Today’s the Day!
On the 18th April we announced the latest Classic Club Spin, challenging you to read book 11 on your CC Spin #26 list by 31st May, 2021.
Did you read your book? Did you write about it, or not?
What’s Next?
- In the comments below, tell us what book you read, and what you thought of it?
- Feel free to add a link to your review, here, on twitter and/or fb.
- Also add your link to the ‘Reviews by Members’ in the tab at the top of the page.
- Take a moment to see what everyone else has been reading.
- Tick/strikeout/cross off that book from your Classics Club List – congratulations!
As always, the prize is the reading experience.
We hope you enjoyed it.
Twitter hashtag: #ccspin #ccwhatimreading
Calendar alert: #ccspin 27 is scheduled for July.
I am still going with The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, but will finish in the next couple of days. I was stymied by unexpectedly having my elderly mother staying for 3 weeks, which severely curtailed my reading, and it was difficult to get back into this book after the interruption, and after reading several other books in between due to book club requirements. Despite all that, I have enjoyed the writing and the story very much.
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I finished late, but my review will finally be up next week. That is in no way a reflection on the wonderful book!
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Yes, I finished my book: the classic adventure The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle and I loved it! However I’m afraid I haven’t posted my review yet – it will probably be up next week though! 😃
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My review of The Lost World is now posted: https://thebookwormchronicles.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/%f0%9f%93%96-the-lost-world-by-arthur-conan-doyle-professor-challenger-1-%e2%ad%90%e2%ad%90%e2%ad%90/?wref=tp 🙂
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Yes! I found London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew very informative: https://warmdayswillnevercease.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/book-review-london-labour-and-the-london-poor-by-henry-mayhew/
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I finished my spin book which was Left Hand of Darkess http://bibliographicmanifestations.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-left-hand-of-darkness.html
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I read The Mill on the Floss, I’m counting it as finished, because I consciously chose not to finish the last few chapters which I could easily have finished, not a time thing (which since they were legion, is not a significant portion of the book) as opposed to chucking my Kindle against the wall which about sums up my feelings. I think I submitted my review for the review list
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I did, thank you for the encouragement of a spin! Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, not the best book I’ve ever read but at least I get to tick it off the list: https://justreadingabook.wordpress.com/2021/05/30/the-house-of-the-seven-gables/
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I may have skimmed some near the end but I read MOST of The Three Musketeers AND watched the 1973 movie. YAY!
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Yes, I finished it. I received The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and enjoyed it. A tough read but it’s totally worth it.
Thanks for this fun idea to get everyone to read more classics.
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That is a great book! It does take effort from the reader though. Congratulations!
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Thanks, Mary. Yes, it takes some effort but aren’t those the greatest books?
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Alas, I didn’t even begin it. BUT it’s one of my 20 books of summer! History in English Words, by Own Barfield
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I did, but Laura by George Sand was one the weirdest little books I’ve ever read – insights appreciated 🙂
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Yeah, I finished Hard Times 4 Stars, but not quite typical Dickens.
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I am reading Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Sadly I haven’t met the deadline but I am absolutely loving it. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts once I’ve finished. 😊
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No rush. Looking forward to hearing what you thought about it though.
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Thank you Brona. 😊
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Looking forward to that, as well. I read it years ago and loved it
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Beginning a book that you are loving seems like a win!
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I did not. Unfortunately, I had a serious illness in May and it threw my whole reading trajectory off. I’ll try again next time. Congrats to those who did finish. 🙂
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Sorry to hear this Michelle. Hope you’re feeling better soon and that your reading mojo returns.
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Thank you. I’m doing much better now.
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I did read my book, The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford, which I enjoyed much more than I expected to. My review is here.
https://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-pursuit-of-love-nancy-mitford.html
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I enjoyed that one so much I added its sequel to my Classics Club list.
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For the first time ever, I actually finished a spin! A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor – which I absolutely loved 🙂 https://louloureads.wordpress.com/2021/05/08/a-view-of-the-harbour-classicsclub/
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It’s a great feeling to finish a spin.
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I did! I’m glad I finally read a book I’ve been looking forward to for years (yet somehow never reading). And I even squeaked in to finish my post on time: https://simplerpastimes.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/agnes-grey-anne-bronte/
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Great job!
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I did! Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes by Stevenson. A lot of fun.
http://reesewarner.blogspot.com/2021/05/travels-with-donkey-in-cevennes-ccspin.html
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An excellent review, i’faith! I wish I still had my early 20th-century slim hardback as I’d barely started it before it disappeared.
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Thanks!
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I have that one on my list.
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Yes! I read Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih. https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2021/05/season-of-migration-to-north.html
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Bravo!
And well done for getting through a story that didn’t always grab you.
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I’m still reading it – Little Dorrit is so long at 747 pages and I left it too long to start it to finish by today. I will finish it, though!
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Yes, I did. Here is my review of The Brothers Karamazov: https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/review-1670-classics-club-spin-result-the-brothers-karamazov/
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Yes, I surprised myself by not only reading but reviewing a collection of Edith Nesbit’s ghost stories — The Power of Darkness — the last of which was published just a year before her death in 1924: https://wp.me/s2oNj1-pod
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The Railway Children was one of my favourite childhood classics. I never knew she also wrote adult stories – and scary ones at that!
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A woman of many talents!
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Yes! I read The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Loved it! Miles Hendon was my favorite character! https://katiescottagebooks.wordpress.com/2021/04/26/the-classics-club-the-prince-and-the-pauper-by-mark-twain/
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