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Double Falsehood by Lewis Theobald
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The edition is scholarly. The text is what it is.
I found it too light. Like Macdonald’s after Michelin.
The tale of the telling is interesting.
For the completist.
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Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Dept. of Speculation
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That was just fucking beautiful.
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Shakespeare by Harold Bloom
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Shakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber
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After 10 years of working my way through all the plays of Shakespeare, I believe that this, alongside with Harold Bloom’s Shakespeare: The invention of the human, has been indispensable to my understanding of Shakespeare. Additionally, there is a ser ...more
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The Rough Guide to Shakespeare by Andrew  Dickson
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If you look at the dates, you will see that this book has accompanied me for the last decade asI’ve been reading through the works of Shakespeare.
With only Souble falsehood and Thomas Moore left, it was a little sad saying farewell to this tight litt
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Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Wow. Possibly 30 years since I have read Vonnegut.
Too long between drinks.
So it goes.

Had never approached this as the subject matter never really appealed to me. Like that should ever matter when it comes to this writer.

Wow. Wow. Wow.
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The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare
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This is important for the Completist . Also, if you are interested in Greek mythology, Chaucer, or watching two theatrical greats negotiating ideas that were already becoming irrelevant to their world.
Rich dialogue, alternating bathos and pathos. How
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Paradais by Fernanda Melchor
Paradais
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Brutal. Well written. Not my usual fare but read as a recommendation from a book club.

Somewhere between three and four stars.

I would certainly read more by this writer.
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The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett
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140 pages, standalone, a rare thing these days. This is a brilliant piece of sword and planet fiction by the author who bought you among many other different books, the best parts of the script to the Empire Strikes Back.

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