#the best book (play) I've read in a while is Richard III

[amarrymeinbostonwriter]

I have no idea what I'm going to do for NaNoWriMo this year. I feel very uninspired lately.

I just want to do well in my class and my energy has been low lately (season change on my new medicine, I'm guessing???). I need some energy because it's Shakespeare and I need to keep my grades up to stay in the honors society (no pressure lol).

Much More in the tags as per usual... :P

#also it's grad school so C's are effectively F's which is fun #I got into the honor's society this term but wow I don't know how I managed that (truly) #I switched medications half way through grad school so I feel like a different person wrote that Anne Bronte paper even though it was me!!! #sorry but Shakespeare is not my favorite but he's better than other stuff I've read lately #I'm more of a Romantics/Victorian reader but I like the history aspect of the middle ages and renaissance so I can probs get INTO it #I read A Little Life right before class started and yikes yikes yikes- it's the worst thing I've read in a while :( #I try to read some popular literature as well as the classics #I try to understand why certain books are popular but sometimes it misses me entirely #maybe my taste is really bad but that book could have been better if Jude's suffering wasn't so drawn out (800+ pages...) #it became too much for me tbh #the best book (play) I've read in a while is Richard III #again probably my bad taste but so far Richard III is the top Shakespeare play #I am reading 8 of his plays for my class so we'll see how they all compare- if anyone is interested in that? #King Lear was not as good imo and I have to rewatch/reread Henry V before I can offically give my opinion of that one #my paper is going to be on Richard and Henry so you will probably get shit posts about them and their plays #you're welcome I guess? #maybe I'll post some pictures of the new (used) books I bought off my beloved thriftbooks? It's been a while since I've done that #I feel like I haven't posted any updates in a while so here they are #hope everyone is doing at least okay if not great- it's a weird season #irl updates #grad school #mychatter

[cjs-booknook]

Classic Novels That Just Hit Different

I'm not really one for reading classic novels because the language used is really hard for my small brain to fully comprehend. So, I'll be reading a paragraph or two with no understanding of what I'm reading. It's just a constant "wait, what?" in my head.

HOWEVER, that being said, I actually really liked the classics I'm about to list. Yes, I read most of them for school. But, I really liked the plot and characters and just general vibes of each story. Well, all except for one cause I have yet to read it. But I have glowing reviews from people I trust so thought I'd put it out there.

Without further ado, I give you:

Classic Literature Book Recs

Demian by Hermann Hesse (I know that I've recommended this before but I need to do it again because this book has been one of my favorites for like 6 years.)

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Have I also recommended this book before too? Yes, but this book was such a mind melt when I read it back in highschool and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. Also, a 6 year time span.)

Richard III by Shakespeare (This is my favorite play by him. I have only read the side by side SparkNotes translations but I died of laughter and was genuinely shocked and, because it was a marked up translation, I actually understood the puns from that time period. And let me just say, they were hilarious. Can't recommend it enough.)

While we're here: Hamlet and King Lear by Shakespeare (I feel like these are classics that a lot of us had to read in high school. I loved King Lear then, Hamlet not so much. But after rereading both of them (again with SparkNotes translations) I fell in love. Just like with all of these books, I can't recommend them enough.)

The Hobbit by Tolkien (This is really not my genre, but there's something about a high fantasy classic that just screams fall to me and tis the season! It just had to make this list, especially because it's this time of the year. I haven't personally read it but my best friend is in love with this book and the Lord of the Rings series. If the amount of times they talk about how good this franchise is, I think I should mention it for those fantasy lovers.)

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