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graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Shakespeare's Christmas (A Lily Bard Mystery, #3) in Books

Feb 15, 2019  
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Shakespeare's Christmas (A Lily Bard Mystery, #3)
Charlaine Harris | 1998 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.3 (3 Ratings)
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The weakest entry so far, but still not a bad read. The book takes place out of Shakespeare and in Lily's hometown of Bartley, which it was nice to learn more about her family and other background info. She's still prickly and ill-suited to normal human interactions, but she is trying. I hope by the end of the series, she'll be even closer to fully healing. Lily's relationship with Jack is interesting and weird, but they're still figuring things out, and have similar feelings towards committment it seems. The mystery could have been stretched into a longer book and not wrapped up so quickly, but it didn't bother me very much. In the end, it was a fast and easy story, and a good but not great third book in the Lily Bard series.
<b><i>3.5 stars</i></b>
  
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Erika (17789 KP) rated Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold in Books

Nov 21, 2018  
Shakespeare&#039;s Sonnets, Retold
Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold
William Shakespeare, James Anthony | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I received a copy of this book courtesy of the Penguin First to Read program in exchange for an honest review.
I remember in high school that Shakespeare was the bane of my existence. For some reason, high schools in the US only choose to have you read Romeo and Juliet (woof). I had read a few sonnets then, just for fun, and was completely befuddled.
Luckily, this book has come along. The format is great, the original sonnet is on one page, and the reinterpretation is on the other. I thought the first section of procreation sonnets was... bizarre and I hope I never read them again. I enjoyed the 'Dark Lady' sonnets at the end. This book is definitely a must-read if you've ever been interested in the sonnets, but can't wade through the original text with ease.