And the lucky Spin number is:
Classics Club Spin # 25 … And The Winner Is ……
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Classics Club Spin #25
The Classics Club Spin #25 has arrived and I’ve decided to jump right in and participate. With my reduced reading time, I wonder why, but I did finish my #23 spin and might even have finished my #24 spin if I didn’t misplace the book. 🙄 In any case, here we go again.
Books on my TBR That I Still Haven’t Read
I was reading some of Bookstooge’s crazy enlightening posts today and one of his questions to me in the comment section made me realize that I haven’t posted here for ages. So I decided it was time to post something, even though I have no reviews to offer. So here goes …
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
The Mystery of the Blue Train: “It was close on midnight when a man crossed the Place de la Concorde.”
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Published: March 1928 (9th published book)
Length: 317 pages
Setting: St. Mary Mead, England; Nice, France
Coming off the terribly constructed, overdramatized plot of The Big Four, I was very hesitant to continue my chronological Christie reads, but continue I have with The Mystery of The Blue Train. Fortunately, Christie redeemed herself somewhat in my eyes and I did quite enjoy this mystery.
Classics Club Spin #24 ….. and The Winner Is ,,,,,
Classics Club Spin #24 ~ and Here We Go A-Spinning!
We have another Spin in the works from the Classics Club and I’m joining in right under the wire! I’m happy to report that I did finish my book for the last spin, Lord of the Flies in spite of not reviewing it yet. Hopefully I can repeat that performance!
July and August ~ of Wild Roses, Ferris Wheels and Delightful Doings …
Well, I couldn’t find the initial quotes I chose for this month so I came up with two others
I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks for the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives. ―Ann Voskamp
June and its Divine Pleasures
“In these divine pleasures permitted to me of walks in the June night under moon and stars, I can put my life as a fact before me and stand aloof from its honor and shame.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals
I’m quite enjoying finding these quotes for my monthly updates and then matching my titles to them. And I love Emerson’s quotes …. they’re always so deep and expansive …
The Mysteries of Udolpho Read-Along
I wasn’t going to post on this The Mysteries of Udolpho read-along as a few of us have already co-ordinated, but I thought more people might want to join …… AND I found this wonderfully appropriate photo so I couldn’t resist.
20 Books of Summer for 2020
Oh wow, it’s here again: The 20 Books of Summer hosted by 746 Books. And I laugh! Ha, ha! And two questions spring to mind:
- Do I really think I can finish 20 books this summer? and;
- Knowing me, do I really think I can stick to a list?
Then I saw Ruth’s post pop up which is labelled: The 10 Books of Summer. And I came up with a brilliant idea. Why not choose 20 Books but only expect to read 10 of them? That way I’ ll have flexibility with my list and perhaps finish the challenge. Just call me Einstein!
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