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1w ago
Well, here I go. I keep doing these spins and then reading other books. But the books are on my Classics Club list so it’s not all bad. I’ve made it through Ivanhoe and Bleak House so I’m feeling rather …
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3M ago
In spite of my silence on my blog, I’m still reading! I managed to read 54 books for 2023 so I’m really happy with that considering previous years hovered around 35 or less. That said, I don’t have the reviews …
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7M ago
I’m not going to finish my Classics Club list, within the 5-year time period but nevertheless I continue on and these spins help out so much. And by including four lists I’m at least making my way through some of my …
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Classical Carousel
11M ago
Another spin and another attempt. Since incorporating not only my Classics Club list, but some of my other project lists, I’ve managed to read one book for each spin, so I’m going to continue! From my last spin, I’m finishing …
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Classical Carousel
1y ago
Oh, heavens! I haven’t accomplished much on the spins. I did manage to find my copy of Revelations of Divine Love, so that’s promising. Otherwise I : am reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations but haven’t finished it have begun Sigurd the …
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Classical Carousel
1y ago
“Do you know the feeling you have when you know something quite well and yet for the life of you can’t recollect it?” Oh, wow! After my first Westmacott novel, Giant’s Bread, I was really dreading Unfinished Portrait, but what …
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Classical Carousel
1y ago
YEAR IN REVIEW 2022 READING STATS Number of Books Read: 32 Number of Re-Reads: 9 Genre You Read The Most From: Classics / Mystery BEST IN BOOKS Best Book You Read in 2022: Hamlet Book You Were Excited About …
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Classical Carousel
1y ago
Deal Me in Challenge 2023 and again, I stubbornly continue to participate, even though I finish less and less of the selections each year. Last year, I think I finished one selection (shame!) but even so, I was encouraged by …
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Classical Carousel
1y ago
Murder on the Orient Express: “It was five o’clock on a winter’s morning in Syria.” Also Published as: Murder in the Calais Coach Detective: Hercule Poirot Published: January 1934 Length: 265 pages Setting: Aleppo, Syria; Stamboul (Istanbul), Turkey; somewhere in Yugoslavia …
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Classical Carousel
1y ago
I don’t know why I’m doing this but here goes ….. from all four lists. The Rules for the Classics Club Spin #32 are: Go to your blog. Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club list. …
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