All right, clubbers! Back in early November, we announced The Classics Spin #8, challenging you to read unlucky Book #13 on your spin list by January 5. Today is January 5!
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
– the Club
The Classics Club 
I finished my choice Shirley by Charlotte Bronte a little late but it was long so I feel pretty good to have been close. Here’s my post: https://thebookwormchronicles.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/the-classics-club-shirley/
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Just finished reading and reviewing My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse: http://books-n-music.blogspot.com/2015/01/that-manjeeves.html. Interesting, though certainly not one of my favorite reads…yawn… 🙂
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http://bookpilesandblanketforts.blogspot.ca/2015/01/review-slaughterhouse-five-by-kurt.html
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Yay! I finished Gulliver’s Travels in time and just posted my review today: http://cleoclassical.blogspot.ca/2015/01/gullivers-travles-by-jonathan-swift.html
Good job everyone!
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I read They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple.
http://lakesidemusing.blogspot.com/2015/01/they-were-sisters-by-dorothy-whipple.html
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Finished One Hundred Years of Solitude. Without this prompt I may never have gotten to it and I loved it. http://scrambledbooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/book-review-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-by-gabriel-garcia-marquez/
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Unfortunately not. Shakespeare’s Richard III. Thought there would be time during christmas, but alas. I will try though to read it later.
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Yes, I did! I am so proud! After The Golden Notebook and Doris Lessing put me WAY behind, I am now caught up. Posted a review of Go Tell It on the Mountain yesterday:http://books-n-music.blogspot.com/2015/01/classics-club-spin-8-intense-honesteye.html, And for Spin #7, a review of The Grapes of Wrath: http://books-n-music.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-truly-timeless-classic.html. Yay!!
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My spin book was “House of the Seven Gables” by Nathanial Hawthorn. I’ve started it, but it’s been harder to get into than I expected. The book will still get a blog post, but I’m afraid it’s going to be later than intended.
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I made it with two days to spare though its taken me until now to write the review. I tackled Henry James’s Daisy Miller and Washington Square. He’s not an author I have enjoyed until now but Washington Square was wonderful.
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Yes.
https://bookheathen.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/now-you-see-him-now-you-dont/
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I finished my Spin book—Plato’s Republic—and wrote about it here: http://imperfecthappiness.org/2014/12/28/the-republic-by-plato/
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A day late but here’s my spin – The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins – loved it!
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Buddenbrooks ( T. Mann)
http://ipsofactodotme.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/buddenbrooks/
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I’m cutting it closer than I like, but yes, I did finish my spin. Here’s my post on REVOLUTIONARY ROAD by Richard Yates:
http://www.notesinthemargin.org/weblog/2015/01/05/classics-club-spin-8-revolutionary-road/
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I am unable to leave a comment on your blog 😦
But I enjoyed your review – Yates writes similar themes in all his books I think.
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Sorry you were unable to leave a comment, Brona. I do have it set, at least for now, for me to approve comments before they’re published, but I didn’t find one from you in my comment queue. Could you tell me what happened when you tried to comment? Thanks.
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My first less than satisfactory spin experience 😦
Vile Bodies – what the?
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/vile-bodies-by-evelyn-waugh.html
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I finished Roots by Alex Haley and struggled to put into words exactly why I loved the book: https://ardentreader.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/roots-by-alex-haley/. Glad the spin gave me the kick I needed to finally pick this one up.
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I finished Steppenwolf, but whether it was because it was over the holidays or because the book just refused to inspire me to write coherently, I won’t be writing about it. I have tried several times, and I keep coming up with a muddle. But then, it’s a muddle-y kind of book – strange, multi-layered, metaphorical, thought-provoking…and more worthy of a thesis than a book review. I’m glad I read it.
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I read The Call of the Wild – http://www.booksplease.org/2014/12/17/the-call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/
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I finished my spin book last night, but have been unable to post my review. I will post my review in the near future. I read The Age of Innocence.
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I read this for the spin as well. Did you like it? I thought it was ok but not a reread for me.
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It was okay; not particularly impressed.
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I read Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist http://lindylit.wordpress.com/2014/12/27/oliver-twist-by-charles-dickens/
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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton – brilliant!
http://cat-bookmagic.blogspot.co.nz/2015/01/ethan-frome-by-edith-wharton.html
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I’ve posted my review on my blog – http://thereadingwench.com/2015/01/05/classics-club-ivanhoe/
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Yes, I did! I am so proud! After The Golden Notebook and Doris Lessing put me WAY behind, I am now caught up. Posted a review of Go Tell It on the Mountain yesterday: http://books-n-music.blogspot.com/2015/01/classics-club-spin-8-intense-honesteye.html, And for Spin #7, a review of The Grapes of Wrath: http://books-n-music.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-truly-timeless-classic.html. Yay!!
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I read Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World in just two days… a fascinating and scary book!
You can read my review at this link. 🙂
http://youmeandacupofteablog.blogspot.com/2015/01/book-review-brave-new-world.html
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Yes indeed, though it wasn’t my spin! Rachelle of The Reading Wench did a read-along for her spin, which was Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, and I tagged along! It was a whole bunch of fun. http://shainareads.blogspot.com/2015/01/ivanhoe-week-6-recap-final-review.html
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I read Arthur Miller’s play, “The Crucible.” I wound up including my review in a bundle post since I was so behind– http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-riffle-of-reviews.html
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Lovely read! Wrote a review on John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. You may want to check it out : )
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I finished The End of the Affair just in time, and here’s my review: http://mybookstrings.com/2015/01/03/the-end-of-the-affair/
There’s more Graham Greene in my future… 🙂
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Yes! Bliss and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield was a lovely book for my first Spin.
http://www.emeraldcitybookreview.com/2015/01/short-and-bittersweet-bliss-and-other.html
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Yes! I read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston: http://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/day-636-their-eyes-were-watching-god/
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I read My Antonia by Willa Cather and WOW! Wow and Super Wow! Here’s my review – http://madcaphat.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/pioneering-relations/
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http://crafts4others.blogspot.com/2015/01/classic-spin-8-age-of-innocence-review.html
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