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I'm about halfway through, and I still can't put it down. Really interesting stuff. This should monopolize my reading for the next few weeks/months (gonna read all of the available books).

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I came across it in a pile of books I've had for ages and realized I had never read it before. Instant favorite. Perfect for a hot day. There's a lot of research that was inspired by reading it, too. Now, if I can only get my hands on Through The Looking Glass...

All of them? What do you mean?

I posted a pic of the first book, so that's what I was talking about.

I live in Scotland so it might be different in other countries. For Higher English, they can teach Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth I am sure. For Higher Drama they do Twelfth Night sometimes. For Advanced Higher English they do Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest and A Winter's Tale - as well as the sonnets!

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Wonderful book so far by one of my absolute favorite people on Earth.

I've been meaning to buy that. Bourdain is my kind of pompous New Yorker. I love his show, its always a great treat.

Ok...so I just finished the last Dark Tower book a few days ago. I really wanted to think about it before I posted anything anywhere or made any firm judgments.

I've heard people say that the end of this book ruined the entire series for them. Admittedly, when I got to the big closer I was thinking "Whhhaaaaaaa???!!". But the more I think about it, the more it seems like a perfect ending. It just fits. It fits Roland's personality, it makes sense of the signs and events and people's attitudes that occur throughout his quest. I thought it was a perfect Stephen King ending. Not all wrapped up nice and pretty, but still with the hope that things can turn out all right eventually.

Tears were shed along the way. Many sleepless nights were spent thinking about Jake, Susannah, Eddie, Roland, and Oy. I actually dreamed about this book three nights in a row. I would recommend it to anyone willing to go on the 7 (now 8) book journey.

In short, I love this book, ending and all. I can't wait to go back and read "The Wind Through the Keyhole" (Dark Tower 4.5). Heck, I can't wait to re-read this series. Especially the first book, which no doubt will make a million times more sense than it did the first time around.

In America it's not that different, except the books aren't decided by education levels but by the teachers. Everybody learns Romeo and Juliet and his sonnets during Freshman/Sophomore year, and the upperclassmen read the ones that you mentioned with the addition of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, and King Lear. Hamlet was definitely the highlight of my Senior year's reading assignments.

We did Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, MacBeth and The Taming of the Shrew.