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lil1inblue

Murder in the Cathedral | T.S. Eliot

#coverstories #chapel
@eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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LiseWorks

Chapel of Ease: A Novel of the Tufa | Alex Bledsoe

March 13th #CoverStories Chapel @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 💒 9h

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thebacklistbook

Cleansed | Sarah Kane

Haha! Success I figured out how to block NSFW accounts on Bluesky!!!!

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dabbe

The Merchant of Venice | Shakespeare William

#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords @CBee

Allusion #2: POUND OF FLESH

I still can't believe that THE MERCHANT OF VENICE is on our district's 7th grade reading list alongside A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT'S DREAM. If you had your choice, which play would you rather read as a 12-13-year old?

TheSpineView Merchant of Venice... maybe. Not sure at that age I could have appreciated either. 1d

dabbe @TheSpineView It was a really hard sell to the kids. I only taught it one year. They loved MIDSUMMER. 1d

TheBookHippie Midsummer I imagine. As I‘m a nerd I loved all Shakespeare from age 12 on. 1d

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dabbe @TheBookHippie You are NOT a nerd; you're THE Book Hippiest! 🤩 1d

TheSpineView @dabbe Surprising that they liked anything Shakespeare. Just goes to show... you can never underestimate kids. 1d

dabbe @TheSpineView 🎯🎯🎯! 1d

CBee I loved Midsummer. But, I didn‘t read it at 12 or 13! I was older. A favorite of mine for sure! 1d

CBee @TheBookHippie nerds are awesome. I know this because I, too, am a nerd. AND PROUD 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂😂😂 1d

dabbe @CBee @TheBookHippie #weirdwordsfornerds #nerdpower 🤓🤩🤣 23h

dabbe @CBee I can say unequivocally that MERCHANT OF VENICE is not one of my favorite Shakespearean plays. 🤣🤓🤩 23h

CBee @dabbe I‘m totally stealing #weirdwordsfornerds 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻 23h

dabbe @CBee It's yours! You inspired it! 🩵💙🩵 21h

CBee @dabbe ♥️♥️🥹🥹 13h

lil1inblue Most 12-13 year olds I know (and knew) would prefer Midsummer. I personally think that the themes in Merchant would be better understood in high school (I personally didn't read it until college). Although there's several other Shakespeare plays that I would put on the 7th grade list with Midsummer (mostly comedies). 5h

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Mpcacher

The Grand Scheme of Things: 'Enjoyable, riotously mischievous and gleefully direct' Daily Mail | Warona Jay

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I found this to be a clever tale of white male privilege and an attempt to overcome it in the theatre world. As a former bookseller, I have experienced people (males and even the mothers of boys) reject a book recommendation because the author was female. Others have rejected books for their children because the person on the cover (a person of colour) looked nothing like their kid. The book is a thought provoking read and I enjoyed it. 4/5 stars.

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bunneeboy

Lehman Trilogy | Stefano Massini

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Business in verse?
Could be worse!

Mesmerizing, stylish, fascinating.

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Robotswithpersonality

Classical Tragedy, Greek and Roman: 8 Plays in Authoritative Modern Translations Accompanied by Critical Essays | Robert Willoughby Corrigan

Ah, yes, because knowing he's the arbiter of his eternal torment is definitely the way to get Prometheus to see Zeus in a more favourable light. 🫣

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xicanti

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing: A Play | Tomson Highway

I got an amazing deal on ground pork this morning, so I went to the library to borrow my favourite cookbook and ended up grabbing a couple short story collections off their feature display plus a play by Tomson Highway. #MFMarch

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Leftcoastzen

Hollywood musicals | Ted Sennett

#CoverStories #EveningGown A little Fred and Ginger for Oscar day/Night !

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

willaful I have so many books by Ted Sennett, including this one, though not lucky enough to have the cover pic. 2w

Leftcoastzen @willaful it is a beautiful dust jacket . Sennett has written many books about the entertainment industry, found a copy of this one on my TBR