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I must say I kind of fell for “What you want�.

But all in all, I can‘t take all those plays too serious. I think I am too factual and rational to do so. 🤷ğŸ�½â€�♀ï¸�

But this compilation is really great. 😃 The summaries are easy to follow but also detailed. And I was very impressed by the language used. ğŸ˜� It‘s so Shakespearean but yet understandable.

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“The Tempest� was the 8th of the 10 presented plays.
At first I thought: “Oh, cool, magical realism!� but oh my‼� This one was barely able to hold my interest. 🥱

On the pro side: My reading-clock shows 8:32 hours. Together with my 1:36 hours from yesterday morning this makes 10:08 hours in total. And still counting. 💙

Cool, I never thought I‘d really clock in > 10 hours of (audio-)reading / “audio library-ingâ€� in this weekend.

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Continued my audiobook about 10 famous dramas and comedies by Shakespeare in a nutshell:

• Much ado about Nothing
• The Taming of the Shrew (?? â€�Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung“)

I think, I like his comedies better. They suit his patterns and style of narration better. And yeah, I know, Elizabethan age and so on, but he is no big feminist (“The Taming of the Shrew�), is he�?

I so far listened to 3 more of Shakespeare‘s tragedies.

• Othello
• Romeo and Juliet
• King Lear

The last one was the only one I didn‘t know nothing but the title of. Maybe that‘s why I liked it. Or maybe I only could relate to a protagonist with dementia.

But in general: What‘s wrong with Shakespeareâ�‰ï¸� Envy, grudge and violence everywhere. Together with fair maidens and painting everything black and white.

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Seems, when it comes to games and readathons @RamsFan1963 and I are having compatible/complementary biorhythms – most of the time it‘s always him where I first spot those things in the morning.

I‘d love to reach double-digit reading hours during this #AnyWayYou-readathon.

Furthermore I want to finish

📖 🇩🇪 �Isegrim“ and
� my audiobook about 10 dramas and comedies by Shakespeare in a nutshell

Still, the tagged book is not what I am listening to as audiobook. 10 shortly presented dramas and comedies by Shakespeare.

Next one is Macbeth. It‘s only a bit less bloody than Hamlet but has more mystery and insanity in it.

So far, Shakespeare‘s plays remind me of fairytales for grown-ups. What is he doingâ�“Trying to hammer the difference between good and bad into his audience‘s headsâ�“

I‘m sure the tagged book is not mine. My current audiobook deals with 10 of Shakespeare‘s dramas and comedies in a nutshell. I am having this on my library‘s wish list for quite a long time but never dared to start it because I feared I would be bored.

So far, I was not. I just finished the first one: Hamlet.

What do I take from itâ�“People liked it bloody and insane back then. A bit excessive, William, isn‘t itâ�“

A “meh� for me.