Hello Friday. Meeting last night with one of my business Meet Up Groups http://www.meetup.com/. It was very informative and the networking great. Working on plans for weekend Blues or Art? There’s the rub.

Friday, on this blog at least, means an update on what I’m reading. The book–just finished–INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES by Jennifer Lee Carrell (http://www.jenniferleecarrell.com/About%20Jennifer%20Lee%20Carrell.html ).

On the eve of the Globe’s production of Hamlet, Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanley’s eccentric mentor, Harvard Professor Roz Howard, gives her a mysterious box, claiming to have made a groundbreaking discovery. But before she can reveal it to Kate, the Globe burns to the ground and Roz is found dead, murdered precisely in the manner of Hamlet’s father. Inside the box Kate finds the first piece in a Shakespearean puzzle, setting her on a deadly, high-stakes treasure hunt.

This is the first book of Carrell’s series with Kate Stanley and was a best seller. The characters globe trot looking for the real Shakespeare, a lost play and letters from a mad women. A great, brilliant read. I hope she hurries up with the third book she’s working on.

“Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. Between 1585 and 1592…he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company Men… He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49…he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare’s private life survive…there has been considerable speculation about…his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.
Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613…Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth…” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

So like the mummies yesterday I don’t think many of us have any original Folios (except a few of the characters in Carrell’s books) but there must be something Shakespeare out there–I have a few books but nothing for sale.

Shakespeare Renaissance Themed Souvenir Collectors Shot Glass Blue …$8 (interesting)

8″ Disney Romeo Mickey Mouse Shakespeare Plush Bean Bag Toy Disney …$12 (OK getting weirder)

Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet 2 Italian Old Postcard $13 (Is Mickey playing the part?)

Kill All the Lawyers?: Shakespeare’s Legal Appeal [a Book] $35—quote from Henry VI part II

Vintage Royal Doulton Series-ware Collectible Rack Plate: “Shakespeare” at $85 our most “artistic” so far

Shakespeare Bust Flowers Keg Bitter Vintage ($90)

ILLUSTRATED WORKS OF “SHAKSPERE” 1879 TWO VOLUMES – IMPERIAL EDITION $1,299.

To Be adventurous or not to be?
BE!!!!