. . . one of my favorite scenes in all of Shakespeare.
I thought today would be the perfect day to review this unicorn of a book. It is All Saints' Day—a fitting day to revisit all the crooked ones, no? It is also the first day of November and so, today, . . . well, you know the rest. What I'm saying is, today is kind of the perfect day to do all the Maggie Stiefvater-related things! Which is, of course, why I'll be attending her signing event later this evening at my local indie, key in hand. I know. I win today. I do. What I do not do is take it for granted. My good fortune or this book. This beautiful, beautiful book. But before we get into my reaction, I want to make a brief request. If you haven't yet had a chance to read Maggie's post on how this book came about and what it was originally going to be and what it actually became, I straight up implore you to do so. It is one of my favorite things I've read this year and it is something I needed to read this year. My favorite line? "I discovered that I wa…
OMG totally just had a squee moment, haha. This is also my absolute favorite passage of Shakespeare. Love it, and love Kenneth's version :)
ReplyDeleteWe had to memorize that speech in 10th grade...I think Kenneth did a rather better job of it than I did!
ReplyDeleteKenneth Branagh + Shakespeare = LOVE
ReplyDeleteHayley, it's my favorite version of it as well.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte, nice. I'd love to have it memorized.
Tiah, definitely.