#read along
In 2017 I am challenging myself to read one play by William Shakespeare each month ❤ I’m going to be reading a mix of his tragedy, comedy and history plays, and some lovely fellow bookstagrammers will be joining me along the way! You can find the read-along on Instagram @goodnightboutique! (Use #bandofbookworms!)
I’ve chosen;
January - The Tempest
February - Much Ado About Nothing
March - Julius Caesar
April - Othello
May - Henry VIII
June - A Midsummer Night’s Dream
July - Richard II
August - Coriolanus
September - As You Like It
October - Macbeth/Hamlet
November - King Lear
December - The Winters Tale
If any of these plays are catching your eye it would be amazing if you’d join in with the read-along, even if it’s just for one or two of the months! Have you read any of these? Have you never read Shakespeare at all? “We few, we happy few, we #bandofbookworms”
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In 2017 I am challenging myself to read one play by William Shakespeare each month ❤ I’m going to be reading a mix of his tragedy, comedy and history plays, and some lovely fellow bookstagrammers will be joining me along the way! You can find the read-along on Instagram @goodnightboutique! (Use #bandofbookworms!)
I’ve chosen;
January - The Tempest
February - Much Ado About Nothing
March - Julius Caesar
April - Othello
May - Henry VIII
June - A Midsummer Night’s Dream
July - Richard II
August - Coriolanus
September - As You Like It
October - Macbeth/Hamlet
November - King Lear
December - The Winters Tale
If any of these plays are catching your eye it would be amazing if you’d join in with the read-along, even if it’s just for one or two of the months! Have you read any of these? Have you never read Shakespeare at all? “We few, we happy few, we #bandofbookworms”
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Which graphic novel released in 2016 should we read this December?
It’s March already and this month’s theme is genderqueer women in honour of Women’s History Month.
Orlando by Virginia Wolf
Orlando has been called ‘The longest and most charming love letter in literature’ and it lives up to the name, spanning over three hundred years of immense political and social changes. During a political uprising Orlando, a young man living in the Elizabethan Era, turns into a woman and sees the world change and evolve over the years. The use of irony and farce in Virginia Wolf’s Orlando highlights many of the issues women faced for several centuries leading up to the early 20th century.
We’ll be reading this throughout March, make sure to tag your posts with the hashtag #aborlando
Wandering Son, Vol. 1 by Takako Shimura
This beautiful Japanese Manga follows fifth graders, Shuichi and Yoshion. Shuichi is new at school and befriends Yoshion, but both have a secret. Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy. We follow them as they both question their identities and learn how to be comfortable with their true selves. It is a sweet and loving story about friendship and identity.
Still unsure? Why not try out the first chapter here! Discuss with us and post on social media with the tag #abwandering
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How are you enjoying the read along so far? I wanted to start a chain of discussion so we can keep interacting, which is the most fun part of adultbooklr! So I’m going to throw a question out here, and feel free to throw out some questions of your own as well!
To start, in what ways does the race for space parallel the civil rights movement? What kinds of freedoms are being explored in each?
It’s a new month, so we have new read alongs right around the corner!
February is Black History Month, so we are once again celebrating by reading books by authors of color and about people of color.
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
is the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson - brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. These women were real, genius, inspirational, and not found in any history books. (Shocker.) It also became a well-received movie just this year. It’s still in theaters so go check it out!
We’ll be reading this one throughout the entire month of February, chatting using #abHiddenFigures across all social media platforms.
Elements: Fire edited by Taneka Stotts
is a comics anthology of 23 stories by creators of color from around the globe. You may remember Stotts from when we celebrated Pride Month by reading her LGBTQ Fantasy comics anthology, Beyond. Back in action, Taneka and her incredible network of artists return with Elements: Fire, stories featuring peaceful warriors, blossoming brujas, godly hackers, and a fire-breathing dragon boy. She says this about her motivation for the project: “We are the main characters of our own stories, not the sidekicks or token characters. This is an anthology that is full of our passions, magic, and inner fire because our diversity is not just a buzzword: it’s our reality!”
You can download the PDF here, and chat with the adultbooklr community about it February 10th-24th (and after, let’s be realistic) on your social media of preference using #abElements
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Watch “Ming’s Christmas Wishes (12 Days of BIPOC Christmas)” on YouTube
