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colinandersbrodd's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
5.0
Does what it says on the tin!
mataraven's review against another edition
4.0
I'd really like to see this condensed into one of those daily calendars! The selections are paired with the date, season, or time of year to make every entry timely and applicable. It is great fun and would be a perfect addition to a library, personal library, or little free library.
carolinebeez's review against another edition
I nibbled on this sporadically for the past 2 months… I do want to read more Shakespeare, and I appreciate that this is a digestible way to go about that goal bit by bit. But. Compared to other daily readings I was doing, I just wasn’t getting so much out of this… I think as I want to read more Shakespeare, I’d be better served reading more of his complete works, rather than piecemeal bits… and who knows. Maybe future Caroline could come back to this and really enjoy this in a future season. But. For now, this doesn’t seem a worthy-enough read for my daily attention.
larry_yonce's review
5.0
I read this day-by-day throughout the year (2023), and recommend doing it that way. You will find passages from the plays and sonnets, many of which are related to specific days that mark important events, holidays, festivals, etc. on the calendar. Many seasonal references as well. Just an all-around well researched project that is a joy to experience. Includes synopses of each play, a timeline of Shakespeare's life, and an index.
goosemixtapes's review against another edition
this is exactly what it says it is: a shakespeare quote for every day, including a few lines or a few paragraphs of context for why each quote matches each day. like a little morning calendar! if that is the kind of thing you like, you will like this. in case anyone was curious, and because i was, i counted the number of quotes from each play (they were listed in an index in the back; i didn't have to flip through all those pages), and the least quoted plays are coriolanus, pericles, and sir thomas more (which i didn't even think shakespeare wrote? maybe i'm wrong), with two quotes each. most quoted is--well, it's the sonnets (28 quotes), but there are dozens of those; the most quoted play is a midsummer night's dream (14), which makes sense. extremely iconic part of the canon.
there are some iffy bits. bold move, for example, to place shylock's "hath not a jew eyes" speech on international holocaust remembrance day. even BOLDER move to summarize the merchant of venice (in the summaries of each play in the endnotes) WITHOUT EVER SAYING THE WORD JEWISH. (???) (?????)
but a beloved friend got this for me, so i'm fond of it. at some point in the year i started using it vaguely as an obsessive-compulsive divination tool? i had to get surgery in august and all i’m saying is that that very day’s piece was a richard ii quote about trimming excess branches so the tree can flourish healthily. all i’m saying. drop your birthday in the comments and i'll give you the quote for that day
there are some iffy bits. bold move, for example, to place shylock's "hath not a jew eyes" speech on international holocaust remembrance day. even BOLDER move to summarize the merchant of venice (in the summaries of each play in the endnotes) WITHOUT EVER SAYING THE WORD JEWISH. (???) (?????)
but a beloved friend got this for me, so i'm fond of it. at some point in the year i started using it vaguely as an obsessive-compulsive divination tool? i had to get surgery in august and all i’m saying is that that very day’s piece was a richard ii quote about trimming excess branches so the tree can flourish healthily. all i’m saying. drop your birthday in the comments and i'll give you the quote for that day