Here’s a space to tell the club what you’re currently reading. You’re welcome to use the comments below.
No pressure, of course! But if you’re feeling social, here’s a space to tell us about your latest classic. As always, you are of course welcome to leave a link to your blog if you prefer to share there.
Twitter hashtag: #ccreadingupdate
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The Classics Club 
I’m re-reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Great stuff.
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The Woman in White was my first Wilkie a few years ago, loved it. I read The Law and the Lady last year, it was even better. I hope to read The Moonstone soon.
My write-up for The Law and the Lady if interested.
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EF Benson’s The Room in the Tower, short story. About the supernatural power of dreams … or should I say nightmares.
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This classic is not on my 50 list, but works for another challenge I’m working on ~ Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. I finished part one and posted some thoughts here.
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I recently read ‘The Woodlanders’ by Thomas Hardy (http://tattycover.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/tom-hardy-you-never-disappoint/). Hardy never disappoints!
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I recently finished reading and reviewing The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. http://exploringclassics.wordpress.com/2014/01/21/the-devil-inside-review-of-the-the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/
I also read Le Grand Meaulnes (The Lost Estate) by Alain-Fournier and Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. I will be reviewing both works soon.
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East Lynne, by Ellen Wood. I almost wrote that as “Eat Lynne,” which would be a completely different book!
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I am not reading a classic currently. But the one I am reading is pretty good – We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo.
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I have that book haven’t read it yet. What did you think of it?
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I’ve just finished the Booker winner The Luminaries on Friday night, now pondering my review…also still half way through my CCspin The Brothers K….
Reading a couple of light teen books right now – it’s a nice change of pace after 2 chunksters (An Abundance of Katherines and Heart Beat a new book by Elizabeth Scott.)
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Nearly done with Middlemarch! I love this book so much and I am having such a rich reading experience. I will be sad to see this one end.
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I love books like that (& Middlemarch was one of those for me too).
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I’m working on finishing Dead Souls for Long Awaited Reads month–about 50 pages to go. It’s funny! I’m doing the Eugene Onegin readalong, and for CC Shakespeare I just started The Winter’s Tale. Just. I’m still in the second scene.
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I’m reading Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, after having finished Plutarch’ Roman Lives. From Rome back to Rome…. 😉
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I just started The Killer Angels. I’m really liking it so far.
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I’m reading the Plague by Albert Camus and Shakespeare’s King Henry the Sixth. Both are thoroughly enjoyable.
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The Plague is on my list for reading in June, glad to hear it sounds enjoyable so far!
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Today I am not reading any classics from my list, but rather reading Grace’s Pictures by Cindy Thomson. The book is interesting so far, but only on the second chapter, so I don’t have too much of an opinion yet.
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Re-reading Wuthering Heights. I forgot how much I loved this novel. 🙂
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I am rereading Wuthering Heights too! I’m actually currently hosting a read-along over at my blog if you’re interested in sharing your thoughts with us 🙂 in any case, happy reading!
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I’m reading Sea of Hooks, by Lindsay Hill, and Voyager, by Diana Gabaldon, and I’m still trying to work through Wise Blood, by Flannery O’Connor.
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Almost half way through Gone With the Wind and loving it!!!!!
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ohhh a favourite of mine too. It’s always a little sad coming to the end of such an engrossing/absorbing story.
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I’m reading The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings. In fact I might go to bed shortly to read some more
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So much better than the movies!
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I’m reading The Trial by Kafka 🙂
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Surprisely, I am actually reading a classic book right now. I’m half way through Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
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I am sick sick sick! Reading is the only activity I can indulge in so am reading Arnold Bennett’s The Grand Babylon Hotel and my ever comfort book Pride and Prejudice!
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Mmm, Pride and Prejudice is the perfect comfort book 🙂
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I completely agree! I was just telling Brona that hospitals should go back to the 18th century practice of reading to its patients and the recovery rate would be much higher!
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Oh most definitely!!
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P&P is my comfort read too – hope you’re feeling better 🙂
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Thanks Brona! I am still unwell but P&P will make even the sickest person better! Hospitals should revert back to the 18th century practice of reading to its patients!
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I am working on Henrietta’s War for my Century of Books, and Wuthering Heights for my Bronte Project!
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Just finished Fortune’s Rocks (http://tattycover.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/fortunes-rocks-well-rocks/) by Anita Shreve and Longbourn by Jo Baker. Both good, but I preferred Shreve’s book so much better. Now onto Richard III.
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I read the book clubs challenge the sound of the mountain. I put my review in Goodreads but I will share it here it is my first real read of any Japanese literature. I don’t know what I expected or if it was great rapport but it was okay. I really struggled with the names of the characters that was hard for me I had to write some things down and one book reading becomes work that becomes a challenge for me to really stick with the appreciate it. I didn’t like the idea and the flow of the story in a specially how regret and missed opportunity almost played a character in road block and as the main character or got a 20 old is actually here physically approaching the end of his life. I don’t know if this morning Courage me to read another Japanese book for now but I do know that I am happy I read it and it was fine I do have a challenge my own shop to give out in someone’s read McAdams boy’s life fantastic thanks for the challenge I’m waiting for more. I am also currently reading Hamlet Dr sleep by Stephen King and listening on audio books to the Emperor’s tomb by Steve berry a great historical thriller writer I’m learning to like him.
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Have just finished ‘A Room of One’s Own’ – really enjoyed it, and very different to Woolf’s fiction (that I’ve read).
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Currently working on Don Quixote {{sigh}} and Gulliver’ Travels.
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I’m working on my Read All the SK project this week, so I’m reading THE TOMMYKNOCKERS by Stephen King. I’ll also be reading some of INDEPENDENT STUDY by Joelle Charbonneau, which is the second book in a great YA trilogy.
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Wow – that’s a project and a half! Are you reading them in chronological order?
I’ll be curious to see how you go with The Tommyknockers and the next few after that (I stopped reading King for quite a while thanks that period of writing!!) Thankfully the last few Gunslinger books brought me back into the fold 🙂
Good luck!
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Yep! A friend and I are reading them all together, in the order they were published. I’ve read the Dark Tower series three times now, and thought it was about time to read the rest of his stuff (since the Dark Tower is the nexus of all the worlds). A few of them are rereads for me, but I’m reading most of them for the first time.
The Tommyknockers went on FOREVER. King had a grand case of verbal diarrhea when he wrote that one. It could easily have been 200 pages shorter and been a better book, I think. I didn’t dislike it–there were lots of things about it I liked–but it was just too long. Blah.
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Currently reading Wives and Daughters and really enjoying it. Reading hasn’t felt like this in a while.
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Good to hear – I have some Gaskell on my list too.
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I’m reading The Ballad of the Sad Café.
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