oh, what‘s in a name?
a tale of woe — Juliet
and her Romeo.
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #moviehaiku #romeoandjuliet #shakespeare
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Why does 🍊 have to give his opinion on their engagement?!
Feel free to have a #ranttime on this post - I'll fully support you 😆😆😆!
pickThis is a dark take, wrapped in history with a little bit of magic.
As a rejected daughter, she travels to be a wife to an ambitious man with many dark secrets. As she struggles to navigate a violent, male dominated world, can she find herself again and reclaim her name and power?
3/5 read for a historical take on The Play that centers the brutality of women‘s lives. Extremely well written but not a happy read.
pickLess a retelling and more of an expansion of the story this was incredibly dark and yet compelling. In this reimagining lady Macbeth is a new bride, perhaps witch touched from Brittany arriving in dark Alba and seeing the starkness of the court and the violence and ambition of her new, cruel husband. There was much in this that was not for me but it was really well told and captures the darkness and fear of the original well.
pickDespite the title, Hamnet is really Agnes‘ story. A dual storyline, one that traces her life with Shakespeare, from their meeting through their marriage and children. The other is told through Hamnet‘s eyes as his sister grows ill. Once he dies, the last third of the book comes as scattered moments of Agnes and Judith‘s grief. Still, the novel is beautifully written, even if its format feels uneven. Book #72 in 2025
O, woe is me! Slow day at work but I forgot my book, and my lunch at home. 😢
#iwanttogohome
Modern re-telling of “The Merchant of Venice“ transposed to Cheshire explores antisemitism but I was never really sure whether Shylock was really there or just a mental construct of Simon Strulovitch's.
I‘ve got my #Roll100 picks for August all laid out! At least one of these will be moving off of my tbr and into my read pile this year 🤭 Thanks @PuddleJumper !
pickJuly reading done!! The winner this month was Fools and Mortals. I don‘t know why I was drawn to this book but I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the banter of all the characters. The Likeness was a close 2nd and The Kingdom of Sweets came in last. Beginning vacay in 2 days and headed to South Dakota. Whoot Whoot!!
