Book #19 - The Merchant of Venice

[janetlin]

I love all the women in this play! How often can that be said of Shakespeare? Portia is kickarse (I like her much better than Katherine. Possibly more than even Beatrice. I'd need to read Much Ado About Nothing again). Come to think of it, I wonder when this was written, in relation to Much Ado; if Portia was sort of a proto-Beatrice or vice-versa. Hmm, Wiki says right round about the same time. No help there.

We started to watch the film version with Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons in class, which I _must_ find and rent now. The court scene must be fantastic.

Title: The Merchant of Venice
Author: William Shakespeare
Pages: 203

19 / 50 (38.0%)

Okay, I know the official challenge is fifty books, but I'm very unlikely to get there by the end of the year, so I think I'll start using the tickers based on my personal goal of 24 (which I am, actually, likely to meet and even exceed. Never thought I'd be so glad of all the reading I must do as an English major). So here:

19 / 24 (79.2%)

Woo, doesn't that look nice?

Comments

[elven-alchemist.livejournal.com]

Could be that one too;-)
But actually Necrissa is allova's NPC character in Ravenholme, quite a deadly creature;-)
I wonder if they are planning Ravenholme games for the time when you are in NZ, I think you would like it...
(yes, allova, that was a HINT;-)))))))))

[janetlin.livejournal.com]

Heh. Dunno about Ravenholme, but I know there's Alan's Victoriana game. And I'm not sure I could fit two costumes and enough clothes for myself for ten days into whatever baggage allowance Air NZ has.

[elven-alchemist.livejournal.com]

I know there's Alan's Victoriana game

Yeah, I've heard about that one too;-)

[janetlin.livejournal.com]

He says he's roped you into it, even.

[elven-alchemist.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Yup, that'll be my first GMing experience, if only Stargate doesn't happen to happen before that, in which case it will be the first as I was recruited there as well... But I don't think it will, especially minding Alan recruited on of the Stargate GMs to New Bretanica as well;-)))

[janetlin.livejournal.com]

Heh, he's sneaky that way.

[allova.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, we'd let you wear the same costume twice! Though I don't reckon we'll be running a Ravenholme game then, alas.

[janetlin.livejournal.com]

No, not so close on the heels of one in November. One of these days I'll be down there for one, though, I'm sure.