"Books may well be the only true magic." -Alice Hoffman
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great April and start to spring. This month I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen for the Rory Gilmore Book Club. It was also on my list for the Classics Club. I was very overdue for reading this classic and decided this was the year I … Continue reading A Pride and Prejudice Appreciation Post
Hello everyone, I'm very excited that it is time for another Classics Club spin! This challenge was started by The Classics Club blog. The rules are… “At your blog, before Sunday 21st April, 2024 create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list. This is your Spin … Continue reading The Classics Club (Spin #37)
Synopsis "Clare Kendry is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to "pass" as a white woman. Clare's childhood friend, Irene Redfield, just as light-skinned, has chosen to remain within … Continue reading Passing by Nella Larsen
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is my first spin pick for The Classics Club being hosted by The Classics Club Blog. My first post about this reading challenge can be found here. It is also my pick for this month's Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, being hosted by Jules at The Literary Lifestyle, the … Continue reading Classics Club: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Hello everyone! I hope you’re all having a fantastic weekend so far. I’ve debated for years about participating in The Classics Club. This year I have quite a few classics on my reading list so I decided I may as well dive in and use The Classics Club to keep me motivated. (To clarify, this … Continue reading The Classics Club (Spin #36)
Synopsis “There’s a chill in the air and the days are growing shorter…It’s the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fire with these wintery whodunits from the legendary Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This chilling compendium of short stories - some … Continue reading Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery by Agatha Christie
Synopsis "The story of Hester Prynne - found out in adultery, pilloried by her Puritan community, and abandoned, in different ways, by both her partner in sin and her vengeance-seeking husband - possesses a reality heightened by Hawthorne's pure human sympathy and his unmixed devotion to his supposedly fallen but fundamentally innocent heroine. In its … Continue reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Synopsis "The last of his novels Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction. The story of a down-on-his-luck Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal - a relentless agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream … Continue reading The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Synopsis “‘Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding,” says Scrooge. Mean old Scrooge despises Christmas, until Christmas Eve when a haunted voice from the past changes his life - overnight!” -Synopsis from Libby Review Hello everyone, this post is coming up a little later … Continue reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume is just about the most endearing book I have ever read. I spent New Years Eve/New Years Day reading it while I was sick and it was a wonderful distraction. It reminded me so much of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, another … Continue reading Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
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