Today’s the Day!
On the 20th March we announced the latest Classic Club Spin, challenging you to read book 11 on your CC Spin #29 list by 30th April 2022.
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 30 is scheduled for June 2022.
The Classics Club 
I’m late, but I did it! https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2022/05/house-of-glass-cc-spin.html
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Ok, I am late. But I did it!
I read The Poor Little Rich Girl, by Eleanor Gates and let me tell you….I don’t think I would have finished it if I hadn’t committed myself to this Spin.
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Yes I finished THE SECRET GARDEN. And let me tell you a secret. I didn’t care for it. The garden and flowers and children changing=good; the neglectful adults=bad. See if you agree with me or not: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2022/04/classic-review-secret-garden.html
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I got Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin and I loved it. http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2022/04/22/ccspin-29-review-windows-into-souls/
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I loved mine — The Black Moth by Gerogette Heyer. I’m so glad I had the Classics Club to motivate me! https://bookshelffantasies.com/2022/04/02/book-review-the-black-moth-by-georgette-heyer/
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Yes, I read Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth and posted about it. It was an okay read, but sadly didn’t live up to my high hopes for it. One that’s maybe more famous for being a “first” – the first Irish novel – than for its actual quality…
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I’m about a third of the way through my Spin book, House of Glass by the Indonesian writer Toer. It’s very good, but a massive reading slump hit me through most of April, so I’m playing catch up!
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Yes, I read In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. I loved it!
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I did and it was wonderful!
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I only finished writing my review today and just published it. I read Beast in View by Margaret Millar.
https://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2022/04/beast-in-view-margaret-millar.html
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I fell in love with Love in the Time of Cholera! https://iwouldratherbereadingblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/30/book-review-love-in-the-time-of-cholera-by-gabriel-garcia-marquez/
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I got Catch 22 and was surprised that I enjoyed it so much. https://piningforthewest.co.uk/2022/04/29/catch-22-by-joseph-heller-classics-club-spin/
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No. But I am not giving up. I will finish it next month and post about it. I know that’s not the point, but?…..
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April was hectic, so I only started it a few days ago. I’m 32% in, and really loving it a lot so far: The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey. I’m surprised by a richness and variety of the vocabulary
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Yes I did! I read A Room with a View and like it, although I didn’t enjoy it as much as his book, A Passage to India.
https://booksplease.org/2022/04/30/a-room-with-a-view-by-e-m-forster/
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That’s too bad. I liked both, but it’s been a long time since I read either.
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Yes, I finished The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins: https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2022/04/28/review-1846-classics-club-spin-book-the-dead-secret/
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Yes, I read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell – it was a bit of a slog but I did enjoy it.
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I have read several by Gaskell, but for some reason I couldn’t finish North and South. I could tell that an innocent man was going to be accused of a crime, and I couldn’t stand the bad feeling it gave me.
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What is your favorite Gaskell? I have North and South on my reading list. Perhaps I should switch it for another. Please answer me here. Thank you. THE SECRET GARDEN
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I’ve only read Mary Barton, Cranford, and Wives and Daughters. I’d say Cranford.
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I got Where Angels Fear to Tread as my spin and I did finish it. I liked it. http://bibliographicmanifestations.blogspot.com/2022/04/where-angels-fear-to-tread.html
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Nice choice!
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Yes, I did finish it and enjoyed it. I can highly recommend the book.
I read The Passenger by Ulrich Boschwitz. The book had been lost for decades.
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