The Classics Club Spin number was revealed yesterday and it was number 12! Click here to see my spin list. I’m just going to give a quick summary of the book in this post and a few stats like the number of pages, the edition I’m using, and other stuff. The Trial by Franz Kafka… Continue reading #CCSpin 28 Reveal – Which Book Will I Be Reading?
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! I’m really looking forward to this one because it’s the end of the year and I need to read more classics. The rules are: Go to your blog. Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List. Post that list, numbered from one… Continue reading Classics Club Spin #28
Title: Lady Audley’s SecretAuthor: Mary Elizabeth BraddonPublisher: PenguinDate: 2019 (1862)Genre: Sensation novel / MysterySummary: In this outlandish, outrageous triumph of Scandal fiction, a new Lady Audley arrives at the manor: young, beautiful – and very mysterious. Why does she behave so strangely? What, exactly, is the dark secret this seductive outsider carries with her? I read… Continue reading Book Review: Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Classics Club Spin number was revealed yesterday and it was number 6! Click here to see my spin list. I’m just going to give a quick summary of the book in this post and a few stats like the number of pages, the edition I’m using, and other stuff. Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary… Continue reading #CCSpin 27 Reveal – Which Book Will I Be Reading?
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! I finished my book for spin #26 so I’m feeling optimistic about this one too. The rules for the spin are: Go to your blog. Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List. Post that list, numbered from one to twenty, on… Continue reading Classics Club Spin #27
Title: London Labour and the London PoorAuthor: Henry MayhewPublisher: Oxford University PressDate: 2012 (1861)Genre: Non-Fiction / JournalismSummary: By turns alarming, touching, and funny, the pages of London Labour and the London Poor exposed a previously hidden world. Henry Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews that provided a first-hand account of costermongers and street-sellers, of sewer-scavengers and chimney-sweeps,… Continue reading Book Review: London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew
The Classics Club Spin number was revealed yesterday and it was number 11! Click here to see my spin list. I’m just going to give a quick summary of the book in this post and a few stats like the number of pages, the edition I’m using, and other stuff. London Labour and the London… Continue reading #CCSpin 26 Reveal – Which Book Will I Be Reading?
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! I finished my book for spin #25 and I’ve read a few books from my list since then so I’m optimistic about this spin too. The rules are: Go to your blog. Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List. Post that… Continue reading Classics Club Spin #26
The Classics Club Spin number was revealed yesterday and it was number 14! I’m just going to give a quick summary of the book in this post and a few stats like the number of pages, the edition I’m using, and other stuff. The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky Translated by Jessie Coulson Summary:… Continue reading #CCSpin 25 Reveal – Which Book Will I Be Reading?
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! It’s a long one too since it starts on the 22nd November 2020 and ends on the 30th of January 2021. I’ve just picked 20 random books from my list. A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh (1934) On the Soul by Aristotle (c.350 BC) The Female Quixote by… Continue reading Classics Club Spin #25
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