Today, May 2nd, is the day by which I was supposed to have finished the current Classics Club spin book. Alas, I did not make it through Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court. I feel bad about… Read More ›
The Classics Club
Round and Around We Go Again . . . #CCSpin 12
The last Classics Club Spin book was a bummer for me. Catch-22. Blah. It was the third time I tried to read that book and although I could appreciate the content to some extent, I couldn’t force myself through the… Read More ›
Classics Club Spin #11
It’s time for another Classic Club Spin! I haven’t always followed through on actually reading spin picks, but this time I’m committed! This will help kick off my 2016 focus on #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks. How it works: Classic Club moderators will chose… Read More ›
Summer Reading Book Bingo Recap
Pirate Hunters on the Outer Banks this summer. Was this the fastest summer on record or what? I didn’t feel like I read all that much between Memorial Day (May 25th) and Labor Day (September 7), but I managed to… Read More ›
Classics Club Spin #10
Two of the WW1 titles on my list. It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! How it works: On Monday, August 24th, the Classics Club moderators will choose a number between 1-20 and I’ll read the corresponding number from this… Read More ›
Hello August! Ahoy matey!
Greetings from the Outer Banks! It’s been a busy few weeks and I haven’t been blogging much of late, but I have been reading. The other night I finished Anne Frank’s Diary. It is on my Classics Club list and… Read More ›
Time for Another Classics Club Spin!
I’ve read two classics off my list so far this year: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk and The Maltese Falcon by Dashielle Hammett. I’m raring to read more and was happy to see another spin announced by The Classics Club earlier this… Read More ›
The Caine Mutiny (1951) by Herman Wouk
The Caine Mutiny was published in 1951, only six years after the end of WWII. It was a best-seller on and off for three years and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952. During the war Herman Wouk served on a ship… Read More ›
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Oxford UP edition Thanks to Andi at Estella’s Revenge who hosted the Wilkie in Winter readalong, I have now read not only one, but two stories by Mr. Collins. The first read-along was “The Frozen Deep” (1856), a short story… Read More ›
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Why I read it: I’m interested in this time period of German history, but read it mainly because the musical film Cabaret is based on Goodbye to Berlin. The play and movie I Am A Camera is also based on… Read More ›