romeoandjuliet

A Daughter of Fair Verona | Christina Dodd

bailed

This was disappointing. I was hoping for another fun murder mystery set in a continuation of a well-read world, like Mr Darcy & Miss Tilney. Unfortunately it did not live up to expectations. I guess I didn't like the writing style. Or the characters. Rosie starts off supposedly as a mature older girl who knows she's not interested in love but then immediately falls in love with a random man (like she'd been teasing her parents about) ⤵️

peanutnine proceeds to act like a vapid girl. The plot is also way too slow. At 32% and the guy finally died but no one seems in too much of a hurry to figure out who killed him. There's no sense of urgency even though everyone believes Rosie did it. Anyway this was my December #bookspin that I finally gave up on @TheAromaofBooks 1mo

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 1mo

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 1mo

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Soubhiville

These Violent Delights | Chloe Gong

I‘ve heard great things about this book. Two folks in my bookclub rated it 5⭐️. Thank you @BookwormAHN ! I loved the festive unicorn paper, and I look forward to enjoying some PB Santa chocolate and reading this Romeo and Juliet reimagining. Great swap package!

Thank you @bookish_wookish for hosting, I love stretching out the holidays like this. 📚❤️😁

bookish_wookish 🎄🎄 1mo

TheBookHippie The whole series is 🔥 1mo

Soubhiville @TheBookHippie ooo, high praise! And I love a series. 😁 1mo

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Soubhiville #LittleChristmasSwap 1mo

TheBookHippie @Soubhiville we read all her books #CHLOEGONGREADALONG 1mo

BookwormAHN Your welcome, cute kitty 🧡 1mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

KadaGul I love 😍 your Cat and Reese‘s😍.#Hello2025 🍀💜🌅💙 1mo

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AbstractMonica

Daughter of Fair Verona | Christina Dodd

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Okay, I LOVED this book. I initially bought it because it‘s an interesting concept. Romeo and Juliet aren‘t really dead?!?! Whaaa?!? It had all the elements I love in a story. Sarcasm, badass female protagonist, mystery, and a teeny tiny bit of gore. I found myself reading it slowly because I never wanted it to end. I can‘t wait for the follow up novel (it won‘t come out til June 😭). It was a fun read!

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peanutnine

A Daughter of Fair Verona | Christina Dodd

Apparently the #bookspin gods want me to read some Shakespeare adaptations this month. I'm down
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 2mo

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TeamFiction

Romeo and Juliet (Updated) | William Shakespeare

A glooming peace this morning with it brings.
The sun for sorrow will not show his head.
Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;
Some shall be pardon‘d and some punished;
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

Exeunt omnes.
#RomeoAndJuliet #WilliamShakespeare #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookshelf #stack #Plays #Fiction #Classics #School #ReadForSchool #Literature #HighSchool #Poetry #Tragedy 💙💙💙

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

These Violent Delights | Chloe Gong

Readers in the wild! Starting the tagged on my phone because I forgot my earbuds 😫

#Soccer these parents yelling are going to make my nerves bad! 😂🤣

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JillR

Fair Rosaline | Natasha Solomons

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“The quick anger of these men was not useful.” I do love a retelling and this one - or rather, an “untelling” - is a good one. For what happens before Romeo meets Juliet? What passes between Romeo and fair Rosaline? Here we find out in all its gory, unpleasant detail. I‘m coming at this as a lover of historical fiction, not a Shakespeare scholar. In that context, great as a retelling, equally good as standalone historical fiction.

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TeamFiction

These Violent Delights | Chloe Gong