A quick wrap up of the past couple of weeks...
Macbeth - William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare is the greatest. Such a smart and fun (well, fun to read) play. Jostles for my favorite Shakes play with the next entry on this list.
Asuperplus.
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark - William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare is the greatest. Such a smart and fun play. Hamlet is the ultimate sarcastic college student. Words words words indeed.
Asuperplus.
Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech.
A really interesting story about a young girl going to find her "missing" mother. There are a bunch of layers of storytelling which works well with the Native American aspect to the story. This is the book that brought up the authenticity question, in case you were interested.
B+.
The Birchbark House - Louise Erdrich.
Not my cup of tea. Doesn't do anything new with the Native American aspect or any other aspect, really. It just seems like all the other Native American stories that take place in the past. Boring.
D.
Dubliners - James Joyce.
Is The Dead the best short story ever written? Perhaps. I haven't read all of them, but I know that it was damned good. When you add in all the other great stories you get one of my favorite books of the year/ever. The prose is fantastic, of course, and Joyce creates Dublin so clearly.
MILKSHAKE!