Reading “The Raven” to you for my birthday
Greetings friends! Since today is my birthday (🎂 have some cake!), I felt like I should do something a little different for today’s post. I share my birthday with one of my favorite authors Edgar Allan Poe. (Hopefully, I don’t end up dying destitute in a gutter.)
Last year I hosted the #poeathon, but for this year I decided to be hella extra and read The Raven to all of you. Yes, you read that right. I am reading The Raven to you all today!
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
You can read along on the Poetry Foundation‘s website if you’d like.
✨ Don’t own any Poe and want to change that? Have no fear! The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe is available on Kindle for free!
I love celebrating my birthday in this way for the blog because feels like throwing a co-birthday party for one of my faves and sharing his work.
Whether you are a lover of his work or new to his writing, I sincerely hope you enjoyed this out-of-the-box post!
Let’s go on another adventure together!
Pauliina
January 19, 2020 at 9:38 AMHappy Birthday Kal!! 🥳🥳 Love this post, I would definitely listen to an audiobook narrated by you!
Sarah
January 23, 2020 at 1:52 PMHappy birthday 🎂
I love Poe, he is one of my favourite writers. ❤
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:45 PMThank you, Sarah! And mine, too!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 5:53 PMThank you so much for the birthday wishes, and compliment! I’m not going to lie, I have thought about audiobook narration as a side hustle but the idea of reading aloud for hours sounds exhausting hahaha
Jade
January 19, 2020 at 9:48 AMAwww ! Happy birthday Kal <3
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 5:53 PMThank you, Jade!
Kerys
January 19, 2020 at 9:59 AMHappy Birthday Kal!!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 5:53 PMThank you so much, Kerys!
Sofia @Bookish Wanderess
January 19, 2020 at 6:46 PMHappy Birthday Kal! 🎉 This is a fantastic way to celebrate both of your birthdays.
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 5:54 PMThanks so much, Sofia! I am glad you enjoyed this silly celebration!
Caitlin @ Caitlin Althea
January 19, 2020 at 7:39 PMAhhh, happiest birthday, Kal!! I hope your day (and year) is as amazing as you are ❤
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:03 PMThank you so much, Caitlin! I had a truly amazing birthday and am so incredibly grateful.
Dedra @ A Book Wanderer
January 19, 2020 at 9:33 PMHappy Birthday!!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:04 PMThank you!
Flora
January 20, 2020 at 11:01 AMHappy belated birthday, Kal. I hope you had a wonderful day. Thanks for the cake. 😉
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:05 PMThank you so much for the birthday wishes, and I hope you enjoyed the cake! 😀
Kayla @ Books and Blends
January 20, 2020 at 2:36 PMHappy belated birthday, Kal! I hope you had an awesome day!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:12 PMThank you for the birthday wishes, and I did have an amazing day!
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out
January 21, 2020 at 4:22 AMHappy Birthday 🎉🥳🎂
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:17 PMThank you!!!
Olivia Roach
January 22, 2020 at 1:45 AMI love how much you love Poe’s works. My sister just got th ecomplete collection of his short stories and poems for Christmas and she is so excited to read them. Happy birthday, Kal, and I hope you have an amazing year ahead <3
Olivia-S @ Olivia’s Catastrophe
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:26 PMThank you so much for the birthday wishes, Olivia! And I am so glad you appreciate my love for Poe!
Kristina
January 23, 2020 at 5:54 PMHappy birthday, Kal !!
I particularly appreciate how you’ve had a poe inspired “birthday celebration” for two years in a row, ahaha! 💕
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:45 PMThank you for the birthday wishes and appreciation of my Poe Hoe ways!
Lindsay
January 23, 2020 at 7:19 PMHappy birthday Kal! 🍰 This is such a great post – I love the idea! Hope you had a great day!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:46 PMThank you so much, and I’m glad you enjoyed this bit of silly! I did have a great day
Brooke Carrington
January 23, 2020 at 8:45 PMHappy Birthday! This is an awesome way to celebrate! Hope you had a great day!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 6:46 PMThank you so much, and I had a wonderful day!!!
Haley
January 24, 2020 at 1:43 PMI totally don’t have this page saved…to come and watch once or twice just for the amazingness of you reading…Happy belated birthday you magnificent person!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 7:07 PMOh my gosh, you are too sweet! Thanks for the birthday wishes and compliments!!!
Heather @ The Frozen Library
January 24, 2020 at 11:49 PMAwe happy late birthdaaaaay!!!!! It’s my birthday month too! 😛
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 7:14 PMHuzzah to January babies, and happy belated birthday to you tooooooo!!!
Isabelle @ Nine Tale Vixen
January 25, 2020 at 2:14 PMKAL this is such a fantastically creative birthday post! listening to you read this poem is so calming; I’m definitely saving the video for when I need a bit of a pick-me-up.
of Poe’s works I’m really only familiar with The Raven (which is to say I’m aware of the most famous ones, but I think it’s the only one I’ve read) – I keep meaning to read more of his work and downloaded The Complete Works when you did the #poeathon last year, but the call of the TBR is strong. (and that’s partly your fault for continuing to fill it, yknow 😜)
happy belated birthday!
Kal
February 16, 2020 at 11:53 PMThank you so much, I’m so glad everyone enjoyed this silly post idea of mine! I know what you mean about the call of the TBR so I forgive you for slacking on Poe’s work
Lauren
January 31, 2020 at 1:20 PMhappy belated birthday, ty for being a lovely ear companion!!! that was nice!!
Kal
February 17, 2020 at 3:28 PMthank you so much love, and I’m glad you enjoyed me in your ears!