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How to Read Shakespeare | Nicholas Royle

Recent acquisition for our personal library.

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vivastory

Nutshell | Ian McEwan

Since it is a bit under the halfway point of the yr, I have made a list of my 15 favorite reads so far. I will be posting these, in no particular order whatsoever.
First up is a retelling of Hamlet with a very unusual POV. The narrator is the unborn child of Trudy & John and is made aware of a plan between Trudy & Claude to get rid of John. The narrator, a bit of a sommelier, & very much aware of the state of the world they are about to (CONT)

vivastory enter makes for a memorable character. A lyrical & sly version of one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, I loved this book. This is only the second McEwan that I have read (the other one is not Atonement, that is going to be the next I read), but he is someone I plan on reading much more of.
Day 1 of #2025bestreads 2mo

Reggie May Cassidy was on Books in the Freezer and he talked about Hamlet because he‘s been in so many productions of it but he made me interested in revisiting it. This also sounds fascinating! 1mo

vivastory @Reggie I feel like it's a play that you should read once you've had life experience. It's not really a good play to have HS students read. The McEwan is relatively short, think you;d dig it. I have Cassidy's latest from aardvark, def. looking forward to checking it out (Also: have you seen Sinners?!) 1mo

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Reggie @vivastory I have not seen Sinners. Is it good? You know when we read Hamlet? In 11 grade. Could‘ve cared less. You know when we read MacBeth? In 7th grade. And I keep remember her not being able to wash her hands clean of blood. She was so ambitious and they killed those kids. It was crazy!!!! But Hamlet, all I remember is Mel Gibson made a movie. I should watch it. 1mo

vivastory @Reggie Sinners is the best movie released this year I've seen. Just absolutely phenomenal. I do think that MacBeth is a great play to teach HS students, also a few of the history plays. There's a fantastic barebones production of MacBeth adaptation with Patrick Stewart that is honestly one of the best Shakespeare adaptations I have seen. If you do watch Hamlet I would rec the Hawke or the Tenant versions. 1mo

sarahbarnes So interesting - I haven‘t heard of this one. I did really like Atonement but haven‘t read any of his others. 1mo

AnneCecilie @vivastory @Reggie Funny that you should talk about Sinners since I just saw it at the movies. I was a little worried about the horror element, but that wasn‘t too bad. Great music. 1mo

vivastory @AnneCecilie I feel like it was a historical movie with horror elements added in. The scene when “Preacher Boy“ plays is the best scene of any movie I have watched all year (edited) 1mo

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booklover3258

To Be or Not To Be | Ryan North

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Funny and great illustrations.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

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Enjoy!

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vivastory

Nutshell | Ian McEwan

In McEwan's work the narrator Hamlet is the unborn child of Trudy, herself involved in an affair with her brother-in-law Claude. Tired of the Villanelles & Pantoums of her husband, poet John, they begin plotting his demise. The narrator is a wine enthusiast who is also socially aware. Thoughts of revenge are tempting. This is one of the most lyrical novels I have read all year. I loved this version of one of my favorite Shakespeare plays!!

TheLudicReader Anything McEwan writes is worth reading. 2mo

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GingerAntics

Hamlet | William Shakespeare

I feel like our entire society would be SO much better if everyone did A LOT more of this. Just putting that out there.
#WilliamShakespeare #Hamlet

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Chelsea.Poole

Enter Ghost | Isabella Hammad

so-so

I was into this audio at the beginning but I found it to drag on the middle—so much so that I found myself skipping and I NEVER do that. I could have missed something vital, so take this with a grain of salt. I know theater doesn‘t work for me in literature so it‘s my fault. I loved the MC‘s backstory and the set up: Sonia returns to her home to discover so much has changed: grandparents have passed, houses sold. Timely: Palestinian experiences.

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OriginalCyn620

Nutshell | Ian McEwan

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A retelling of Hamlet told from the POV of an unborn baby. A bit odd but also pretty good!

#bookspinbingo - got a bingo!
#pop25 - book under 250 pages

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo

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NovelNancyM

Enter Ghost | Isabella Hammad

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A complicated novel about a complex topic - lots of characters and identities in the Middle East. A great reflection on identity and resistance.

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GingerAntics

The Dead Fathers Club | Matt Haig

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I was so excited when I realised this was a retelling of Hamlet (my favourite Shakespeare play). I was very disappointed almost immediately. The main character is 11, but his thought processes seem much younger. He throws around words like “fatso” because he‘s impatient with a bank teller, and his friends are stunningly and disturbingly misogynistic for prepubescent children. He repeats words over and over like a kindergartener.
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GingerAntics The kid who narrates is actually quite good as a voice actor, but even that couldn‘t save this. If I were his parents, I certainly wouldn‘t have been okay with him saying many of the things he said in the first 28% of the book. I literally cannot make myself continue. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 4mo

GingerAntics It‘s disgusting and does a disservice to both Hamlet and Matt Haig‘s reputation. For an author that recently posted that he misses “intelligent masculinity. Not this dumb cage fighting brotocracy,” this is utterly despicable. #MattHaig #TheDeadFathersClub #audiobook 4mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie this author‘s rating just went down with me. I have 2 other books by him, but I don‘t want to read them at the moment. 4mo

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GingerAntics

The Dead Fathers Club | Matt Haig

Really excited to take this one for a spin.
#MattHaig #TheDeadFathersClub #audiobook

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