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30 Day Book Challenge: 20
Day 20 – Favourite romance book
Shakespeare's Sonnets. They are adorable and weirdly obsessive, and also some of the only poetry I really like. I know it's cliche, that everyone loves Shakespeare, can't you be more original, I'll bet your favorite sonnet is Sonnet 18, too (no, it's not, it's 71). Whatever. I honestly enjoy the sonnets and I think that they are beautiful and tell a story about a complicated, human relationship. I am of the opinion that, whether they were based on real life? Whether Shakespeare even wrote Shakespeare's works, including the sonnets? Is irrelevant. I choose to read them as being based on a real-life love triangle, and as long as I don't claim this idea to be The Truth, then I see no harm in wanting things to work out nicely. I like the story that they tell.
(I was going to be snarky and say The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for this one, but I won't go there right now)
Shakespeare's Sonnets. They are adorable and weirdly obsessive, and also some of the only poetry I really like. I know it's cliche, that everyone loves Shakespeare, can't you be more original, I'll bet your favorite sonnet is Sonnet 18, too (no, it's not, it's 71). Whatever. I honestly enjoy the sonnets and I think that they are beautiful and tell a story about a complicated, human relationship. I am of the opinion that, whether they were based on real life? Whether Shakespeare even wrote Shakespeare's works, including the sonnets? Is irrelevant. I choose to read them as being based on a real-life love triangle, and as long as I don't claim this idea to be The Truth, then I see no harm in wanting things to work out nicely. I like the story that they tell.
(I was going to be snarky and say The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for this one, but I won't go there right now)