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WeaveAndReadWithMe February 2019: Balder Dead by Matthew Arnold

Hi everyone! Since last months WeaveAndReadWithMe went so well, I thought I'd try something new for February's book, and have chosen an EPI...

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Frankenstein vs Frankenbone

Another Wishbone comparison! #WeaveAndReadWithMe April 2017: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. I know a lot of people have read this in school, even I did, but being the "Omg I hate reading for school" kind of person I was, I only skimmed and basically passed each quiz and test purely by luck. But now I want to actually read it! Youtube has been recommending Frankenbone all this month to me so naturally, I decided to do another comparison!  As usual, Librivox will be providing an audiobook version, I'll be listening to a dramatic reading of it which is linked above. I also will be reading along with my physical copy, but here on The Project Gutenberg, you can find a read online or downloadable copy. The plot of the Wishbone episode: Wishbone imagines himself as Mary Shelley's obsessed researcher determined to find a way of conquering death, who ends up starting something he soon finds he can't finish. Meanwhile, back in Oakdale, David is working on his project for the school science fair. His creation, too, ends up getting a bit out of hand. I hope you can manage to join me in this next Wishbone vs. Original comparison! Thank you for reading! Update: My friend gave me a suggestion last night! When my senior English class read "Frankenstein" three years ago, my teacher gave us an assignment along with the reading segments. That assignment was to make our own monster! Using any medium, I made a felt one (pictured below), and there were cakes made to look like The Monster, some clay figurines, and many other things. So, I'm adding a challenge of doing that along with the reading and comparison! I also remade my Goodreads group for the book of the month discussions! Don't forget to go get yourself caught in a web of words! ^BookishSpider^

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A bookish night to come!

,Tonight I’m planning on reading a short mystery story from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1998 edition, my #WeaveAndReadWithMeaudiobook, “The Blazing World” by Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, the first book/play for the Read-A-Theme Read-A-Thon: Translations, “When We Dead Awake” written by Henrik Ibsen,  translated by William Archer, which was originally written in Norwegian.