I am glad this thread has taken off so nicely and I hope all who participate would get to learn from it.  We do have a handful of Grammar Nazis here and hopefully, putting arrogance aside, they could teach us a thing or two.  Thanks!
I'm sure you meant "read a book of Shakespeare's works"?

Yes, I've read some of his works, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.  Indeed, those are some of his remarkable works and I have this fascination of Shakespearean English.

If Shakespeare had invented Barney, he'd be singing, "I love thee, thou lovest me..."