Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar | The Divine Comedy Reader Tag! [CC] @bethannebruninga-socolar | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
I was tagged by John at Hey Y'all Listen Up:
youtube.com/watch?v=KtNvLNLB5mk
Original tag by Tom at Tom LA Books:
youtube.com/watch?v=PVOVggh8j2w&t=0s
The Divine Comedy reader tag prompts:
1. VIRGIL AND DANTE
Inferno Canto I - “Are you the font that pours so overwhelming a river of human speech?”
ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS FEATURING A MASTER / PUPIL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS.
2. THE PSYCHEDELIC EAGLE
Paradiso Canto VIII - “In the sky I saw, distinctly shown in golden fire, the image of an Eagle’s head and neck.”
A BOOK THAT FIRED UP YOUR VISUAL IMAGINATION MORE THAN OTHERS.
3. COUNT UGOLINO
Inferno, Canto XXXIII - “And then hunger had more power than even sorrow had over me”
A BOOK YOU READ WITH SUCH GRAPHIC AND HORRIFIC DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THEM.
4. THE CINEMATIC ARCHANGEL
Inferno Canto IX - “I saw more than a thousand souls of the ruined flee before one who strode across the Styx”
WHAT BOOK THAT’S NOT BEEN ADAPTED FOR CINEMA WOULD YOU MAKE INTO A MOVIE OR A TV SERIES IF YOU WERE A PRODUCER WITH UNLIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS?
5. THE NOBLE CASTLE
Inferno Canto IV - “The Master of those who know, sitting in a philosophic family who look to him and do him honor.”
YOUR FAVORITE BOOK BY A PRE-CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER or a BOOK ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE THAT YOU LIKED.
6. PAOLO E FRANCESCA
Inferno Canto V “Love, which absolves none who are loved from loving”
A BOOK OF ANY GENRE WITH A LOVE STORY THAT YOU PARTICULARLY LIKED - AS PART OF THE CENTRAL PLOT OR NOT.
7. ULYSSES
Inferno, Canto XXVI “Until the sea had closed up over us.”
NAME A BOOK YOU LOVED (ANY GENRE) WHOSE PROTAGONIST LEADS A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIS / HER COURAGE AND AMBITION INTO AN ADVENTURE.
8. ST. BERNARD THE POET
Paradiso Canto XXXIII - “Love, in your womb, was fanned to fire again”
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE POETRY BOOKS IN TRANSLATION?
9. TAG SOMEONE !
I tag:
Courtney Ferriter: youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2Yg
Melissa Firman: youtube.com/channel/UCxUQz8ZqW-wDHxxn3yyQKLg
Books mentioned:
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
(my review here: youtube.com/watch?v=Osq5HCpr-p4&t=1s)
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time series
Twenty Years at Hull-House by Jane Addams
Morningstar by Pierce Brown, Red Rising trilogy
Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Death Gate Cycle
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Collected Poems of Czeslaw Milosz
A Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne (she/her)! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and occasional Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Twitter: twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
I was tagged by John at Hey Y'all Listen Up:
youtube.com/watch?v=KtNvLNLB5mk
Original tag by Tom at Tom LA Books:
youtube.com/watch?v=PVOVggh8j2w&t=0s
The Divine Comedy reader tag prompts:
1. VIRGIL AND DANTE
Inferno Canto I - “Are you the font that pours so overwhelming a river of human speech?”
ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS FEATURING A MASTER / PUPIL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS.
2. THE PSYCHEDELIC EAGLE
Paradiso Canto VIII - “In the sky I saw, distinctly shown in golden fire, the image of an Eagle’s head and neck.”
A BOOK THAT FIRED UP YOUR VISUAL IMAGINATION MORE THAN OTHERS.
3. COUNT UGOLINO
Inferno, Canto XXXIII - “And then hunger had more power than even sorrow had over me”
A BOOK YOU READ WITH SUCH GRAPHIC AND HORRIFIC DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THEM.
4. THE CINEMATIC ARCHANGEL
Inferno Canto IX - “I saw more than a thousand souls of the ruined flee before one who strode across the Styx”
WHAT BOOK THAT’S NOT BEEN ADAPTED FOR CINEMA WOULD YOU MAKE INTO A MOVIE OR A TV SERIES IF YOU WERE A PRODUCER WITH UNLIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS?
5. THE NOBLE CASTLE
Inferno Canto IV - “The Master of those who know, sitting in a philosophic family who look to him and do him honor.”
YOUR FAVORITE BOOK BY A PRE-CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER or a BOOK ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE THAT YOU LIKED.
6. PAOLO E FRANCESCA
Inferno Canto V “Love, which absolves none who are loved from loving”
A BOOK OF ANY GENRE WITH A LOVE STORY THAT YOU PARTICULARLY LIKED - AS PART OF THE CENTRAL PLOT OR NOT.
7. ULYSSES
Inferno, Canto XXVI “Until the sea had closed up over us.”
NAME A BOOK YOU LOVED (ANY GENRE) WHOSE PROTAGONIST LEADS A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIS / HER COURAGE AND AMBITION INTO AN ADVENTURE.
8. ST. BERNARD THE POET
Paradiso Canto XXXIII - “Love, in your womb, was fanned to fire again”
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE POETRY BOOKS IN TRANSLATION?
9. TAG SOMEONE !
I tag:
Courtney Ferriter: youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2Yg
Melissa Firman: youtube.com/channel/UCxUQz8ZqW-wDHxxn3yyQKLg
Books mentioned:
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
(my review here: youtube.com/watch?v=Osq5HCpr-p4&t=1s)
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time series
Twenty Years at Hull-House by Jane Addams
Morningstar by Pierce Brown, Red Rising trilogy
Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Death Gate Cycle
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Collected Poems of Czeslaw Milosz
A Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne (she/her)! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and occasional Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Twitter: twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar