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I saw part of the 1948 Olivier Hamlet last night, and it gave me the urge to reread this. It's been a few years, but it's one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. Nothing like a reread of an old favorite on a cold winter's night!

#Shakespeare #Literature #Hamlet

I forgot to review this when I finished it! I loved it so much. It was like a cross between The Secret History and Pamela Dean‘s Tam Lin in many ways—so it felt derivative, but in a great way. In the second half, though, it pulls away from those comparisons and becomes much more its own thing. Heartbreaking and gorgeous. I just wish I were more familiar with Julius Caesar (the play).

In Ovid's "Metamorphoses," love and hate are deeply intertwined with the central theme of transformation. The plays A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pyramus&Thisbe)
and Romeo and Juliet (based on Metamorphoses) are more similar than they appear. Both, written at the same time, deal with forbidden romance and power and control. One play having a comedic end, while the other ends in tragedy, are partly the same tale with a different outcome.
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Happy Valentine's Day, dear Littens!

Since the Q1 theme is poetry, what better day to enjoy some sonnets or love poems! ❤️

How are the classics going for #classicschallenge 2025?

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday Thanks @dabbe for another interesting list, where quite a few were new to me and look really interesting.

It's funny seeing this result, having quite a few Shakespeare plays helped boost this number. This year I have lined up to read again a modern adaptation of Shakespeare 's Othello, “New Boy“ by Tracy Chevalier.

#FeelinTheLove 🍫♥️

The Bakeshop Mystery series is a favorite of mine & it‘s currently at book 20. I loved Book 5 as it‘s set in a #Chocolate festival in Ashland, Oregon where the series takes place.

I read it for review in 2017 & made the Mango Chai Latte & Chocolate Truffles with Coffee & Almond from the recipes in the back. https://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-book-tour-stops-here-review-of_1...

So this is based on Taming of the Shrew/10 Things I Hate About You ... I'm guessing loosely since it's about assassins

Do I keep this for October or binge watch immediately. That is the dilema

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@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#roses

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#LoveIsBlind
“love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit”

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I have more than one #FaveLiteraryLove but their witty banter & the fact they have to be tricked into their feelings before they admit them makes Beatrice & Benedick near the top of the list-biased by the movie portrayals I‘m sure.🩷

Two favorite quotes:

MESSENGER “I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your
books.”
BEATRICE “No. An he were, I would burn my study.”

“Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.” -Benedick