Title: Three Act Tragedy Author: Agatha Christie Publisher: HarperCollins UK Date: 2016 (1934) Genre: Crime / Mystery Summary: Thirteen guests arrive for dinner at the house of Sir Charles Cartwright, the famous actor. To avoid bad luck, his secretary insists on making up the number to fourteen, bit its too late for one guest, who chokes to death on… Continue reading Book Review: Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
I haven’t done a book tag in a while but a couple of weeks ago I tagged by Mani @ Mani’s Book Corner to do the Finished Books Tag. Thank you for tagging me! 1. Do you keep a list of the books you have read? I used Goodreads to track which books I’ve read.… Continue reading The Finished Books Tag
In last week’s Shakespeare Saturday, I looked into a few more plays in the Shakespeare Apocrypha. I did intend to publish a post about Othello today but I didn’t finish the research I was doing so I’m just writing a very quick post about sonnet 20. Enjoy… Sonnet 20 A woman’s face with Nature’s own… Continue reading Shakespeare Saturdays: Sonnet 20
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days Author: Jules Verne Translator: William Butcher Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 2008 (1873) Genre: Classics / Adventure Summary: One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover… Continue reading Book Review: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
The Classics Club Spin number was revealed yesterday and it was number 18! I got one of my short books for this spin and I’m kind of relieved actually because I know that I’ll complete the spin. I’m just going to give a quick summary of the book in this post and a few stats… Continue reading #CCSpin 24 Reveal – Which Book Will I Be Reading?
In May, which seems a lifetime ago, I wrote a post exploring some of the works in the Shakespeare Apocrypha. The Apocrypha is just a list of works that could be by Shakespeare but scholars aren’t sure if they are or they aren’t. I’m back to look at a few more of the texts in… Continue reading Shakespeare Saturdays: Exploring (More of) the Shakespeare Apocrypha
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! I’m back with a new list so picking just 20 titles was actually rather difficult. I decided to go with the five longest books on my list, the five shortest, and ten random books from what was left. The spin starts on the 9th of August and ends… Continue reading Classics Club Spin #24
We’re in August so this is a perhaps little bit late but I wanted to do a quick recap of some of the best books I’ve read in 2020 so far. The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon The Pillow Book is a book of essays, anecdotes, poems, observations and musings written by Sei Shōnagon during her time… Continue reading Best Books of 2020 So Far…
Look! the round-cheeked moon floats high, In the glowing August sky, Quenching all her neighbor stars, Save the steady flame of Mars. – from August Moon by Emma Lazarus Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Translator: William Butcher Summary: One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he… Continue reading August 2020 TBR
July was a month of re-reading for me! I only read one new-to-me book and all of my other reads were books that are familiar to me. In terms of my actual life, July was a mess. My trip to the Lake District in October was cancelled by the property owner (and I completely understand… Continue reading #MonthlyWrapUp: July 2020
