All right, clubbers! Back in early December, we announced The Classics Spin #11, challenging you to read Book #19 on your spin list by February 1. Today is February 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 also finished my Spin book, The Orchid House by Phyllis Shand Allfrey — but I haven’t blogged about it yet! I will remedy that before the end of February. I liked it, but I’m not sure yet how to talk about it.
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My book, The Yearling ended up to be quite a gem. I wasn’t sure while in the middle section. Here is my review, which I wrote weeks ago and then forgot to post here. http://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2016/01/classics-club-spin-yearling-review.html
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My SPIN Book was the Prince and The Pauper by Mark Twain. And NO I did not complete it. So I have decided to not do any more SPJN books for now. In fact I am no longer reading any more classics either. I actually prefer to read non fiction and after discovering a non fiction 5 year challenge, similar to this one, I will now be doing that.
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I read John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row – a great read.
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I completed The Known World by Edward P. Jones as my spin selection. I loved it! I have previously blogged about it at http://susanlikestoread.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-known-world-by-edward-p-jones.html
I’m already looking forward to the next spin, though I believe I will need to adjust my spin list before the next round.
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I finished my spin book, which was Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain. I haven’t gotten my post about it written yet though.
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I read Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: http://fortifiedbybooks.com/2016/02/02/the-classics-club-moll-flanders/
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Can I say, kind of? I read The Time Machine with Cirtnecce. No, it wasn’t my spin book but it is on my Classics Club List, and honestly my spin choice would take much more time to get through. In any case, here’s my review: http://cleoclassical.blogspot.ca/2016/01/the-time-machine-by-hg-wells.html
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I am missing about six chapters for Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
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Read Edna Ferber’s So Big. I liked it and would read more by her:
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Read Othello. Another great Shakespeare play. 🙂
http://youmeandacupofteablog.blogspot.com/2016/01/book-play-review-othello.html
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I read Edna Ferber’s So Big with great enjoyment – http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/so-big-by-edna-ferber.html
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I am still reading my spin result: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.
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Another H.G.Well read …Time Machine …Did not like it much
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I was SHOCKED at how much I enjoyed The War of the Worlds. I now want to read more of the older Sci Fi!
https://relevantobscurity.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/the-war-of-the-worlds-h-g-wells-1898/
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The Adventurous Life of Simplicissimus, an early German novel! http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2016/02/spin-title-adventurous-simplicissimus.html
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Hoisted by my own petard. That’ll teach me to read the small print, as was convinced we had till the end of Feb not the 1st, and am still immersed in War&Peace, which may be on my Classics List but did not come up in the spin… Lesson learnt – next time round will be a bit more diligent, and am still pleased to read The Grapes of Wrath once this huge tome is on the Read not To Read list!
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I posted my book review a few days ago, Night by Elie Wiesel.
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I waited until the last minute but I did finish my spin pick, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis — I ended up loving it!
Here’s a link to my review:
http://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.com/2016/02/classics-spin-11-lucky-jim-by-kingsley.html
I’m looking forward to the next Spin, only ten books left to go on my list!
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I read the poems of Emily Dickinson. They are brilliant!
http://loniseye.blogspot.com/2016/02/emily-dickinson-three-series.html
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I read my spin selection almost immediately so I forgot all about it. I read From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler. It was good.
LOVE these spins!
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This time, I was quick to read my spin book: The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West. I loved its melancholy voice, but I have yet to write a review of it. I’ll get to it eventually…
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