Shakespeare’s Worst Play? Pericles, Prince of Tyre

I have been a great admirer of Shakespeare since high school. I even took an optional class to study his plays in both high school and college. In total, I have read and studied twenty (now twenty-one) of his thirty-seven plays. And I have not read one I didn't enjoy, even the tragedies. So imagine …

20 Questions Book Tag

A couple weeks ago, Sophril Reads tagged me in this book tag. Although I’ve done a couple similar tags to this one, some of these questions really interested me so I was excited to get tagged! So thank you, Sophril! 1. How many books are too many in a series? For me, it depends on …

NaPoWriMo 2018: Day 16

Nonet ("A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second line eight syllables, the third line seven syllables, etc... until line nine finishes with one syllable. It can be on any subject and rhyming is optional.") (source) Ode to Shakespeare There was once a man who composed plays Of love, revenge, …

Book Review: Ophelia by Lisa M. Klein

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ll probably have heard me mention my great love of Shakespeare. If you gave me that ultimatum to choose one author that I could read for the rest of my life, it would be he. Back when I was a teenager, I loved reading modern retellings of …

The Book Life Tag

I’m not sure where this book tag originated, but I discovered it here. And no one tagged me. In fact, I really wouldn’t want to be tagged in any book tag. If I want to write something, I do it anyway. So no tagging to or from me. But this one looked like so much …

My Top Nine Shakespeare Plays

So, you are interested in Shakespeare. Whether you came here looking for somewhere to start with Shakespeare, your teacher is forcing you to research Shakespeare, or you are a hardened fan like me, I hope this article will be at least moderately interesting. I was first introduced to Shakespeare as a child, and I have …