The Classics Club has just announced that it's time for another Classics Spin! In order to participate, you must create a list of 20 books from your Classics Club TBR list, by Friday November 17th. On this day, the Classics Club will post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is then to read the... Continue Reading →
The Classics Club is "a club created to inspire people to read and blog about classic books." To join, you must compile a list of 50+ classics you plan to read within five years or less. I'm excited to sign up for the challenge, with a goal of completing 65 classics I have been wanting... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme created by The Broke and the Bookish blog. TTT is taking a well-deserved break until August 15th, so I will be making my own lists- or recycling old topics from before I had this blog- during the hiatus. This week I decided to feature my Top Ten... Continue Reading →
The 6 Degrees of Separation meme is a monthly meme that explores the ways in which a chosen book can be linked to six other books. The July 2017 book is: Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. I really need to read this gothic Australian classic about mysterious vanishings that occur during an all girl's school... Continue Reading →
Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome 176 pages, First Published 1889 GoodReads Synopsis: 'Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly feature created by The Broke and the Bookish blog. This week’s topic is: Series I've Been Meaning to Start But Haven't 1. The Poldark Saga by Winston Graham I am slightly obsessed with BBC's Poldark and am counting down the days until season 3 returns. Even... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly feature created by The Broke and the Bookish blog. This week’s topic is: Father's Day related freebie. Here are six of my favorite father figures from literature: 1. Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee I'm sure I'm not alone in including Scout Finch's father... Continue Reading →
Bibliophiles know that sometimes you should judge a book by its cover. When a good cover design meets a good classic, it's a match made in literary heaven. These classics collections are so beautiful you'll want to display them as art as well as read them. Vintage Classics Austen Series by Vintage Books These fun and... Continue Reading →
