Some reading, some Shakespeare
I went to another author event last week and wrote it for my blog. The Brandon Sanderson signing went on and on and on.
I'm reading The Revenant of Thraxton Hall by Vaughn Entwhistle at the moment. It's a Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde are trying to prevent a murder at a Victorian parapsychical conference. (Eh, I must be too used to reading Amanda Quick's Arcane Society, because the term psychical doesn't make twitch as much.)
I'm in a bit of weird reading rut in that I'm starting a lot of books, but not finishing too many. Then again I've had a stressful two weeks of work conference + snow + family death + fighting a bad cold. I'm really over March.
Shakespeare class has moved on Henry V contrasted with the Spanish Armada and Elizabeth's reign. The quizzes at the end of the videos are trickier than you'd expect. I utterly zeroed out (i.e. no score) on the weaponry question for Agincourt because the videos weirdly focused more on the muskets/cannon, not the English longbow and pike I'd expected. I'm also watching the Hollow Crown Henry V finally for contrast -- I've seen the Branagh one a number of times, so I remember their cadences/approach. It makes for an interesting contrast.
I'm reading The Revenant of Thraxton Hall by Vaughn Entwhistle at the moment. It's a Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde are trying to prevent a murder at a Victorian parapsychical conference. (Eh, I must be too used to reading Amanda Quick's Arcane Society, because the term psychical doesn't make twitch as much.)
I'm in a bit of weird reading rut in that I'm starting a lot of books, but not finishing too many. Then again I've had a stressful two weeks of work conference + snow + family death + fighting a bad cold. I'm really over March.
Shakespeare class has moved on Henry V contrasted with the Spanish Armada and Elizabeth's reign. The quizzes at the end of the videos are trickier than you'd expect. I utterly zeroed out (i.e. no score) on the weaponry question for Agincourt because the videos weirdly focused more on the muskets/cannon, not the English longbow and pike I'd expected. I'm also watching the Hollow Crown Henry V finally for contrast -- I've seen the Branagh one a number of times, so I remember their cadences/approach. It makes for an interesting contrast.