Anne's January List #s 1-6
1. Love's Labour's Lost - William Shakespeare
There was Shakespearean flirting. That might be about all I got out of it ;) No, seriously though, I enjoyed it and I can't wait to go back to Stratford so that I can go to the RSC Archive and watch Tennant's performance in it from this fall.
2. Interred with their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carrell
This was basically the Da Vinci Code, but take out art and religion and replace them with Shakespeare and literature. It really felt like the very same recipe for a book as that one. Except that I found this one MUCH more entertaining because I'm a Shakespeare geek. Apparently there will be a sequel later this year, and I am quite looking forward to it.
3. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
I feel like I'm very much behind on this one, but everyone said that I needed to read it, so I did. It was quite fascinating and really does give you a clear view of exactly what he thinks on a lot of different aspects of US politics. And it was refreshing to see that I do agree with him on a LOT of his views. Not absolutely everything. But a lot of it. Also, I found it personally fulfilling to be reading it during the Inauguration, and it made me quite excited to see how things continue to progress in politics.
4. The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare
I picked this play out next because I'm going to be going to see it in a few weeks, so I wanted to give it a read beforehand. Overall I liked it a lot. And I knew almost nothing about it going in. But I didn't really "get" the ending, if that makes sense. A friend says I'll probably "get" it better once I see it performed. I hope so.
5. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
kphafer kept e-mailing me her reactions while she was reading it, and it made me want to read it again, so I did. It's still my favorite book, and I think the main reason for that is because the emotion is so honest and powerful, and because it holds up on reread after reread. I still cry as hard at the ending now as I did the first time I read it 4-5 years ago!
6. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
I read this today, because I love Neil Gaiman and I hadn't, and it's available for free online here. It was a creepy little imaginative tale. And I think the film is kind of fitting now, because it does seem like the kind of story that the Nightmare Before Christmas team would just eat up. Good stuff. Yay Neil.
There was Shakespearean flirting. That might be about all I got out of it ;) No, seriously though, I enjoyed it and I can't wait to go back to Stratford so that I can go to the RSC Archive and watch Tennant's performance in it from this fall.
2. Interred with their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carrell
This was basically the Da Vinci Code, but take out art and religion and replace them with Shakespeare and literature. It really felt like the very same recipe for a book as that one. Except that I found this one MUCH more entertaining because I'm a Shakespeare geek. Apparently there will be a sequel later this year, and I am quite looking forward to it.
3. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
I feel like I'm very much behind on this one, but everyone said that I needed to read it, so I did. It was quite fascinating and really does give you a clear view of exactly what he thinks on a lot of different aspects of US politics. And it was refreshing to see that I do agree with him on a LOT of his views. Not absolutely everything. But a lot of it. Also, I found it personally fulfilling to be reading it during the Inauguration, and it made me quite excited to see how things continue to progress in politics.
4. The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare
I picked this play out next because I'm going to be going to see it in a few weeks, so I wanted to give it a read beforehand. Overall I liked it a lot. And I knew almost nothing about it going in. But I didn't really "get" the ending, if that makes sense. A friend says I'll probably "get" it better once I see it performed. I hope so.
5. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
kphafer kept e-mailing me her reactions while she was reading it, and it made me want to read it again, so I did. It's still my favorite book, and I think the main reason for that is because the emotion is so honest and powerful, and because it holds up on reread after reread. I still cry as hard at the ending now as I did the first time I read it 4-5 years ago!
6. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
I read this today, because I love Neil Gaiman and I hadn't, and it's available for free online here. It was a creepy little imaginative tale. And I think the film is kind of fitting now, because it does seem like the kind of story that the Nightmare Before Christmas team would just eat up. Good stuff. Yay Neil.