This is now one of my favorite Shakespearean plays! I love the writing and the funny dialogue despite the serious subject matter. There are some sexual subjects discussed such as prostitution being against the law, and pregnancies out of wedlock, so maybe not one for the kids.
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Let’s Talk Ann Radcliffe
Ann Radcliffe wrote some wonderful Classic Gothic/Adventure books! I love her novels!
Ann Radcliffe novels mentioned: Mysteries of Udolpho, Romance of the Forest, The Italian, Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, Gaston de Blondeville.
(Jane Austen novels mentioned: Emma, Northanger Abbey)
Fantastic February Reading
These are the 16 books I read in February! Please please leave a comment, and let’s talk about these books! Have you read any of these?
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne by Ann Radcliffe
So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane
The Boys’ Book of How to be the Best at Everything
Pollyanna’s Castle in Mexico by Elizabeth Borton
The Mad Scientists’ Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Death of a Glutton by M.C. Beaton
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
When I Crossed No-Bob by Margaret McMullan
The Littles Take a Trip by John Lawrence
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively
Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy
Dead Men Tell No Tales by E.W. Hornung
Selkie Girl by Laurie Brooks
Emily of New Moon Trilogy Book Review
Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, and Emily’s Quest by L.M. Montgomery
Have you read the Emily trilogy? How did you like the books? Leave a comment below!
Let’s Talk Shakespeare- TBR + Overview
A quick overview of some of the Shakespearean plays I have read so far, and the next play I’ll be reading, Measure for Measure. What is your favorite Shakespeare?
Plays Mentioned:
Measure for Measure
Much Ado About Nothing
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
As You Like It
All’s Well that Ends Well
Troilus and Cressida
King Lear
Cymbelline
Henry IV, Part 1&2
Antony and Cleopatra
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Twelfth Night
“Wildwood”, and “Under Wildwood” by Colin Meloy
Wildwood and Under Wildwood – The epic middle-grade fantasy series full of magic, wonder, and danger—compared to an American Narnia—from Colin Meloy,
Trash or Treasure
I read 16 books this month! Leave a comment and tell me if you would put these books in the Trash or Treasure pile. Watch me LITERALLY toss a much-hated book in the trashcan! Stay tuned for bloopers at the end!
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
This is such a beautiful story, and very delicately and subtly written. No wonder it won a Newberry Honor Award!
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
This is not your ordinary princess story! It has everything a book ought to have- adventure, a little romance, mystery, compelling characters, active plot, and superb writing.
I love it!
What I Read in November
These are the books I read in November! Eleven books in eleven minutes- I tried to keep the video as short as possible, but I get excited talking about books!
Just because a book is mentioned here does NOT mean that I recommend it. Some of these were great, some not so good, and some I didn’t even finish b/c they were just that awful.
Books mentioned in order:
The Storm Before Atlanta- Karen Schwabach
The Writing Life- Annie Dillard
The CaseBook of Sherlock Holmes- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Young Joan- Barbara Dana
Eidi- Bodil Bredsdorff
Things Not Seen- Andrew Clements
Knit One, Kill Two- Maggie Sefton
The First Two Lives of Lukas Kasha- Lloyd Alexander
Shadow Bridge- Gregory Frost
For Darkness Shows the Stars- Diana Peterfreund
Same Kind of Different As Me- Ron Hall and Denver Moore
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