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This is a 3 month challenge based on the works of William Shakespeare. January through March.

There are 3 ways of completing this challenge, you can choose any combination of these options that you want.

OPTION 1: Read a play written by Shakespeare.

OPTION 2: Take this quiz about which Shakespeare character you are and read a book that somehow connects with that character (example: if you get Juliet you can read a book about teenage suicide or feuding families, or a doomed love affair)http://americanshakespearecenter.com/...

OPTION 3: choose one or however many you want to read from this list:

**Othello: read a book involving the themes of racism, love, jealousy and betrayal

**The Taming of the Shrew: A comedy, a story that involves a "shrewish" person of some kind.

**Twelfth Night or What You Will: a book of mistaken identity or about a woman who dresses as a man

**Julius Caesar- read a book about a character who is dealing with the demands of honor, patriotism & friendship.

**Richard III- read a book that occurs in the English court of the 1500s

**Macbeth- read a book that deals with the themes of lust for power or betrayal of friendship, this is also known as the cursed play and called the Scottish Play so you can read a book about a Scottish curse.

**Midsummer Night's Dream- Book involving Fairy royalty, unreturned love between friends or mischief makers and the mischief they cause.

**Henry V- read a book about/during the Hundred Years War or conquering France.

**Romeo & Juliet- read a book with the theme of young love, feuding families, or teenage suicide.

**Hamlet- a book with themes of madness, grief, rage, treachery, revenge or moral corruption.


Please post here your books and thoughts on them.

Wow. Quite a challenge. Okay, I'll bite. Not sure how I'll complete this challenge, but I will read at least one play.

I'm going to see how many of Option 3 I can read, I'm going to try for 3 of them.

Oh! I like this one :)

Oh! I like this one :)

Victoria (RedsCat) wrote: "Oh! I like this one :)"

I'm glad you like it. I was hoping it was a good one.

I read When it Rains: The Umbrella Collection a book about a girl who is struggling with grief after her parents are killed by a drunk driver. Before her parents death she already struggled with a crippling fear of the rain and is obsessed with everyone having an umbrella to protect them. Once she starts hearing an evil voice telling her to do evil things she tries to find help with her mental problems.

I picked this book for the Hamlet book- a book with themes of madness, grief, rage, treachery, revenge or moral corruption.

There were a lot of typos in the Kindle version of this book and it wasn't a dark a book as I thought it might be but it was a very good book.

I read The Prince and the Pauperwhich works nicely for Twefth Night/What you Will, read a book about mistaken identities.


I struggles with parts of this book as the writing really bogged down but there were a lot of parts that were really very good. Overall 3 stars.

I went with The Black Lyonfor Othello's book as it is full of betrayal and jealously.

Another challenge I completely forgot about.