Back to the Classics Challenge 2016
Join me in the Back to the Classics Challenge 2016! See the full rules and sign up here. A friend of mine shared this fun blog challenge with me and I agreed with her that it was perfect for me. I love...
View ArticleOliver Twist: Back to the Classics Challenge
This is the first book I read this year and it is the first one I read for the Back to the Classics Challenge I’m participating in. To see all the other posts on a 19th Century Classic, go here. This...
View ArticleThe Count of Monte Cristo: Back to the Classics Challenge
Alexandre Dumas illustrates some poignant points about human nature in The Count of Monte Cristo. There is a section where, within about ten pages, three of the people in the book contemplate suicide....
View ArticleThe Virginian: Back to the Classics Challenge
I’ve read The Virginian three times now. The first time, I really struggled with it because it isn’t my favorite style of writing. Even though westerns are not my favorite, I recognized this book as an...
View ArticleRebecca: Back to the Classics Challenge
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is a novel that I first read in college. It was recommended to me by a friend. I can not remember which friend or why they thought I would enjoy this classic, but I’m glad...
View ArticleThe Scarlet Pimpernel: Back to the Classics Challenge
The Scarlet Pimpernel does a lot of things right for an adventure novel. There is intrigue and action. The reader is let into some of the secrets of the book, but some are revealed towards the end. You...
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