April 23 is:
Dragon Remembrance Day or St. George 'who slew a dragon, that rat fink', Day.
World Book Day, organized by UNESCO.
Talk Like Shakespeare Day/William Shakespeare's Birthday.
Forsooth!
FYI:
1) I read a ton of books that have dragons as characters in them.
2) Listen mostly to audiobooks, and I get the majority from the library.
Spend a fair amount of time requesting audiobooks, signing onto the library app queue for popular ones, and fret often as UK authors aren't published in The States for months after they are first published at home, and I have to keep an eye out to make sure I'll get the audiobook when it first drops, rather than waiting for 75 people to listen to it first. (Competitive, aren't I?)
3) Learned to love Shakespeare when in High School, age 16 or 17, when our teacher assigned each of us parts in a play, and we read our lines out loud.
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A big hip hip hoorah for book day.
ReplyDeleteWhat Lynn and Precious said.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and rest of the week. Scritches to the kitties. ♥
OMC we didn't even know that there was a book-day🙈Double Pawkisses for a Happy Bookday and Happy Reading too🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteI never thought of St. George's Day from the dragons point of view before.
ReplyDeleteI saw a painting of ST. George in an Art Museum in Munich that brought tears up into my eyes.
ReplyDeleteHooray for books, dragons and Shakespeare!
ReplyDeleteAs I quoted today on my blog:
To save a Maid, St George the Dragon slew
A pretty tale, if all is told be true
Most say, there are no Dragons, and 'tis said
There was no George: pray God there was a Maid.
~ John Aubrey, Remains of Gentilism (1688)
Hooray for Dragons!
ReplyDelete:D Be well, my dear.
ReplyDeleteI have never learned to appreciate Shakespeare. :)
ReplyDeleteI was a comparative literature major in college. I love Shakespeare! :)
ReplyDeleteIf Shakespeare's plays can't be performed, they should at least be read aloud; that's the way to appreciate them.
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