Shakespeare Challenge
'This challenge is about William Shakespeare. Your challenge (if you choose to accept it) is to read 4 (four) books about Shakespeare. Not just the plays but anything about him.
You can read fiction, non-fiction, anything that supports his being the author, anything that does not support him being the author. If you want to read the plays and/or the sonnets, that's fine too.
This challenge will run for 6 months, from January 1st to June 30th, 2008. Crossovers are acceptable.'
OK, I know, I know....it's another reading challenge. No, I'm not crazy...but I just really wanted to join this one. This is an interesting one because you can choose to read any books about Shakespeare. Not just his sonnets (which I love and own a copy) or plays (which I have a few as well). So, count me in.
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.'
*sigh*
Links of interest:
absoluteshakespeare.com
shakespeare's sonnets
the complete works of william shakespeare
I'll post my reading choices here as Jan. nears.
