It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! Next Monday the Classics Club moderators will chose a number from 1-20 and participants will have until April 2nd to read the corresponding number from their list. Here’s my list: Sense and Sensibility,… Read More ›
I did it! I finally read The Count of Monte Cristo. Initially, I felt like I was preparing for a monumental event, like running a marathon. And much like preparing for a long race, I created a pacing chart to… Read More ›
A Classics Club spin is where participants choose 20 books from their classics list, a moderator picks a number between 1-20, and then participants have a deadline in which to read the randomly chosen book. It’s a nice way to… Read More ›
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know the title of this book. This Side of Paradise, From Here to Eternity, The Grapes of Wrath are all titles that sounded romantic to my kid-mind as far back as I… Read More ›
I signed on for The Classics Club back in September 2012 and since then have read only three of the books on my list. Lame-o! At this pace there’s no way I’ll finish the remaining 97 books on my list… Read More ›
I first started reading this novel sometime back in the 1990s when I was in college or graduate school, and still fairly new to the world of academic feminism where The Handmaid’s Tale is (was?) considered a must-read. I started… Read More ›
I did it! I finally read The Thorn Birds! Although I can’t say this book has been on my TBR list for a long time, I’ve often wondered about this story for decades. When the book and TV mini-series were… Read More ›
Dell cover, 1978 Deliverance is the first book I read for The Classics Club. It was first published in 1970 and I was happy to find a 1978 movie cover copy by Dell. According to the publication information in this… Read More ›