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[hazy_reflection]

Okay, so I'm at a sort of impasse as to what I should begin to read next...I've been neglecting my 50 Books List, and I've had a time deciding which direction to go in next. While I've been trying to decide--for the past week--I've been rereading the Kushiel's Legacy series and falling in love with Phedre and Joscelin again. But I can't choose where to go next. Any suggestions?


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[roguebelle.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there is. ;) I'd start with one of the easy, fairly accessible ones -- A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet are both pretty easy reads. R&J was the first one I ever read. As You Like It is fairly accessible, too -- I know that one gets done in lots of middle schools, we did it in the 7th grade. My personal favourite play is Much Ado About Nothing, which I think is the wittiest and has the best love story overall. I would not start with Hamlet or Othello, or you'll want to stab your eyes out.

Get an edition with lots of footnotes -- those can really help if you find yourself tripping over unfamiliar words or weird phrases.

[hazy-reflection.livejournal.com]

tripping over unfamiliar words or weird phrases...that's going to be happening a lot... It's probably one of the reasons I never picked Shakespeare up in the first place. I just get lost in the language...

[roguebelle.livejournal.com]

But the words are so fun once you get the hang of them!

*dork*

You might try "No Fear Shakespeare" -- I've flipped through these in the store, and they basically have the Shakespeare on one side, and a translation on the other. The passages I looked at seemed pretty faithful.

[hazy-reflection.livejournal.com]

kinda of like movie lines used out of--or even in--context? =P

But that sounds like an idea...might have to go looking for one of those...