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You can never have too much Shakespeare, or books about Shakespeare, specially when they're as erudite as this one.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404969427

I read Shakespeare way too young , we had a one volume book of his plays in my home .Granted , there cannot be a definitive bio. of Will , so much is unknown.Using the plays & what was going on in England at the time , the book does have potential clues to the life of Shakespeare.I will tell you there‘s a lot of hanging , draw & quartering , then boiling people in this book.Always wondered about origins of the word “overkill”.Pick!

Good history, but lots of conjecture

Will was hanging around The Globe. (London, UK)

While I learned from Bill Bryson‘s book about Shakespeare that his birth/death day is probably closer to May 3rd due to Julian/Gregorian calendar shenanigans, today is as good a day as any to celebrate the Bard and the beautiful things he built with words.

Since Romeo & Juliet in 9th grade I‘ve never been able to get enough.

Happy birthday, Will!

#TBRtemptation post 3! A young man from a small provincial town moved to London in the 1580s. In a remarkably short time, he became the greatest playwright of all time. How can this achievement be explained? He shows how an acutely sensitive boy immersed in the rich Elizabethan era could have done it. Sounds fascinating! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Did anyone watch the new show Will tonight? I LOVED it, but I'm a #Shakespeare nerd 🎭 If you missed it -- SHAME! -- you can watch the first 2 eps online at tntdrama.com #WillOnTNT #teachersoflitsy

#catesbookstagramchallenge Day Twenty Nine: National Puzzle Day. My current read, puzzling out how Shakespeare became Shakespeare; and my newly begun puzzle, puzzling out why Puffins are so darn cute.

My Christmas book. It is sitting on top of a banned books notebook my wife got me.

I can finally check this one off my list! Took me forever to finish it but it is absolutely the best book to start with if you're even slightly interested in the Bard. Can't recommend it enough for a surprisingly thorough intro to the whole culture of Shakespeare.

Am I the only one that picks up non-fiction books and then takes forever to finish them because I can't read more than a chapter at a time? Really hope I'm not.

I think the thing I dislike about Shakespeare conspiracy theorists (it WASN'T Bacon!) is the idea that a glover's son couldn't possibly have written plays so enduring. Why not? I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in how Shakespeare's life influenced the themes of his work.

Shakespeare month may be over, but the fun never stops. So many new books today and I shelved t̶h̶e̶m̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ way too many of them.