I found this on one of the blogs I follow, Books are the New Black who found it at One Book More. It was originally created by Reviews from the Stacks, and the idea is to spell the month using the first letter of book titles.
April: Easter OR Pastel Covers
Hmmm, I don't have any books about Easter, I'm not the biggest fan of books with pastel covers, they are often too "light" for me. But I have a few, of course.
APRIL
ARuiz Zafón, Carlos "The Angel's Game" (E: El juego del ángel) - 2008
P
P
Mahfouz, Naguib "Palace Walk" (arab: بين القصرين/Bayn al-qasrayn) - 1956
R
Shakespeare, William "Romeo and Juliet" - 1597
I
R
Shakespeare, William "Romeo and Juliet" - 1597
I
L
Oates, Joyce Carol "Little Bird of Heaven" - 2009
Oates, Joyce Carol "Little Bird of Heaven" - 2009
* * *
Happy Reading!
📚 📚 📚
LOVED seeing 'Romeo & Juliet' live on stage. MAGICAL. The production I saw was 'modernised' (complete with a disco & GUNS) but used the standard Shakespearian language. Although I still remember the shock when one of the characters pulled out a pistol and SHOT the other one! The whole audience jumped out of their seats! Including ME. [lol]
ReplyDeleteOh, that sounds great. I love modernised classics, even Shakespeare. Must have been fantastic. Thanks for that story, Kitten.
DeleteI loved The Angel's Game.
ReplyDeleteSo did I, Lark. Of course, it was the continuation of The Shadow of the Wind, and that series is one of my favourite series ever.
DeleteEleanor and I saw the Broadway show & Juliet a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it. Eleanor was so furious when she found out Romeo was in his mid-twenties and Juliet only 13 or so.
ReplyDeleteJuliet was definitely 13 - it says so in the text. Romeo's age is never specified but its estimated somewhere between 16-21.
DeleteShe is definitely right, Sarah. Things were different back then, of course, but that doesn't mean it was right.
DeleteThanks for the explanation, Kitten.
This was interesting from Wiki: Even Capulet tries to encourage Count Paris, a wealthy suitor, to wait a little longer before even thinking of marrying his daughter, feeling that she is still too young; "She hath not seen the change of fourteen years, Let two more summers wither in their pride, Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride".
DeleteSo it seems that 16 was considered the earliest reasonable age for marriage. Yet again though there's no mention of what is considered a suitable age *difference*.
Well, age difference was even more normal back then. You see that not only in many classic books but also when looking at history. The girls married at a young age but the guys had to wait to be able to support a family first. Or "sow their oats". Phh!
DeleteBlech. It's all gross!
DeleteI totally agree with you, Sarah.
DeleteJust lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Davida. It was fun.
Delete