. . . one of my favorite scenes in all of Shakespeare.
Ever since I fell in love with Diana Peterfreund 's Secret Society Girl series last year, I've been hoping I'd get the chance to interview her here. Tomorrow marks the release of her new novel, Rampant , and let me tell you that you have not read a book like this before. You can read my review here , but all you really need to know is that it's a story about killer unicorns and the young women who hunt them. You want to read it now, don't you? Oh, yeah, and it's YA and the first in a series! To celebrate the release, Diana graciously answered a few of my most burning questions. As she is always a delight, I know you'll enjoy them as much as I did. First things first: When did the idea for Rampant first hit you and what (if anything) did you know right off the bat? In early 2005, just after selling Secret Society Girl , I had this dream of being chased by a very dangerous unicorn. I woke up and went to go look it up to see if I could figure out the meanin...
OMG totally just had a squee moment, haha. This is also my absolute favorite passage of Shakespeare. Love it, and love Kenneth's version :)
ReplyDeleteWe had to memorize that speech in 10th grade...I think Kenneth did a rather better job of it than I did!
ReplyDeleteKenneth Branagh + Shakespeare = LOVE
ReplyDeleteHayley, it's my favorite version of it as well.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte, nice. I'd love to have it memorized.
Tiah, definitely.