Of Pimpernels and madrigals

[eliyes]

So, I brought the first three Scarlet Pimpernel books with me on my trip. I read the first one, which was quite good, and then the second one; stalled a bit early on in that where Marguerite was just really being a sucker, but then when I went back to it, Percy saved all from boredom and after that the story really took off. I'm now stalled in the third, because Armand is just such a ninny, and it's another 41 pages until Percy shows up. :/

Today I bought two books. One is Elizabethan poetry -- I have a book of all of Shakespeare's love sonnets, and while several of them are repeated here, he doesn't take up most of the book! It's nice to read the rest, some of which is already familiar to me. The first section is anonymous madrigals, which can be quite fun. There's little one-to-three-line bios for each subsequent poet. A couple are by the Queen herself. :3 The other thing I bought is a copy of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. I'm a great fan of his comedies, and have never read nor seen this one, so I figured what the hell. ;3

Comments

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

My favorite Shakespeare sonnet is the one that starts, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; coral is far more red than her lips red." Hilarious yet touching. =D

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I always thought that one demonstrated a good point:Honestly is always more attractive than one thinks, if it's worded right. ;D

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Both random and I were giggling at the idea that you actually counted how many pages it would be until Percy appeared.

Then I stopped laughing because I realized I've done the same.

( ._.)

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I am on page 40 and it won't show up until the bottom of page 81. Simple mathbeens. ( ._.)/