My Favorite Shakespeare Romance

Happy Valentine’s Day!

If you have a Valentine today, congrats. I’m jealous. If you don’t, join the club. Just don’t touch my chocolate. Here, we can focus on other romances. The ones we have laughed over, cried over and cheered for within the pages of a book.

And on stage. As much as I love Jane Austen, I also love William Shakespeare. And his plays. There are many great romantic pairings in them. If the first one you thought of is Romeo and Juliet, let me tell you there are greater ones. Ones who make it to the end of their plays! So I thought I’d spend this Valentine’s Day discussing my favorite.

Enjoy!

“Staten Island: Isle of the Bay” by Margaret Lundrigan

Title: “Staten Island: Isle of the Bay”
Author: Margaret Lundrigan
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Year: 2004
Genre(s): nonfiction, history
Part of a Series: Yes, part of the “Making of America” series
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My Favorite Adaptations

This week’s post is going to be a bit different in that it’s not going to be a review. Mostly because it’s happened: I am still working on books to review. While I have read plenty of books in the past, I feel most are too far in the past for me to properly review. For example, the Darcy trilogy was a bit hazy to me and I realized how difficult it was to review that. So I’m going to try to build up a list to review. In the meantime, I’m going to try to put up some non-review posts to fill the void.

I’m going to start with adaptations. Why? Because of the release of the trailer for the “Outlander” miniseries. You can view it here.

“Diamonds Are a Teen’s Best Friend” by Allison Rushby

Title: “Diamonds Are a Teen’s Best Friend”
Author: Allison Rushby
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2006
Genre(s): young adult, some romance
Part of a Series: Yes, first book
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“Seraphina” by Rachel Hartman

Title: “Seraphina”
Author: Rachel Hartman
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2012
Genre(s): fantasy
Part of a Series: Yes, first book
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2013 in Review: Top 5 Books

It’s almost the New Year! So I thought I would rank the top 5 books I read this year.

Let’s begin!

5. “Goddess of the Sea” by P.C. Cast



4. “Queen’s Gambit” by Elizabeth Fremantle



3. “Queen of Swords” by Sara Donati



2. “Seraphina” by Rachel Hartman (Review to come soon)



1. “The Heiresses” by Allison Rushby




Happy 2014! I can’t wait to see what books I discover in the next 12 months!

“Somewhere the Bells Ring” by Beth Trissel

Title: “Somewhere the Bells Ring”
Author: Beth Trissel
Publisher: Wild Rose Press
Year: 2011
Genre(s): historical romance, fantasy
Part of a Series: Yes, third book
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