Category: Classics Club

Thoughts: Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

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Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 5 Orlando is Virginia Woolf’s sixth major work and was written in a year, between To the Lighthouse and The Waves. It is an epic novel and historical biography which follows… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Orlando by Virginia Woolf”

Category: 1001 Books, 2013 B2tC Challenge, 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, Art, Book Review, British Literature, Classics, Classics Club, Feminism, Fiction, Fictional Biography, Gay Lit, Gender Identity, Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, GLBT, LGBT, Literary History, Literature, Monthly Review, Sexuality, Time, Virginia Woolf

Thoughts: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 3 Siddhartha is the story of, well, Siddhartha. It begins when he is a young boy in India, well-liked and well-respected by his peers and elders. He is on the path to holiness,… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse”

Category: 1001 Books, Classics, Classics Club, Hermann Hesse, Philosophy

Review: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

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O Pioneers! by Willa Cather Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 2 What can I say about Willa Cather?  Not enough, certainly.  She is known as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, chronicler of American Pioneer life, and for good reason. … Continue Reading “Review: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather”

Category: 2013 Challenges, 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Classics Club, Fiction, Realism, Regionalism, Willa Cather

Classics Club Readathon #1

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

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As many of you know, I’m one of the moderators of The Classics Club.  Today marks our very 1st Readathon!  Clubbers around the world will be spending 24-hours reading books from their lists of Classics (Here’s my list, if you’re curious!).   The reading… Continue Reading “Classics Club Readathon #1”

Category: Classics Club, Read-a-thon

Classics Club: September Meme (#2)

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

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This Month’s Question/Meme for Classics Clubbers is:  Pick a classic someone else in the club has read from our big review list. Link to their review and offer a quote from their post describing their reaction to the book. What about their post makes… Continue Reading “Classics Club: September Meme (#2)”

Category: Blog Post, Classics Club

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