own books for the rest of the summer. Swear to god. Until at least September 21st. 7y
SaturnDoo @lemonlime799 😂😂😂 I still have books checked out(not any new ones..the same ones I had) but I am reading my own as well as these LBs. This month has been a slow reading month for me...been a little busy. But I have my 👀and thoughts on ya 😂 I am lurking. We can do this. 7y
Johanna414 I've been giving myself this same lecture... I need to focus on my own books and the 30 I brought home from my work library to read this summer. The public library is off limits! ...until the next time Lane and I are out for a walk and I lose will-power, of course 7y
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faelinwolf I felt the same! I was so excited about it & then I didn't even try to finish it... 7y
queerbookreader @faelinwolf I tried all of 4 options and was like "welp I'm just about done here", such a disappointment. The most exciting thing about the book is the cover art by Noelle Stevenson. And the book is one of my favorite colors. But that's it!! 7y
Smangela @lemonlime799 my biggest problem is that I want to read all the story lines and I don't think I can/want to, and it's kind of killing me. 7y
queerbookreader @Smangela Because it's not like you can read them out of order! But reading them in order would take the rest of your life! 7y
Smangela @lemonlime799 yes! Hahaha okay I feel validated and am going to return it to my library now haha 7y
kspenmoll Nice review! 7y
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bitterbear
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My #newbooks / #tbr piles are out of control... #readingwomenmonth #dontstopdontquit #day15

RealBooks4ever 🤣🤣🤣👍🏼 7y
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Sonja
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Shellie of books to read next for #riotgrams day 1

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jmtrivera
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Mehso-so

Choose your own adventure books stress me out a little, but there were definitely some fun paths and endings in this book. If you like this sort of thing, go for it! Otherwise, I'd say do this one in small doses as a palate cleanser. More opinions and discussion on the podcast! #EclecticReaders #playingcatchup

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Beth.La
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My new favorite Shakespeare adaptation. Ryan North might be the funniest person to rewrite a tragedy.

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jmtrivera
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New #EclecticReaders episode is out! What makes a good retelling, and the best paths in Romeo and/or Juliet! EclecticReaders.fireside.fm/35

Ruri_kaichou Rosalind, clearly 😂 7y
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janeycanuck
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Mehso-so

I first went through the "spoiler" path, which I enjoyed - I liked the humour and North's style. I then did the "secret character" path, which I also enjoyed. But then I did a couple Romeo paths and a couple Juliet paths and it started falling flat for me. So... not sure. Maybe choosing my own adventure just doesn't work for my linear personality. (But the @EclecticReaders episode was great! And so is this dark basement simulator.)

TaraNewman Thanks for listening! I'm already loving next month's book - hope you can join us in June! 7y
EclecticReaders Glad to hear you enjoyed the episode! Thanks for reading along and tuning in 😃 7y
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Merethebookgal
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On this episode of the #EclecticReaders #Podcast we give some updates on our #MadLibs Reading Challenge & the #EclecticReadathon on June 23rd (Mark your calendar!) then discuss some of our fave (or not so fave) retellings & Romeo and/or Juliet. Listen via iTunes/Podcast apps under Eclectic Readers or thru our website eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/35 & join in on the convo here or on our Goodreads thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18608215

Mc_cart_ny Can't wait to listen! 7y
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EclecticReaders
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On this episode of the #EclecticReaders #Podcast we give some updates on our #ERMadLibs Reading Challenge & the #EclecticReadathon on June 23rd (mark your calendar!) then discuss some of our fave (or not so fave) retellings & Romeo and/or Juliet. Listen via iTunes/Podcast apps under Eclectic Readers or thru our website eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/35 & join in on the convo here or on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18608215

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TaraNewman
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Mehso-so

The robots were weak.

No, but seriously. I think I was expecting Shakespeare fanfiction, with a few stable plots, and a heavy dose of comedy. Instead I got a comedy book loosely based on Shakespeare and with few true plotlines.

This book did get me to chuckle a couple of times, but ultimately, as someone who loves Shakespeare (even if R&J is my (2nd) least favorite play) this just wasn't for me.

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TaraNewman
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Episode 35 is out #EclecticReaders! We discuss what makes a good retelling of a classic story and why some are more successful than others! Plus, we deliver a little love (and shade) to Ryan North's "Romeo and/or Juliet".

Listen at: eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/35

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janeycanuck
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This. Book. Is. Hilarious.

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janeycanuck
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Settling down with this before the @EclecticReaders episode on it comes out. I have no idea how to go about reading this. Do I read just one path and call it a day? Do I read a couple? Several? As many as I can? Suggestions welcome (embraced, actually...)

MayJasper Sounds bonkers, have fun 😵 7y
EclecticReaders Some people read a couple of endings and are good , while others try to find every single ending, so it's all up to you- there's no wrong way 😊 hope you enjoy the episode! 7y
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Merethebookgal
Mehso-so

Some parts were really funny but I felt like there were too many choices and too little "meat" as most of the time you'd only read a sentence or two before having to choose yet another path. I was trying to read as many endings as I could in a short amount of time for book club & I think that took away some of the fun. If your read little chunks of this as a pallet cleanser between your other reads it would probably be more enjoyable.

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iread2much
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I was pleasantly surprised with this book. It has many many endings and while many of them are just plain silly, it was fun. I recommend this book if you like the Bard but aren't a rabid fan. 3.5/5 stars

BookBabe Adorable puppy! 🐶😍 I've been meaning to check out this book, too. 7y
iread2much @bookbabe thank you! I puppy sat and I really enjoyed this book :) 7y
TricksyTails Cute little Shiba! 😍♥️🐶 6y
iread2much @TricksyTails thanks! She‘s my brothers 6y
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whatsjennareading
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Mini library haul and afternoon coffee to help me get through this long Monday. Adulting is 👎🏼

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jmtrivera
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Hi, Littens! I'm still alive! I'll catch up later, but for now, here's a preview of the next #EclecticReaders podcast episode, coming your way next week!

Bradleygirl I have that on TBR! Wish I could bully the library into ordering it 7y
jmtrivera @Bradleygirl I can't endorse bullying; librarians are our friends! Try puppy dog eyes! 🐶😢😁 7y
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Ruri_kaichou
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I won't be on this episode, instead I'm playing sound engineer for the other ladies. It's not a bad way to start my day. Keep an eye out for the new episode May 15th! @EclecticReaders @jmtrivera @Merethebookgal @TaraNewman #EclecticReaders #Podcast

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