Miranda in Milan | 
pickThank you #LMPBC - I never would have picked up this book and it was great!! A fully engrossing story in 200 pages. That is my kind of read. Although the author sometimes tried to hard with her use of flowery adjectives - the book took turns being magical, spooky and romantic. I have never read The Tempest and still really enjoyed this story.
Happy Pride Month! Tor‘s Book Club of the month download this month is four LGBTQ novellas!
Now, I‘ve only read two of these, but I enjoyed both of them, so I‘m excited to get to the other two!
Download before tonight, 11:59 PM ET, June 5th, 2020. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎
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Thought I had better post this before the chocolate was gone! Thanks for the treat @FantasyChick !!! Much appreciated. Looking forward to this one. #lpmbc #round8 #groupx
pickI swallowed this up in one go! I think it was a lovely rewrite and a lovely end.
Finally managed to make it to the post office today so the next #LMPBC pick is on its way to you @runswithscissors007 Should be there sometime next week.
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pickGot your #LMPBC #TeamCanada pick @BookishTrish 😊 Thank you for the chocolate....it didn't last long.
So I had a few minutes while I waited for water to boil for supper and I decided to pick it up and take a quick glance annnnnnnd I finished it in one sitting 😂
I'm honestly surprised at how much I enjoyed this and how quick it was to read. Great choice 😊 I kind of want to reread The Tempest now
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I‘ve been waffling on this, but the fact that magic would exist is enough to tip me over to stay.
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so-soAn interracial wlw sequel to The Tempest.
I enjoyed this, but I had 2 issues. The beginning was slow, and everything else I wanted to linger on felt rushed. So many things could have been developed more in depth (the romance, Prospero‘s character change) had this been longer. And, this really felt like a sequel to someone‘s fanfic of The Tempest.
But I liked that the treatment of Caliban addressed some of the issues I have with canon. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
#24B42020 continues!
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Hooray! I did it. This was a lot of fun.
panSet in Milan after the end of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Reads like YA fan fiction. This book tries to right the sexism and racism in the play. Easy fast read. Written by an LGBTQ+ author from East Tennessee. I won this book from Tor.com. I wish that I had found it a better read because on paper it should be perfect for me...E. Tennessee queer writer writing about Shakespeare characters. 2 🌟
I am pretty sure this is my win from @24in48 as I know it‘s not a goodreads win and it‘s not an arc. There was no note or shipping receipt.
It says it‘s a reimagining of the Tempest‘s consequences. It also came with two Tor buttons.
so-soBook hangover is REAL, folks. I don‘t read many romances, and after just finishing a book* with lush prose and passion so hot the pages singed my fingers, Miranda in Milan, a sequel to Shakespeare‘s The Tempest, just couldn‘t compare.
The insta-love between Miranda and her magical maid, the flat prose, and - oof - a solid almost 50-page block of exposition near the end, were balanced somewhat by some truly lovely sentiments about Caliban.
#Starting this continuation of The Tempest which will wrap up my #SummerOfShort2
pickThis is amazing and short enough you can read it in one sitting - I did! It looks at what I think the unavoidable questions one‘s left with after reading the Tempest - is Caliban really so monstrous? How will a girl raised on an island be Princess of Naples? Masterfully done with so much intrigue!
pickLesbians and Shakespeare. YES! 😍📚💕
I don‘t know why, but for the rest of the week, I‘m only going to read retellings (I really don‘t know why, that‘s just how this pile of library holds worked out. But I‘m excited). This sequel to Shakespeare‘s “The Tempest” is a great place to start!
I love this cover! It‘s a fantasy that picks up after Shakespeare‘s The Tempest, which I suppose I will have to read now. Royal intrigue, magic, maybe a queer love story...
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