"These nothings are nothing. But the sky is nothing, the earth is nothing. I am nothing, love is nothing, loss is nothing." 
 The Gap of Time by Jeannette Winterson, a modern cover story of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, did an excellent job of re-creating his play in an American setting. As someone who doesn't typically enjoy Shakespeare, I liked reading about the major themes - most notably, time - in a way that was more accessible to the reader. 
 My primary complaint about The Gap of Time was that it was remarkably similar to the original play. I felt as though Winterson was trying a bit too hard to re-create Shakespeare's work down to the smallest detail, rather than use his basic themes and then incorporate her own creativity. 
 Upon reading The Gap of Time, Jeannette Winterson is now an author whose works I highly look forward to reading: her prose was gorgeous and she managed to craft fairly well-fleshed out characters in a short amount of pages (less than 300.) 3.5 out of 5 stars. 
 **I received this book from Blogging For Books in exchange for an honest review.**