tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post5368959420089463445..comments2024-03-24T13:45:25.132-05:00Comments on Bookfoolery : Fiona Friday: trapped kitty . . . and everything I haven't reviewed this yearBookfoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-7948037283930065612016-01-27T20:57:07.036-06:002016-01-27T20:57:07.036-06:00Romeo and Juliet is utterly fascinating. I've ...Romeo and Juliet is utterly fascinating. I've read it many times and I know I studied it in junior high World Lit but I must not have paid much attention. It was really revealing to read a modern annotated version. I think I finally got to the point that I was beginning to understand written Shakespeare. But, as you know, it's just meant to be performed and makes so much more sense when you see it than when you sit down to read it. Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-65569111559555190092016-01-27T18:54:40.258-06:002016-01-27T18:54:40.258-06:00Romeo and Juliet was my first real experience of S...Romeo and Juliet was my first real experience of Shakespeare in that I studied it at High School for my English Literature exam together with Thomas Hardy's "Far from the madding crowd." There are so many great lines in it - the ones that every Shakespearian student cites. But it was also the first I saw in performance. And unbelievably Owen studied it at middle school and once again at High School so on both occasions I was able to help him interpret it. The play where everyone discovers that wherefore does not mean "where" but "why."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270637259389672258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-86253454721693535902015-06-07T10:24:18.744-05:002015-06-07T10:24:18.744-05:00Yeah, you can see why the quantity of unreviewed b...Yeah, you can see why the quantity of unreviewed books was bugging me. I haven't even read that much, this year (relatively speaking). Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-46687959237054944722015-06-06T20:58:05.180-05:002015-06-06T20:58:05.180-05:00Whoa! Lots of books. Whoa! Lots of books. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-80588525754949914982015-06-06T16:18:52.559-05:002015-06-06T16:18:52.559-05:00Brutal Youth is great. It's the kind of book t...Brutal Youth is great. It's the kind of book that sticks with you and definitely would be a great discussion book. I may see if I can talk my F2F group into reading it. It just came out in paperback, this week. Good time to buy! :)<br /><br />Thanks! It's a real load off, being done with almost everything. I do plan to review Ally-saurus, of course, and I just finished reading a short play. I never seem to stay caught up for long, but I feel so relieved!!!Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-48103381618039526092015-06-06T08:48:22.989-05:002015-06-06T08:48:22.989-05:00I really want to read Brutal Youth. Have heard mu...I really want to read Brutal Youth. Have heard much goodness about it. Thanks for the reminder. Enjoy your weekend and feel good because now you've talked about all your books read. :-)Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.com