I'm certainly going to have to send out a BLOG reminder. I thought I was remiss, as it's been almost 2 months since I posted, and now I see I was also the latest contributor.
So--SHAKESPEARE by Bill Bryson. He didn't shed a lot of new light on the subject, but he did a good job of bringing the time period to life and entertaining me at the same time. I would read most anything written by Bryson and also recommend his audios, especially his memoir, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID. If this one doesn't make you laugh out loud, something is wrong with you.
My favorite observation in SHAKESPEARE was his comment that everyone can immediately recognize a likeness of Shakespeare yet no one knows what he looked like.
