☕ Alex's 2022 Poetry/Plays/and more Challenge ☕

[Alexandra]

Poetry/Plays/Epistolary Books/Essays/Short Stories Challenge

*Looking forward to discovering new genres to read here! I read lots of short stories but haven't a lot of essays, poetry or plays yet!*

Poetry
A New Year's Masque, and Other Poems ✓

Plays
1. Othello
2. Cyrano de Bergerac
3. Hamlet
4. Much Ado About Nothing ✓
5. Macbeth ✓

Epistolary (Written letters)
1. Dracula ✓

Essays
Vesper Flights

Short Stories
1. Stuck on Your Heart: A short and sweet Valentine's Day romance ✓

[Madeline , Moderator]

Glad you are trying this one out.

[Alexandra]

Madeline wrote: "Glad you are trying this one out."

Thank you!! I am excited! I may not do great on it but I was already planning to read Hamlet so I was like why not? Lol
So where does one go to find essays?? Just google them? Lol

[〰️Beth〰️]

I have never heard of A New Year's Masque and Other Poems. Can’t wait for your review.
Happy Reading

[Bill, Moderator]

All unfamiliar to me. Good luck, Alexandra.

[Alexandra]

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "I have never heard of A New Year's Masque and Other Poems. Can’t wait for your review.
Happy Reading"
Thank you!!! I took a pic to show you but i don't think it lets you put pics here. But I found it at my Grandma's house many years while we were cleaning out her house and I was able to take a few of her books with me. It is really old and falling apart but I am excited to finally read it!

[Alexandra]

Bill wrote: "All unfamiliar to me. Good luck, Alexandra."

Thank you Bill!!

[Emily]

Good luck, Alex! Love you have Hamlet and Dracula in your list! For your essays, I would Google them. That’s what I would do if I were to search such a genre. 🐾

[〰️Beth〰️]

Alexandra wrote: "〰️Beth〰️ wrote: " I took a pic to show you but i don't think it let..."

I tried looking it up online and came across a digital copy of possibly the original book. Check out the link and let me know if this is what your physical copy looks like. Beautiful cover if it is. Plus you have to love that the library of Congress gets copies of everything and now puts them online!

https://archive.org/details/newyearsm...

[Alexandra]

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Alexandra wrote: "〰️Beth〰️ wrote: " I took a pic to show you but i don't think it let..."

I tried looking it up online and came across a digital copy of possibly the original book. Check out the l..."

Oh my goodness you are amazing!! How sweet of you to look this up!!!! It looks exactly like mine except where it is green on this digital copy it is like a peachy color! So cool! My copy is a bit beat up, sadly the side is flaking off because its just paper left but the front is still ok thankfully! Oh i can't thank you enough for finding this!

[Alexandra]

Emily wrote: "Good luck, Alex! Love you have Hamlet and Dracula in your list! For your essays, I would Google them. That’s what I would do if I were to search such a genre. 🐾"

Thank you so much Emily!! I have been meaning to read both for years and i actually attempted Dracula years ago but wasn't the right time lol but i think i will do it this time! It is also an encourgement to finish them now because they are actually on a list 😂😂😂 my OCD brain wants to cross things off on this list😂. Thank you about the essays I will definitely start searching for some!

[Ruth, Moderator]

Alexandra wrote: "Madeline wrote: "Glad you are trying this one out."

Thank you!! I am excited! I may not do great on it but I was already planning to read Hamlet so I was like why not? Lol
So where does one go to ..."

I'd recommend this one for essays. I'll be re-reading it.
Vesper Flights

[Alexandra]

Ruth wrote: "Alexandra wrote: "Madeline wrote: "Glad you are trying this one out."

Thank you!! I am excited! I may not do great on it but I was already planning to read Hamlet so I was like why not? Lol
So whe..."
Oooh thank you so much!!

[John]

I'm reading Hamlet for the first time this year, too!

[Alexandra]

John wrote: "I'm reading Hamlet for the first time this year, too!"

Awesome!!! I am looking forward to it! I am a little scared I won't be able to understand some of it because of the language (old English ) but I have Shakespeare For Dummies so hopefully it helps! 😂😂😂 Happy reading John!

[John]

Alexandra wrote: "John wrote: "I'm reading Hamlet for the first time this year, too!"

Awesome!!! I am looking forward to it! I am a little scared I won't be able to understand some of it because of the language (ol..."

I bought the annotated edition of the play, so we should both manage okay.

[Alexandra]

John wrote: "Alexandra wrote: "John wrote: "I'm reading Hamlet for the first time this year, too!"

Awesome!!! I am looking forward to it! I am a little scared I won't be able to understand some of it because o..."

Wonderful! Looking forward to hearing how you like it!

[Madeline , Moderator]

Dracula, that is one difficult read. Prayers. Lol

[Alexandra]

Lol ya I tried Dracula years ago and didn't get very far but thought I'd give it another try lol

[Carolien]

I'm another one who is not a fan of Dracula. I just reread Carmilla which is supposed to be a major influence on Dracula and other subsequent vampire tales. It's short, but very good. The gloomy atmosphere and a very beautiful, female vampire.

[Madeline , Moderator]

Carolien wrote: "I'm another one who is not a fan of Dracula. I just reread Carmilla which is supposed to be a major influence on Dracula and other subsequent vampire tales. It's short, but very good. ..."

Thank you, I would like to try that one.

[Madeline , Moderator]

Alexandra wrote: "Lol ya I tried Dracula years ago and didn't get very far but thought I'd give it another try lol"


Me, too! But, if I gave it another try, it would be the audiobook.

[Alexandra]

To be honest after I read it a bit I bet that's where ill end up lol it helps me for some reason lol

[Alexandra]

Welp its the last day of the year and I didn't get them all read but so glad I tried this challenge!!