I will be MIA this month. My brother is getting married on the 17th. My family is very, very excited about this but with all the happy hectics that comes with a wedding, I will be an absentee blogger. Way back in June, I had a call out for guest bloggers, keeping the blog active […]
I was frequenting my local Barnes and Noble, browsing through the bookshelves. This guy comes up to me and starts conversing, what do you do? What kind of books do you like etc. He told me his name (which I promptly forgot) and after a few minutes he says he has to go meet his […]
Happy Birthday Charles Dickens you would have been 201 today. Despite your passing so many years ago your books have still endured. I must admit that I am just beginning to become acquainted with you. The only book I have read of yours is A Christmas Carol. I first read it in 8th grade and […]
Dear Jane, 200 hundred years ago today my favorite book was published, Pride and Prejudice. I am finding it hard to accurately express my love of this novel. It is glorious. It is universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice still stands as a beloved novel 200 hundred years later. Despite the vast changes in the […]
I returned from Christmas vacation late last night after spending ten days in Florida. The vacation was great, getting there was a different story… My parents, Grandfather, his girlfriend and I all flew out together, getting up at 4:30 a.m. for a 6am flight. Everything went smoothly, going through security and a prompt boarding time. […]
Jane Austen (would have) turned 237 years old today. Her stories are just as brillant as they were during her lifetime, as was she. That sentence sums it up in a nutshell. I just couldn’t let the day go by without giving her a shout-out!
“On the occasion of Charles Dickens’ 201st anniversary on February 7th, 2013, Fanda Classiclit will be dedicating the whole month for Celebrating Dickens! An event where we will show our loves and admiration to Dickens by reading his works (books, short stories, poems, plays etc.), reading books about Dickens, watching his movies adaptations, sharing our thoughts about Dickens, analyzing his famous book’s characters, or sharing […]
The Classics Club monthly meme is another way to bring members of The Classics Club together. The post for the month will go up on the main page of this blog on the 2nd of the month, and you’ll have all month to respond over at your blog. Q: What is your favorite memory of Dickens’ A […]
Re-review, is that even a word? Well it will be for the next few sentences. By this I mean do you review a book a second time on your blog? I reread Harry Potter every year but is it necessary to review it again and again and again. I recently looked back on some of […]
To celebrate her birthday Melissa at Must Read Faster is hosting the Happy Birthday Me Read-A-Thon running through out the weekend. I’ll be using this post to hold my progress. The Books: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by […]