Okay, this is not a classic post but I like recording my thoughts on my book club if only for myself. Today I am summarizing December and January’s meeting. December Cleopatra: a biography by Stacy Schiff: For the December meeting my mom and I offered to hold the meeting at our house as we decorate […]
As a classic blog I would be remiss not to wish Mr. Dickens birthday. He would have been 200 years old today (putting aside the fact that he died in 1870) Sadly, and I’m embarrassed to say, I have only read A Christmas Carol, the first time I read A Christmas Carol was in 7th […]
Hosted by: Rebecca @ Kindle Fever, April @ My Shelf Confessions Dates: February 3 -5 This read-a-thon came at the perfect time as the Super Bowl is Sunday (I’m only in it for the commercials). To keep things more organized I’ll be keeping track of my progress in one on-going post. Books To Read: Harry […]
Spread Love Not Hate hosted by K.C. Neal Bullying is an issue that is close to my heart as I was bullied in elementary school because I am disabled. Although I now realized it was also due to jealousy, my peers were financially not as fortunate as I, not only did I always have the […]
Wicked Winter Read-A-Thon hosted by Rebecca @ Kindle Fever, April @ My Shelf Confessions Saturday, February 4th is my ten year anniversary after having brain surgery for uncontrolled epilepsy (nine of which have been seizure free). We do plan on going out to dinner and a movie to celebrate but a weekend full of reading […]
Downton Abbey Reading Challenge hosted by Christina at Reading Extensively I am obsessed with Downton Abbey! As is most of Americans (Brian Williams did a segment on it so it must be true). I look forward to watching it each Sunday and the theme song is music to my ears (it is now my new […]
When I was 15 my family was driving back from a vacation in the Ozarks and passed through Mansfield Missouri, the town of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s home. As stated in other posts, I was a huge Little House fan and with a little convincing got my dad to stop. It was wonderful, and for a […]
How did January go so quickly? It feels like I was just making new year’s resolutions. Well, I guess my progress on my blogging resolutions is as good a place to start, if any. My blogging goals were: Turn She Is To Fond Of Books into a classic oriented blog Comment More Successfully host a […]
To coincide with my classic author event, spotlighting Jane Austen in March I decided to host a read-along of Pride and Prejudice. I read Pride and Prejudice every year and thought it would be fun to read along with others this year. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of […]
I was so overwhelmed by the positive feedback for this event it really got the wheels turning; I’ve decided to host the first classic author month in March, giving me a month for set up. Also, as this will be my first attempt at this event I’m going to begin with an author I love, […]