Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year | Allie Esiri

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I‘ve been enjoying this book more than I even thought I would. Each day offers a chosen passage from one of the plays or Sonnets along with brief commentary. It‘s never more than a 5 minute read and I find myself eagerly looking forward to picking it up every day. 🗓

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It took me 2 years to get through this just because I kept forgetting to read it at times, but I enjoyed every minute of it (and will probably start again tomorrow). This lovely tome takes the reader not just through the year, but through all of Shakespeare‘s works and throughout Shakespeare‘s life.

GingerAntics I especially loved the English and Shakespearean history woven throughout. If you are a fan of Shakespeare, you will enjoy this journey as much as I do.#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka 2y

batsy How lovely! I need to get this for 2024 💜 2y

GingerAntics @batsy I‘m not sure, but I think @Faibka finished it in 2021. It was a lovely read. 2y

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Graciouswarriorprincess

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My first book of 2022. I finished all the days of Shakespeare on the 31st but wanted to read the epilogue.

This book was a great introduction to Shakespeare‘s works and his life. Everyday reading was approximately 5-10 minutes but so fascinating that I spent more time just learning about him.

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GingerAntics

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With one week left, I have finished half of my Finish Before 2022 list. The shakes and poetry could potentially be carried into next year. I can hopefully finish the other two. I just have a bunch of training to do for my new job before I can start working alone in the new year (possibly around the 7th) when I‘ll have more time to read again, so right now certain sacrifices are having to be made.

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These are all the books I need to finish before New Year‘s Day.
#Shakespeare #poetry #Joetry2021 #WestOfTheRevolution #TheLakotaWay #ComeAsYouAre #RomeoAndJuliet #TaoOfPooh #Pericles

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GingerAntics

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This is a fun fact. Now I want to see if I can get my hands on a copy of this collaboration…or at least see a facsimile of it. It would be cool to see Shakespeare‘s handwriting.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Faibka Oh wow, that is interesting. 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka I never really thought about what his handwriting looked like before this, but it would certainly be something amazing to see. 4y

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457 years ago today, the first documented evidence of Shakespeare‘s life was recorded in The Holy Trinity Church of Stratford Upon Avon baptism records. The inscription reads, “1564: Gulliamus, fillius Johannas Shakspeare,” which is Latin for “William, son of John Shakespeare.”
#Shakespeare #Christening #ShakespearesChristening #shakespearereadalong @Faibka

merelybookish, Graywacke

GingerAntics @readinginthedark @batsy @Lcsmcat @TheBookHippie @Sunraven @Trashcanman @IamIamIam @ladyneverwhere @MoonWitch94 @catebutler @CoffeeNBooks @jewright @saresmoore @rabbitprincess @Balibee146 @kathedron @Mtroiano @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MrsMalaprop @Gezemice @cuilin 4y

GingerAntics @Melismatic @Sace @teainthelibrary @Susannah @kristenm @slategreyskies @Panic70 @Carolyn11215 @Alliterati @Kristy_K @Liz_M @Daisey @mhillis @Wife @wanderinglynn @Jess_Read_This @Linsy @MellieAntoinette @Yoshi-and-a-book @mollyrotondo @greenreads @LitStephanie 4y

TheBookHippie How fun is this knowledge!!! 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I love getting to see the hand written records. The one for his burial (yesterday) was far less clear. I‘m still looking for a facsimile of that one. Those are generally easier to read. Another fun fact: Shakespeare‘s brother-in-law was buried a week before him. 4y

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GingerAntics

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This is from The Rape of Lucrece, and is actually quite beautiful.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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GingerAntics

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This is fitting... if a couple of days late.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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HAPPY HAMLET DAY!!! (and St. Patrick‘s Day!!!) I have no idea how I managed to miss (all the times I‘ve watched and read this play) that Hamlet mentions St. Patrick.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #Hamlet #StPatricksDay

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I quite like this snippet of The Rape of Lucrece. I can‘t wait until we read it with #shakespearereadalong
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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HAPPY HAMLET DAY!!! A day late...even if it is pushy Laertes.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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I can‘t remember if we talked about this when we read this in the #ShakespeareReadAlong #Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Graywacke I think I learned this as I read the Signet afterward stuff. Disturbing and fascinating. 4y

GingerAntics @Graywacke it is disturbing, but also a hole in the argument by some that Shakespeare never did anything original. He does histories of the past, but he also brings in current events as it were. I just feel bad for poor Rodrigo Lopez. He probably didn‘t do anything to the Queen, but no one was about to actually check on that. Antisemitism ruled the day on that one. 4y

Graywacke @GingerAntics right. He was surely innocent. No one poisons a queen, certainly not a non-English physician dependent on royal patronage. Makes no sense. It‘s all political bloody maneuvering. 4y

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Sometimes I wish I could tell my students to go sleep it off. 😏 We‘re setting them up to fail in so many ways with all this ridiculous sleep deprivation younger and younger.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

TheBookHippie We have nap time at alternative school- just like in preschool. Let me tell you it works so well the grades are all better as are behavior and mood. 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie nap time is for everyone!!! There is a reason why so many societies have some version of the siesta. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics EXACTLY. Ugh 4y

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Interesting, fun facts about R&J. The “Balcony Scene” has no balcony, and “wherefore” doesn‘t mean where. That certainly changes the meaning of that line. I‘ve read R&J three times, all in classes, and no one ever talked about the meaning of “wherefore.”
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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HAPPY DOUBLE HAMLET DAY!!!
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #Hamlet

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Happy Birthday Galileo!!!
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year | Allie Esiri

This is an interesting little sonnet for Valentine‘s Day.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #Joetry2021 @CBee @Chrissyreadit

SomedayAlmost Love the sonnets. 4y

Chrissyreadit I had forgotten this- how???? I loved it once! 4y

GingerAntics @SomedayAlmost the sonnets are a unique joy 4y

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GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit this one specifically? Really? It is quite nice. I think any issue I have with it was that Samual Taylor Coleridge liked it so much and he‘s a frat boy. That‘s not really Shakespeare‘s fault, is it? 4y

Chrissyreadit It is not Shakespeare‘s fault. Just like it‘s not Goldings fault that Cruz likes The Princess Bride. 4y

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit Ted Cruz?! Stay away from my movie you butt face!!! Eh. No. If he wants to “as you wish,” most Americans want him to go jump off a cliff. He better get on that. 4y

Chrissyreadit Did you see his Twitter war with Carey Elwes? 4y

Chrissyreadit Funny stuff! Of course I‘m half asleep and exhausted so may be off about Mamés and events (thank you dog that needs to go out every night at 3 AM) 4y

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit lord no, I did not. He likes the movie, but starts a Twitter war with the star of the movie? That makes ZERO sense...then again, that‘s sort of Cruz in a nutshell. He makes no sense. 4y

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit naughty dog!!! 4y

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit I once had a puppy that accidentally learned to go in the litter box. 4y

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When one book collided with another. Still not a fan of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I did enjoy the fun facts for this day. Shakespearean Valentine‘s Day does sound nicer than the madness that is modern Valentine‘s Day.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

jewright The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is my favorite Coleridge poem. 4y

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HAPPY HAMLET DAY!!! With Hamlet‘s one and only love poem.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #Joetry2021 @CBee @Chrissyreadit

Chrissyreadit ❤️ 4y

Faibka Huh, didn‘t view Macbeth‘s relationship in that light. And love that little poem 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka it certainly is a different view of their relationship. She comes off as kind of pushy, but she knows he wants it. It‘s like he has the desire and she has the ambition, so they work together. It is certainly an interesting way to look at those two. 4y

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Faibka @GingerAntics true, in that sense they are actually a very successful couple in that they‘re very much compatible, unfortunately towards wrongdoing 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics love it how Shakespeare can make us view social relationships and people in so many different lights! 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka he could really dig into the psychology of characters in a way that really makes you have to remind yourself that there was no such thing as psychology in his day. I could see a very valid argument for Shakespeare being the father of psychology. He‘s got to be better than some of the sexist twats that are the “fathers” of the field. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics I was just thinking that the main part of Shakespeare‘s genius was how masterfully he exposed human psychology and behavior! And yeah, frankly I‘ve learned more psychology from reading Dostoyevsky than than actual psychology books. This motivates me more than ever to read all his works, there‘s so much poetic wealth and psychological knowledge in them! 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka totally agree. Psychology has always been a curiosity to me. I took AP Psych in high school just to get a fix. I‘ve been taking classes and reading books and articles since I was about 15. I love it for some reason. I love that side of Shakespeare. Starting with “what‘s wrong with this guy” and then reading through and picking out all the little details from the play like it‘s some sort of dramatic case study. 4y

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What a cheery day here in Shakspeare Every Day land.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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Two days of T&C. I have to say, it‘s far more enjoyable in small chunks like this. I wasn‘t cheering for characters to die.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣 4y

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Who knew Shakespeare got in trouble for capitalising on the run in malt. It would be kind of funny if the TP hoarders got in trouble. 🤣😂🤣
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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I figured it would happen at some point with it being on the table where I work and everything, but I certainly didn‘t expect it to happen this soon. Grrrrr.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Faibka Oh no! 😣 hate it when that happens. Mine hasn‘t escaped calamity either, my cat decided to bump it off the couch 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka I don‘t think it‘s fallen yet. My cocoa went flying today, though. I had to get it off my keyboard first. I didn‘t notice the book until almost a minute later. Luckily it‘s really just the very edges of the pages. 4y

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Visited the most adorable bookstore yesterday! They had a wonderful selection (I went home with the tagged book) and even had a sweet little free library in front of the building. If you‘re ever near Franklin, Ind. don‘t miss Wild Geese Bookshop!

Hestapleton This is my best friend‘s favorite book store! 4y

AvidReader25 @Hestapleton No way! Does she live in Indiana? It was my first time visiting and I loved it! 4y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love it!! 4y

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BennettBookworm Beautiful! 4y

Hestapleton @AvidReader25 yes and so do I! 4y

AvidReader25 @Hestapleton Hey fellow Hoosier! I‘m in Indy. Indy Reads Books has always been one of my fav bookstores. I‘m missing it since it has been closed (temporarily while they settle into a new space). 4y

Hestapleton @AvidReader25 oh I didn‘t know they were moving! I‘m in Indy northern suburbs! 4y

AvidReader25 @Hestapleton They‘re relocating from Mass Ave to Fountain Square. I‘m over on the west side! 4y

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HAPPY HAMLET DAY EVERYONE!!!
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #Hamlet #ToBeOrNotToBe #HamletDay

Faibka YES!! 🙌❤️ 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka I am SO tempted to highlight the Hamlet days. 4y

Cuilin Favorite one by far. ❤️ 4y

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GingerAntics @Cuilin absolutely my favourite Shakespeare play!!! 4y

Cuilin @GingerAntics Oh me too. Once upon a time I knew every soliloquy. Hamlet was my first literary crush as a teenager. Oh the sad, pale, and misunderstood poet. Swoon. 🥰🤦‍♀️ (edited) 4y

GingerAntics @Cuilin I had no idea how young my obsession started. I was OBSESSED with The Lion King when it came out and that really stuck with me. I never realised it was a retelling of hamlet until after I was obsessed with that and studied it in college. 4y

Cuilin @GingerAntics Ah yes, Simba the gateway to Hamlet. That is a long time obsession. I heartily approve! 4y

GingerAntics @Cuilin thank you, thank you 💙💙💙😂🤣😂 4y

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Such a great entry for today. Shylock arguing that he has the same humanity as everyone else. Sadly, this is still something some people don‘t get.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #MerchantOfVenice

TheBookHippie 🤍✡️ 4y

Faibka It is sad that this should be an argument at all, why is it so freaking hard to understand? We come from the same earth and all without exception will return back to it to be reassembled into something else. 4y

Faibka On a more uplifting note, I‘m glad to see you‘re enjoying the book 😀 4y

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GingerAntics @Faibka exactly!!! Can we stop rushing others‘ return to the earth?! That would be lovely. It‘s a fun little part of my day. How are you enjoying it? 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics I‘m loving the book, it‘s the best part of the day! :) 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka it‘s between this one and the daily poetry. 4y

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Two days in a row of Titus Andronicus.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Faibka Leave it to Will to turn an already disturbing story into an even more gory one, lol 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka I guess the editor was just driving home the gory, creepy nature of this play. This would be a good Halloween play. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics I was actually shocked by the violence of this play when I first encountered it. I knew the myth it was based on so my first thought was like come on, as if it wasn‘t disturbing enough already! Maybe I just can‘t get the images out of my head from the movie adaptation 4y

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Faibka Long ago I read a play from the Golden Age of Spanish Theater that dealt with the same theme but in this case, everyone remained in one piece and, in full Spanish Theater style of that era, got happily married in the end! 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka that is certainly a different twist on this tale. 🤣😂🤣 I just hope they don‘t do a new movie now. Can you imagine how terrifying this would be today with all the CGI and special effects? Grown adults would have nightmares for weeks!!! 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics ugh no! Still having nightmares from that one and it‘s way toned down for today‘s standards, lol I wonder what a Disney adaptation would look like 🤔😂 I remember watching The Little Mermaid and thinking yeah that‘s not at all how it ends, lol. I guess they prefer the old Spanish Theater way, heck even Ursula would‘ve gotten married 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka Ursula‘s wedding sounds truly terrifying. Disney does some... interesting... things with stories. I think Brave was the first one that didn‘t end in marriage. It‘s about time we start sending that message to kids. No you do not need to get married to be “happily ever after” thanks. Still, it could be amusing. 🤣😂🤣 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics yeah and seriously doubt some of those matches were “happy” afterwards, they don‘t show the kids that part! 😆 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka wholly unrealistic 4y

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I love a good discussion of the flip flopping between catholic and Protestant in England, especially if it involves the Book of Common Prayer. I have a copy of Shakespeare‘s 1552 BoCP and a book on Shakespeare‘s Book of Common Prayer. Yes, I‘m a nerd.
I wish the play/entry choice had reflected the influence that the BoCP had on Shakespeare‘s plays.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

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I REALLY didn‘t like Falstaff, so I‘m always thrown a bit when people rave about him. He just comes off as so bloody childish. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Maybe I‘m taking him - or life - too seriously, but I just don‘t like him at all.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka #falstaff #unpopularopinion #merrywivesofwindsor #henryivpart1 #henryIVpart2

Faibka Another one I haven‘t read 🤦🏻‍♀️ this book is really poking me to get on with reading the plays I‘m still missing! I‘m loving the historical tid bits! 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka I am adoring those parts, yes!!! 💙💙💙 4y

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I do love a good sonnet.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Faibka Yes! I only need to look at the mirror to see how time is carving many lines 🥲😅 4y

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Oh Malvolio‘s stupid yellow stockings. Somehow, they‘re still funny. 🤣😂🤣
Side Note: this is the second book I‘ve read that puts the “twelfth night” on the 6th. Maybe it‘s the British dating?
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka now that I‘ve gotten to explore the book properly, have you seen the timeline, synopses, and index in the back? 💙💙💙 This book is a lovely Shakespeare reference, too.

GingerAntics @Faibka I can‘t wait fir 31 January, when we see Hamlet for the first time!!! 4y

Graywacke ❤️ yellow cross-garters! 4y

GingerAntics @Graywacke those were the best, weren‘t they?! 🤣😂🤣 4y

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Faibka @GingerAntics yes! I‘m really loving this book 😊 glad you‘re enjoying it as well! Ahh Hamlet we‘ll see what that they will bring 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka I do love Hamlet!!! I blame it all on David Tennant. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics 😆 4y

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Look what came as part of my most amazing book mail, today?!
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Faibka Yay! This book is beautiful both in content and appearance :) 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka it really is a lovely book!!! I also love that it doesn‘t have a dust jacket. Those things drive me nuts! I can never manage to balance the book and the bloody dust jacket at the same time. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics omg I know! Lol, glad I‘m not the only one 4y

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Branwen That looks fantastic! 😍 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka you and me both!!! I usually take them off when I‘m reading and put them back on after. Sometimes when the book itself matches the dust jacket, I just toss them. I‘m not sure what the point of them is, exactly. 4y

GingerAntics @Branwen it‘s a fun book, that‘s for sure. It covers all of Shakespeare‘s work and each entry is a paragraph on The reason of each entry, then a page or two of Shakespeare. It‘s so fun to read each morning. 4y

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Interesting fact about England celebrating the beginning of the year on 25 March.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Faibka Yes! So cool to learn something new :) on my post @Lcsmcat provided this link that provides a more in-depth explanation if you want to check it out https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/colonialresearch/calendar (edited) 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka oh, I knew about the Julian calendar and the switch, I guess I just didn‘t put together that the new year was in a different place. 4y

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I hear you Antonio! ☹️
I like further on the allusion to Janus to indicate that sadness is one side of the coin and happiness on the other, makes me wonder how many of us appear to others happy or sad when inwardly we feel the opposite.
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GingerAntics I quite enjoyed today‘s entry. I never knew that at that time England celebrated the new year in March. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics I know! I was very surprised. I love learning this kind of tid bits of information :) this is a really cool book! It also dawned on me how appropriate to have named January after Janus since it is the month when you start the new year and look forward while also reflecting back on the previous year, very neat. (edited) 4y

Lcsmcat England and her colonies didn‘t adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1752. Here‘s a great, quick, explanation of the issue: https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/colonialresearch/calendar. It causes issues for genealogists as well as historians! 4y

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Faibka @Lcsmcat great, thank you! I‘ll check it out 4y

Graciouswarriorprincess @Faibka I am reading this book too! I love all the facts! 4y

Faibka @Graciouswarriorprincess awesome! :) 4y

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It‘s interesting how the character equates food and love in the sense that you can get so much of it to reach to point of saturation. It reminded me of the Twilight Zone episode “The Chaser” in which it is shown what happens when incessant love and attention is showered upon someone who initially desired it (be careful what you wish for!)
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I don‘t remember this very well from Twelfth Night. I had to go back and look at my notes for this play. It‘s not the 12th night yet, but all the talk of food in this entry is accurate.
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear @Faibka

Faibka I thought I‘d read the Twelfth Night and now I feel annoyed and excited at the same time that I still have plenty of Shakespeare‘s plays yet to read :) 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka we read it I January 2019...but this slipped right past me. My notes for Act I are all about Sir Toby being the bumbling idiot comedy trope. We you with us then? I thought you were, but it‘s been so long since we read it. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics oh wow has it been that long? I think I spent the last year in a daze 😑 4y

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GingerAntics @Faibka the last year has been nuts. I started to put “last year” but decided to check at the last minute and found out it was 2 years ago. This last year has been madness. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics oh shoot it‘s crazy how time has flown by. Hopefully this year will bring better things and lots more Shakespeare! :) 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka it really has! I didn‘t realise I‘ve been doing to read along since 2018. I must have joined shortly after joining litsy. 4y

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Excited to read this beauty with @Faibka
#Shakespeare #AllieEsiri #ShakespeareForEveryDayOfTheYear

Faibka Yay!! 😄 4y

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Starting off a year with Shakespeare 😊
To be honest, after an awful year I wish a more cheerier start would‘ve been chosen 😅 @GingerAntics feel free to join in at any time on this Shakespearing journey :) would love to read your thoughts!

GingerAntics This is a terrifying start to the year. We already have a plague on EVERYONE‘S house, we don‘t need anymore. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Who is the editor of this thing? 😂 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics I know! Right? 😂 it‘s not a good start lol 4y

GingerAntics It was released in November 2020, what was Esiri thinking?! 4y

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Faibka @GingerAntics oh wow, I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and think it was released before the pandemic, definitely could‘ve chosen a better start! 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka that‘s exactly what I was thinking. I went to look when it was published thinking “oh there‘s no way she couldn‘t have known,” but it turns out no. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I suppose, like 2021, it can only go up from here, right? 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics I hope so! 😆 4y

GingerAntics Her explanation for choosing this passage makes sense to me, though. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics yes, but still I have the feeling that just like JulRom we‘re hurtling to a tragic fate unbeknownst to us 😩😂 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka fingers crossed we‘re not. I think we know about climate change and the pandemic by now (at least the intelligent people do). 4y

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Starting the new year right, looking forward to getting a daily dose of Shakespeare 😊
Happy New Year everyone! 💕🎊🎉

GingerAntics Oh, that looks fun!!! 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics yes! 😃 seems like a great way to start everyday :) And hi! Sorry I‘ve been absent for so long. Hope you had a great holiday season! 4y

GingerAntics Oh no, it‘s been a crazy year. I totally understand. I‘m glad you‘re still here!!! 🤗 I may read this with you, to be honest. What‘s a little more Shakespeare in my life?! lol 4y

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Faibka @GingerAntics yay!! I would love that! 😃 the one for today to open the year is Romeo & Juliette‘s prologue which to me is not a foreboding of good things to come 😂 just wished maybe a more optimistic start something from the more merrier plays? 😅 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka that certainly would seem more appropriate, especially with the year we just left behind. lol I got the ebook until the hardcover can be delivered in a few days. 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics awesome! 😃 4y

GingerAntics @Faibka this book actually made me stumble upon “a nature poem for every night of the year,” so I‘m really looking forward to that as well!!! 4y

batsy Happy new year! 💕 It's nice to see you here 🙂 4y

Faibka @GingerAntics oh I will need to check that one out too! Thanks for mentioning it 😃 4y

Faibka @batsy thank you! ☺️ nice to see you too 💕 glad to be back! Last year was awful but here‘s to new beginnings 🍻 4y

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Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year | Allie Esiri

So excited to start this today!

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