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Category Archives: Classics
Reviewlettes: the Last of 2014
So it’s now officially more than halfway through the first month of 2015 and I still have a backlog of reviews from the old year. This is just a short post of the last seven books of the year … Continue reading
A Christmas Carol Readalong
You guys! Brona’s Books is having a little readalong for A Christmas Carol! It’s really chill and runs from tomorrow, the 15th, through to Christmas day. The readalong is just for A Christmas Carol but I’m planning to read the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Children's, Classics, Fiction
Tagged december 2014
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The Classics Club December Meme
The Classics Club December Meme was posted a few days ago and this one sounds like fun. I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever answered one the monthly memes before but I guess there’s a first time for … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Children's, Classics, Fiction, Memes, The Classics Club
Tagged december 2014
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Classics Club # 8 and Survey
And the winner is… number 13! Luckily, I had very fortuitously put The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood in slot 13 so yay! I’m finally going to read Atwood. I can’t wait! I probably won’t start it til December when Nonfiction … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Classics, Fiction, The Classics Club
Tagged November 2014
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The Classics Spin #8
It’s time for another Classics Spin! Here’s my 20 for this go round below. I’ve tried to put a good mix on this one and also include a lot of classics that I already own but haven’t yet … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Classics, Fiction, The Classics Club
Tagged November 2014
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Highlights on What I’ve Been Reading While I’ve Been Away
So while I’ve been away from this blog these past few months, I still have been reading. Not as much I would have liked or hoped, but enough to find some really enjoyable books in the process. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Children's, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Nonfiction, Science, Social History/Issues
Tagged October 2014
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Emma by Jane Austen
Title: Emma Author: Jane Austen Published: 1815 Genre: Fiction: Classics Pages: 390 Rating: ***** Beautiful, clever, rich – and single – Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Classics, Fiction, The Classics Club
Tagged January 2014
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Ulysses by James Joyce
Title: Ulysses Author: James Joyce Published: 1920 Genre: Fiction: Classics; Historical-Fiction Pages: 768 Rating: ** Ulysses has been labeled dirty, blasphemous, and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge John M. Woolsey declared it an emetic book–although he found it sufficiently … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Tagged January 2014
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Title: Anna Karenina Author: Leo Tolstoy Published: 1877 Genre: Classics Pages: 1,090 Rating: ** In their world frivolous liaisons are commonplace, but Anna and Vronsky’s consuming passion makes them a target for scorn and leads to Anna’s increasing isolation. The … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Classics, Fiction, The Classics Club
Tagged December 2013
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The Classics Club: December Meme
I cannot believe that I have been a member of The Classics Club for almost a year and yet have not done one of their monthly memes yet! I don’t know how this happened but I am rectifying … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Challenges/Group Reads/ Personal Goals, Classics, Fiction, Memes, The Classics Club
Tagged December 2013
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