All right, clubbers! Back in early February, we announced The Classics Club Spin, challenging you to read Book #14 on your spin list by April 1. Today is April 1, and this is not an April Fool’s joke! 🙂
Did you read your book? Did you write about it, or will you?
What was your book, and what did you think? Share below. Feel free to link to your post below, as and when you write about your book. 🙂
As always, the prize is the reading experience. Details here.
Twitter hashtag: #ccspin
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The Classics Club 
I can’t believe I forgot to stop by. *face palm* Yes, I did finish Cold Comfort Farm and I really enjoyed it. However, I have not reviewed it yet. I’m so behind on everything. 😦 Still though, looking forward to the next spin. 🙂
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Read the Spin book long back, but could only find time to blog about it today – http://madcaphat.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/at-tempting-madam-bovary/?postpost=v2#content…did not like Madame Bovary but the Spin was good way for to attempt something I had been denying to do for some time!
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I finished my Spin book, On the Road. Review posted here. http://thebookstop.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/review-of-on-the-road-by-jack-kerouac/. I didn’t love the book but I’m glad I read it. The Spin was a good “push” for me to keep reading.
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My spin book was The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert – I’m late posting my link but I did actually read this before April (just forgot to put it here!)
Lynn 😀
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/the-ghosts-of-sleath-by-james-herbert/
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I finished mine last night! I read Oliver Twist. It was only 5 days late from the deadline. Not too bad considering I didn’t start til the 1st! 🙂
here’s my post about it…
http://kdholley88.blogspot.com/2013/04/please-sir-i-want-some-more-oliver-twist.html
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Sorry for the late response. I read and finished the book assigned, which was This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald. Here’s my review:
http://half-filledattic.blogspot.com/2013/03/this-side-of-paradise-teenagers.html
I think the club conspires to make me read a modern author, quite out of my comfort zone. But it was a nice reading experience. Can’t wait for the next spin! 😀
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I finished my spin book which was Alice in Wonderland. My write-up is here: http://bibliographicmanifestations.blogspot.com/2013/03/alice-in-wonderland.html. I really liked this concept, I hope you host another “spin.”
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My spin book was On The Road by Jack Kerouac. I have not finished reading it. I can’t say I’m liking, I have to admit the book is boring me and I always end up falling asleep. I feel bad about this, I’m going to push through and I’ll write my thoughts as soon as I finish it.
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I made it just – one day to spare. My spin book was Farewell to Arms which didn’t thrill me much. Haven’t posted the review yet..
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My #14 was Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. I liked it very much. My review is here:
http://www.scrambledbooks.com/2013/03/main-street-by-sinclair-lewis.html
I really liked the “spin.” Let’s do it again.
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I have Sinclair Lewis on my CC list too. I think you might enjoy reading my spin book The Magnificent Ambersons. It’s also set in small town America at the turn of the century, following the changing fortunes of one family and how well (or not) they cope.
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/the-magnificent-ambersons-by-booth.html
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My spin number 14 landed me with Oliver Twist which I am still reading. As a matter of fact, I started only last week thinking I could finish by April 1.Alas! I hope to review it when I’m done and link it as usual.
Could we do it again as it urges us the lazy readers to be up and doing with the Classics?
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I have finished reading the ebook of The Kreutzer Sonata and I hate the main character so much. I haven’t written the review anyway, and since last week I just received my copy of The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories (including The Kreutzer Sonata) I think I would reread it in the paperback copy and write a full review of the book. When, you ask? Well, some time in this year. 😀
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I read and loved The Magnificent Ambersons. Great idea for helping me to tick another book off my CC list – thanks 🙂
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/the-magnificent-ambersons-by-booth.html?m=1
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I got a little lucky. My spin pick is The Red Badge of Courage. It’s too slim for it to become a reading management threat, but I quite enjoyed it nevertheless. http://bookrhapsody.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/what-makes-a-man-the-red-badge-of-courage-by-stephen-crane/
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Proust’s Contre Sainte-Beuve was quite spectacular. I doubt I would have read it had it not been chosen in Classics Spin. The first time through it just seemed like a bunch of odd bits from his notebooks that were collected together after he died. Then, gradually I started seeing the patterns and connections and was quite stunned. I’ve started a series of posts on the book here: http://bit.ly/XjBuf4
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I finished it but man I was not a fan! I read The Cement Garden and did not love it. I love the spin though!
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I finished “Tender Is The Night” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was great! Looking forward to starting “Their Eyes Were Watching God” on April 10th.
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I’ve made it, yayyy! My #14 is Just So Stories (hallelujah for that! For it’s a light children tales). Surprisingly, I was quite enjoying it, though I have never been a fan of children tales. Kipling can be so funny, yet smart in combining tales and scientific knowledge into his tales. And he added some songs and illustrations too. My complete review is here: http://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2013/04/just-so-stories.html Thanks guys for the fun of Classics Spin, will we do that again sometime this year? 😀
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I’m being honest. No, I did not finish. But I started my book today so that it’s at least high on my radar as something that needs to be taken care of!!!! BTW mine is Frankenstein! 🙂
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I finished my book!! My #14 was Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass and I enjoyed it immensely 🙂
My review: http://unscripted35.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-reviewclassics-club/
This was a lot of fun, we should definitely do it again!
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I read Wole Soyinka’s “Ake: The Years of Childhood” and I thought it was fantastic.
http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2013/02/ake-years-of-childhood.html
Can we do it again sometime? I thought this was super-fun!
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I finished my spin book, The Picture of Dorian Gray, but didn’t like it as much as I’d anticipated…. will write up my thoughts later this week. This was a great event – hope you’ll consider doing it again!
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I loved The Picture of Dorian Gray. I read it a few years ago. I think it’s time for a re-read! 🙂
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I read The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad for the spin and posted about it today:
http://missbibliophile.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-secret-agent.html
I first read and enjoyed this book in college. This time around I have to say I appreciated it for its literary merit rather than truly enjoyed it, leading me to think that it’s a book that’s improved by a good class or group discussion. The spin was fun, though. I’d love to do it again in a few months!
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I read The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington and really enjoyed it.
http://cat-bookmagic.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/the-magnificent-ambersons-by-booth.html
Thanks 🙂 A fun event which I hope we will do again.
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I barely finished! I read The Beautiful and Damned by F.Scott Fitzgerald and enjoyed it ever so much. I’ll be blogging about it soon. Fun opportunity & great idea! Thanks!
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My book was Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. I was a bit nervous to read it because I really struggled with To the Lighthouse years ago, but I loved this book and am so glad its number was chosen!
My post is here: http://booksspeakvolumes.com/2013/04/01/mrs-dalloway-by-virginia-woolf/
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I read mine a while ago, it was Down and Out in Paris and London. As always, Orwell never lets me down! It’s a very different point of view of these two cities from the one we are used to. http://anywayidontcare.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/sin-blanca-en-paris-y-londres-de-george.html (the review is in Spanish though)
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I did – an ancient Greek essay on love in all its glory! Great fun reading it, and am looking forward for more of these activities!!!
http://www.talethreecities.blogspot.be/2013/03/the-classics-club-spin-platos-symposium.html
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I read mine last week – Taking Chances by Molly Keane – loved it
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I didn’t manage to finish my for today, as it is pretty slow going so far…darn. I had fun with the spin anyway, though–we should definitely do it again sometime!
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My spin book was Aurora Floyd by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. I’ve read two of Braddon’s other books and loved them, so I was expecting to enjoy this one too – and I did! I’ve posted my thoughts here:
http://shereadsnovels.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/aurora-floyd-by-mary-elizabeth-braddon/
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I am actually starting mine today. I took a break from reading classics for Lent. And focused on reading some Christian discipleship books. So I am late in reading my spin classic (Oliver Twist) but better late than never.
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I think that’s awesome, giving up classics for Lent and focusing on something to bring you closer to God 🙂
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Yes, I did! 😀 I was lucky enough to get a rather short book–The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I finished it on March 13, but I still haven’t written my review. 😦 But I truly hope I will be able to write it today or tomorrow… Anyway, this game was a fun and would like to play it with you any time again!
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My spin book was Dangerous Liaisons. My review: http://therelentlessreader.blogspot.com/2013/03/dangerous-liaisons-by-pierre-choderlos.html
I LOVED the spin and I hope you guys do it again!
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I’m ashamed to say that I haven’t finished my book 😦 As an excuse I will say that it’s Middlemarch, which is 900 pages long (!) and that I’m planning to finish it some time soon. It was fun, anyway! 🙂
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My spin book was The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy. I finished it awhile ago, and reviewed it here: http://wxroz.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/classics-club-the-death-of-ivan-ilych/.
I thought it was well written, but I didn’t like it! Just not my thing I suppose.
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I did finish my Classics Spin
and loved every minute of it!
Thank you for such a fun way to participate in The Club. I hope we get to do something like this again soon.
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Although I had slight problems acquiring a copy of my number 14 book, I did receive it and I did finish it (was around 500 pages). It was “Arrowsmith” by Sinclair Lewis. Having no knowledge whatsoever about this novel, it was a pleasant surprise – sharp, humorous, over the top characters and serious issues. I wrote a review in my blog yesterday:
Arrowsmith
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#14 on my list was “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”. I finished it early in March and absolutely loved it. What an intriguing story! I read the book in one sitting and was left wanting to know more. I want to read his last autobiography, “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.”
Post is here: http://ahappieremily.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/classics-club-narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-written-by-himself/
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