What I Got From Amazon Recently...

Two things.

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare- which I read in the library, a long time ago, and only vaguely remembered. I wanted to compare it to Harold Bloom's Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human.

Asimov focuses much more on historical background than Bloom does; especially in the history plays, he often neglects the plays themselves to discuss what really happened, and how Shakespeare got it wrong or right. This can get frustrating; but it's very informative, and after all, with Bloom I've already got an in-depth look at the plays from a literary perspective.

That arrived yesterday. Today's arrival was Illegal Alien, an early Robert J. Sawyer novel about a first alien contact turned into a murder mystery.

I'm a big Sawyer fan, so I'm going to have to delve into it.

Embarrassing Non-Arrival of the Day: I misread a banner advertisement for the latest Harry Potter novel, and wandered around for ten minutes looking for copies. So it's due out in July. Hmmph.