All right, clubbers! Back in May, we announced The Classics Spin #2, challenging you to read Book #6 on your spin list by July 1. Today is July 1!
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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I have completed my classics spin #2. A wee bit late 🙂 http://jackiemania.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/a-musing-hamlet/
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I’m a little late as usual. I don’t often take the time to sit down and read the blogs I follow (summer is harder). But here is my spin list and I’m anxious to see what you will choose for me to dig into next…
http://imaloverofbooks.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/the-classics-spin-list/
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I didn’t finish but I’m not stopping either, I am loving Anna Karenina (even the farming chatter).
http://literarynerdsunite.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/classics-spin-2-results.html
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I love Anna Karenina, the farming stuff too. Anything that had to do with Levin’s storyline was my favorite.
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Oh dear. I somehow got my brain a little confused and forgot I was supposed to be doing this. I’ll make it the next Classics club book I read though. I promise
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That’s how I was the first half of June, and then I remembered but it wasn’t enough time to finish.
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Glad I’m not the on,home with a memory problem
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I didn’t finish Possession yet, but I had a lot of reasons why: http://blog.chainreader.com/2013/07/classics-spin-update-why-i-didnt-finish.html
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Finished!!! I had The Great Gatsby 🙂
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I did not finish my book 😦 I will though, then I’ll post about it. I auto-posted yesterday, but couldn’t visit anyone since I was away.
http://loniseye.blogspot.ca/2013/07/classic-spin-2.html
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I finished! And on time too. Here is my review of Jenny by Sigrid Undset. http://figandthistle.com/2013/07/01/classic-club-spin-2-jenny-by-sigrid-undset/
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I didn’t. Ugh. I’ve been too absorbed with Infinite Jest, but I am 25% done with my Spin book (Great Expectations).
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Hey, I did not participate in the spin book, but I thought I should let you know that the link to my classics club page won’t be working anymore because I deleted the page. My blog is also called “walking in the air.” now. I’m going to be setting up a real post of the classics club list, so I’ll let you have the link for that.
(My blog was previously Simply Hannah Elise.)
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My spin book was A Farewell to Arms. I did finish reading it, but I haven’t written about it yet. It gets one out of five stars. Yes, I know it is a classic and it is supposed to be amazing, but I struggle to find any positive attributes.
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I did a readalong of that book last year, and I too had a hard time finding much good in it. 🙂 To each their own, right?
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I struggled to find much to enjoy in this one too Mary
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My book is Wilde’s play: An Ideal Husband, I have finished it last week, and liked it very much! Actually it has become one of my Wilde’s most favorites (besides Dorian Gray). Here is my review: http://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2013/06/an-ideal-husband.html. Again, thanks Classics Club, for bringing the fun! Can’t wait for the next spin… 😉
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The Importance of Being Earnest is also hilarious, and there’s a great movie adaptation with Colin Firth and Rupert Everett. I haven’t read any of his other plays and I really must make time, he was just brilliant.
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I reread Tess…and it stirred up lots of emotionally responses…see here http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/tess-of-durbervilles-by-thomas-hardy.html
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My book was Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations…honestly when I had read it as kid, i did not completely enjoy it; so had ‘little expectation” but on revisiting it…OMG! I loved it! Its a brilliant peice of work and one has to absolutely love how the coming of age happens for Pip long before the term “coming of age” was coined! I will blog about it soon! But I am so glad I took up this challenge again!
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I think Dickens is best appreciated as an adult. GE was my first Dickens but it was my last semester in college. I was sure I’d hate it but I loved it. I reread it years later and it was just as wonderful.
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I know what you mean! I never did understand the poinbt of forcing down classics during school years! I mean Dicken’s wrote his work for adults, not “young adults”! Time and space does not change that! Naturally many of us grew up with an apathy to many of these great works unless forced to revisit them as an adult! But as an adult, I have to say – I LOVED IT!
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Same for me. Read it in high school and hated it. Reread it as an adult, and it’s one of my top ten favorite books now.
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So as usual , while I read the book on time, the post is kind of late, but here goes – http://madcaphat.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/exceeding-expectations/
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My book was Howard’s End and I just finished it today. I was actually a reread for me, and I realized that I don’t like the book that much at all! I respect Forster’s writing, but I really disliked almost all of the characters.
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I read Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop.’ my review can be found here https://lindylit.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/the-old-curiosity-shop/
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Yes I managed to read Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier and I really enjoyed it! 🙂 http://adamsbibliomania.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/rebecca-daphne-du-maurier/
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Great news! And great job!
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I love that book …I think classic romance is personified in Rebecca! Glad you liked it!
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One of my favorite books of all time!! Du Maurier is really underrated, her writing is really beautiful.
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I did : ) I read Farewell Leicester Square by Betty Miller – a really enjoyable Persephone book first published in 1941
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Yes! I read A Streetcar Named Desire: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-streetcar-named-desire.html
I love the Spin, keep ’em coming!
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Awesome!
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Yes!! I read Lady Chatterley’s Lover, which I’d been dreading. But I really liked it! Here’s a link to my review:
http://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.com/2013/07/lady-chatterleys-lover-by-d-h-lawrence.html
Thanks again for the second spin, it was really fun. Hope we’ll have another one soon.
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I read Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens – it was long, but very enjoyable, My review post is is here.
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Thats one of my first Dicken and one of my all time favourites! It is too long, but then our Mr Dickens never believed in writing less than atleast 600 pages a novel! 😉
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I read this (and partly listened on audio) and I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it, hardly anyone reads Rudge anymore. I thought the rioting scenes were magnificent, sort of a sneak preview to A Tale of Two Cities, which I want to reread sometime.
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My book was Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, and I DID finish. I had to write two review posts, though, as it is actually two books. Here’s the link to the first one, which has a link to the second part in it: http://roofbeamreader.com/2013/07/01/thoughts-don-quixote-part-one-by-miguel-cervantes/
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Now that is impressive.
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You are brave! I have never really managed to tackle Cervante’s masterpeice as yet! Truly impressive!
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My book was Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. I have just 20 pages left, so will finish later today and get a post up sometime next week. I enjoyed the book much more than anticipated and plan to read more Hardy.
Already looking forward to Spin #3! 🙂
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Yes, I really hope they do it a third time!
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My book was Robinson Crusoe. I came to the realization that he was a giant jerk 😉 http://therelentlessreader.blogspot.com/2013/06/robinson-crusoe-by-daniel-defoe.html
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BAH! Bah I say! I loved this book. Lol
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I was trying to read RC for the 18th century in June project and am finding it a struggle (so much for finishing it in June). I think you might be right about him.
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I read a little known book called William-an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton. It was interesting to discover such a gem. Happy July reading, everyone!
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I’ve read that one. I’m trying to read the entire Persephone catalog. Not my favorite but interesting nonetheless. I know so little about WWI and want to read more about that period.
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I’ve read a number of modern an WWI classics and I think it held up well. It’s not the best written novel from that period, but it really stood out because of its realism.
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My book was Peter Pan. It was quite enjoyable and I kind of wish I’d read it when I was growing up. My review is posted HERE.
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