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Adam Burgess
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” -Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey) Nearly ten years ago, on July 2, 2012, I published the first-ever sign-up post for Roof Beam Reader’s annual event, Austen… Continue Reading “Austen in August Year 10! Call for Volunteers #AustenInAugustRBR”
As we wrap-up November and our latest classic, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, it’s time to start planning for December! This time, I chose a popular classic that I have read just once before, many years ago, but that was due for a re-read… Continue Reading “December’s Classic: Wuthering Heights #CBAM2017”
Welcome to the Sign-Up Post for the 2018 Reading the Bible Event! About the Event: The Christian bible is one of the most influential texts in western literature. As someone who reads literature for pleasure/edification and who teaches Literature in English at the college… Continue Reading “2018 Reading the Bible as Literature Event”
Hello, Everyone! A couple of months ago, I was browsing through my rather massive list of “read” books, when I began to revisit a list of “favorite books” that I started over a decade ago. One thing I realized while revisiting this list was… Continue Reading “Announcing #CBAM2017: The Classic Book-a-Month Club”
Please welcome Laura Ashlee Graves from That Librarian Lady, who has provided a wonderful list of LGBT YA books that she recommends, as well as a giveaway following the post! Thank you, Ashlee! (I just added a bunch of books to my TBR Pile!)… Continue Reading “A Librarian Recommends #TheLiteraryOthers”
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