January 2019: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

 

Welcome to the Reading Minds book club, where I talk about books with my besties! Today, Shannon, Suzie, and I are talking Shakespeare with our mutual pick of A Midsummer Night’s Dream!

 

As always, SPOILERS!

 

LET’S BE FRIENDS! Send us an email at readingmindspodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @Reading_Minds_

 

Things to listen for:

Annie has some exciting news!

Shannon geeks out over Greek mythology

Suzie compares Shakespeare to Dr. Suess

 

Drinking Game: Take a drink of anything you want whenever we mispronounce a character’s name!

 

ANNIE

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/74525142-annie-bruza

Book: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2242

Drink: https://www.whittard.co.uk/instant-tea/explore-instant-tea/instant-tea-flavours/mulled-wine-flavour-instant-tea-324210.html

 

SHANNON

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/79032398-shannon-franson

Book: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2242

Drink: https://www.nespresso.com/fr/en/order/capsules/original/india-coffee-capsule + https://www.baileys.com/en-us/home.html

 

SUZIE

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/75046927-suzie-herman

Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31930548-a-midsummer-night-s-dream

Drink: https://www.yeti.com/

 

Tools we used to understand this book:

Thug Notes (*explicit*): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLqTC2-HuA

SparkNotes Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1wMfOwlAZ8

SparkNotes: https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/

 

William Blake Artwork:

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-oberon-titania-and-puck-with-fairies-dancing-n02686

 

Music:

“Ukulele Whistle” and “Happy Ukulele” by Scott Holmes

http://scottholmesmusic.com