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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
1998 | Comedy, History, Romance

"Shakespeare in Love is my next one. It holds up so great. I’ve seen it about 15 times. All these movies are movies that I watch a bunch, and that’s my ultimate test is can I watch them over and over. Shakespeare in Love totally holds up. It is a phenomenal metaphor for Hollywood. That’s what I love about it. It’s probably the best movie about Hollywood ever made, even though it’s not about Hollywood because it’s about writing and financiers and actors, and it just rings so true. And it’s also a movie that I don’t think… I can’t speak for you [to Wernick], but I could never have written it because it very much feels of its time, and I think that’s a particular voice. Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard did it, and it’s just a particular voice that would be incredibly hard to ape, I think. It has probably my favorite shot of all time about love, where it’s just a push in on Joseph Fiennes as he’s looking at Gwyneth Paltrow. It’s a push in on both of them, and just the look on his face and her as the object of his love; it gets me every time. Then, of course, it’s got all that Shakespeare weaved in — Romeo and Juliet, actual lines from the play. There’s a segment right in the middle of the movie where they just do Romeo and Juliet for a montage for about five minutes straight, and it’s showing all these different things, but the words are all Shakespeare, and I love it. I just love it."

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Illustrated Stories From Shakespeare
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10.0 (1 Ratings)
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I recently purchased this book from Usborne and am SO in love with it! I have always had a deep appreciation and fascination with Shakespeare's work. (So much so that one year for Christmas all I wanted was Barnes & Noble's The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.) But I admit that at reading Shakespeare was a challenge when I was younger. Struggling to understand the language, I missed much of what was happening in the storyline. I am thrilled to have found this book for my kids. I thought, if they grow up knowing the stories, then maybe when it comes time to read the original plays, they will have an easier time. So far, my three year old LOVES this book! He has sat through Hamlet and was in high dudgeon that I had to borrow it to write this review. The illustrations are beautiful! And even though all of the plays are written so that young readers can understand them, some of the more famous lines from Shakespeare's works can still be found. I am thoroughly impressed and am so excited to introduce my kids to Shakespeare at a young age. Hoping to nurture and grow their love of literature.
  
Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard, #1)
Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard, #1)
Charlaine Harris | 2005 | Mystery
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7.8 (6 Ratings)
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Welcome to Shakespeare, Arkansas. Lily Bard came to the small town of Shakespeare to escape her dark and violent past. Other than the day-to-day workings of her cleaning and errand-running service, she pays little attention to the town around her. So when she spots a dead body being dumped in the town green, she's inclined to stay well away. But she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and despite her best efforts, she's dragged into the murder case. Lily doesn't care who did it, but when the police and local community start pointing fingers in her direction, she realizes that proving her innocence will depend on finding the real killer in quiet, secretive Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's Landlord is the first book in Charlaine Harris's Lily Bard mysterious series.

I was sure what to make of it all at first but it was better than expected. Lately I've lost all hope in Charlaine Harris's books but Lily Bard was a much better character than the moaning useless sookie stackhouse. Lily has was a kick ass heroine with a traumatic past so hopefully she will continue in this series to be that kick ass character! Not a bad start to the series it was a quick read too.
  
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls
Ian Doescher | 2019 | Humor & Comedy
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7.0 (1 Ratings)
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I really love Doescher's Shakespeare-ization of modern media. I don't particularly like Mean Girls, since I was terrorized by mean girls in HS, who coincidentally asked me to bring the family copy of the film to watch after soccer practice, but whatever.
The story lends itself well to iambic pentameter, and was an overall good adaption of the story.
  
    Dedication

    Dedication

    Nick Dear

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Vinegar Girl: The Taming of the Shrew Retold
Vinegar Girl: The Taming of the Shrew Retold
Anne Tyler | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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6.0 (2 Ratings)
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Few writers can resist the temptation to revamp a beloved classic. Many find the best fodder in Shakespeare. In Tyler's latest novel, she takes on the Bard's "Taming of the Shrew," with mixed results. Find out more about what I thought of this book in my review here.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/12/03/elizabethian-fury-in-a-modern-female/