Finally, onto the final
book for the Modern Mrs. Darcy Challenge! This category was “a book you should
have read in high school.” I checked out some high school reading lists online
and yes, there are many, many books that are typically assigned in high school
that I have not yet read. However, I decided to go with a play that Boomer and
my friend, Huy, read in high school and they both recommended it.
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are characters from Hamlet,
so this play follows them along the same timeline as Hamlet. It helped to re-read some of Hamlet while I was reading
this play so I could remember what was going on.
Easy-to-read and funny,
this play adds another dimension to the reading of Hamlet. I can see why Boomer was assigned this play right after his
English class finished Hamlet.
With my completion of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,
I’ve completed thee 2015 Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge. Thank you to
Modern Mrs. Darcy for putting this Challenge together for us. It definitely
challenged me to read out of my comfort zone and to pick up books I wouldn’t
have otherwise. Doing this Challenge also started some great conversations with
my friends and family as I asked them for recommendations for each of the
categories. And, I had never asked my mom which book she loved until I had to
ask her to complete the “a book your mom loves” category. I had no idea that my mom loved Great Expectations and The
Grapes of Wrath. I hope that Modern Mrs. Darcy has a 2016 Challenge for us!
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