The Classics Club – geoffwhaley.com

Book 1,100: Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin

February 25, 2026

For the second book of our virtual book group this year we read Giovanni’s Room. This is also the second […]

December 10, 2025

This is the Austen novel I look forward to re-reading the least, but shockingly that may be changing. I guess

September 3, 2025

What seems to be Austen’s third novel—Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and this one were all worked on around the

February 24, 2022

Toni Morrison is one of those authors who have always been on my list, mostly due to the controversy around

February 22, 2022

I’m actually making an effort to clear my TBR shelves whether it’s my physical bookshelf or my Kindle, so there

December 8, 2021

Ugh—I should’ve given up while I was ahead, or used the same app I used to slog my way through

October 12, 2016

It’s been three weeks since my last post, but obviously it was worth it. At the end of the month

July 29, 2016

Now THIS is a classic that people should be reading. Scandal. Intrigue. Drama. Seriously, I don’t know why other people

March 4, 2016

L’Engle went right past allegory and straight up tells a biblical tale, the tale of Noah and the ark, in