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The Classics Club – October 2012 Meme

October 17, 2012

The Classics Club moderators have once again out done themselves with something deceptively simple. This month’s theme is “Why are […]

September 14, 2012

Doctor Zhivago counts for three challenges, and actually wraps up one of my 2012 Challenges! It counts for the Back

September 7, 2012

Those jokers over at The Classics Club sure have a sense of humor. They want us to “Pick a classic

August 24, 2012

I want to like Dickens—I really do. The only problem is that I’m convinced if he had a better editor

August 10, 2012

I knew very little about Charles Dickens going into reading A Tale of Two Cities. Seriously, the most I know

August 8, 2012

I don’t usually participate in memes, other than the random ones I do in my head, but I think I’ll

June 27, 2012

So sometimes it sucks to be well read, or at least appear so. A friend visited last weekend and she

June 22, 2012

Congratulations Hollywood and hype! I had no idea how simple and eloquently written this novella is. From the few adaptations

June 6, 2012

[For an updated response check out my July 2015 reading of Mansfield Park.] I finished reading Mansfield Park this weekend