I haven't done this for a while, but...recent reads that might be of interest to some others:

Macbeth William Shakespeare: I liked it much more this time around. Medieval Scotland. Supernatural Solicitings. Poetry. Verse. Three Wyrd sisters (who actually aren't witches...they're more closely related to the Three Fates in pre-existing literature contrary to popular depiction...tangent!)

Paradise Lost John Milton: beautiful. eloquent. imaginative. truthful. Milton remakes the traditional Epic through his original combination of Christian Theology and Greek Mythology. In his words he seeks to "explains the ways of God to man". I enjoy it mainly for it's poetry, story telling and imagery (amazing!)

Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe: I would have enjoyed this much more had I not been writing a research paper on it. It's a difficult read because the Novel as a form of literature had not been developed and Robinson Crusoe is definitely an experiment which seeks to discover what a novel is. The idea is marvelous: man, island, survival, shipwreck....but Defoe doesn't really offer much illustration with his words. He instead rattles off irrelevant facts in the form of Crusoe's diary, which would have been more appealing to his early 18th century Puritan readers.
. All this said, I do think it's worth reading...but prepare yourself because it's not quite leisurly reading....in my opinion anyway.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Abba's Child Brennan Manning- still finishing with Seaners

Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver: currently reading, so far so good

Frankenstein Mary Shelley: Wonderful! Beautifully written, especially considering she was 18 when she wrote the book. Much different than the Hollywood Frankenstein. I closed the book with a greater sense of nature than goosebumps from the monster (who isn't that bad once you get to know him) .

Some favorite poems:

Tam O'Shanter Robert Burns
Tintern Abbey William Wordsworth
The journals of Dorothy Wordsworth

Poets: *Robert Burns, Samuel Coleridge, William Blake, *William Wordsworth, *Dorothy Wordsworth,* John Donne, George Herbert, Alexander Pope, *John Milton,* William Shakespeare