Day 14 of @missdahlelama's #authorlifemonth photo challenge as for our Prized Bookish Possession. Being a theatre kid, of course I was introduced to #Shakespeare very early. #MidsummerNightsDream has always been my fave. I used monologues from the play for my auditions for the longest time, and I'd LOVE to play Puck one day. Or Hermia. In 1998 I moved to France for a semester of High School, and on a trip to Paris, I made a point of going to the bookshop owned and operated, in-show, by my favorite #HighlanderTheSeries character: #Methos. (The first time I saw it, standing in front to Notre Dame 38 hours after landing in Paris, I was struck like a jolt when I saw the store on the Quay. I didn't know it was REAL, I thought it was a set, like the Barge or the Dojo. I did research later and learned it was an actual store and HAD to go the next time we went back to Paris for a day trip to a Museum, where I also fell in love with #VanGogh for the first time.) So this book is a combination of four of my great and beloved nerdy pursuits - Shakespeare, fairtales and mythology, Highlander, and meta-narrative tourism (where real places that featured in fiction become IRL tourist destinations; like 221B Baker Street in London or Rhold Dahl Plass in Cardiff). #jmfrey #Paris #ShakespeareAndCompany #ShakespeareAndCo #fairytales #metanarrative #metatourism #penguinedition #penguin #penguinbooks #literarytourism #rog #babyjess #mythology #torchwood #sherlock https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt3oPyRlFS3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eowwu4h4y2iv
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Squeee! Merry Christmas to meeee! ✨🎁✨You know I love me a #penguinedition and I’ve been after this collection for quite awhile, so this is a real treat. #minenow #lacreeperielibrary #shirleyjackson #favorites #darktales #gothicfiction
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♣Italian Caption Buonasera lettori! 😘 Come state? Io un po' stanca... Voi come avete passato la giornata? È stata bella? Vi auguro una splendida serata 💝 _______________ ♣ English Caption Good evening readers! 😘 How are you? I'm a bit tired... What did you do today? Was it a good day? I wish you all an amazing evening 💝 #bookstagram #apassagetoindia #penguinedition #booknerd #bookporn #bookaholic #leggeresempre #ioleggoperchè #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookishlove #lettricecompulsiva https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs8jBI1H7k4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1248f6pgvkaqd
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