Today’s the Day!
On the 21st April, 2024 we announced the latest Classic Club Spin, challenging you to read book 8 on your CC Spin #37 list by 2nd June.
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 38 is scheduled for July 2024.
The Classics Club 
My review is finally up! https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2024/06/15/cc-spin-37-review-narrow-boat-by-l-t-c-row/
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I read A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell, the first book in his A Dance to the Music of Thyme series of 12 novels. It was a book you have to pay attention to as the language is very rich, but it’s also often very funny, and the characters richly drawn. I am keen to continue with the series. Review pending…
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I read The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas here’s my post: https://booksplease.org/2024/06/07/the-black-tulip-by-alexandre-dumas/
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Somehow this post did not come to my email. Puzzling. I finished The House on the Borderland on June 1st. I wrote about it on Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4234354240
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I did! My spin read was Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis. I highly recommend it if you haven’t read it already. Cover it in religion and you can do whatever you want…
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Oh yes, I did. I got Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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I finished! I read Howards End by E. M. Forster, and loved it. My link: https://bookshelffantasies.com/2024/05/17/book-review-howards-end-by-e-m-forster-classics-club-spin-37/
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I read The Awakening by Kate Chopin and it was just as good as everyone told me it would be!
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For the first time in a long time I did finish the spin. I got “The House of Mirth” by Edith Wharton and loved it. She might become one of my favourite authors, I do like her writing and way of telling a story. My review: https://www.thecontentreader.com/post/classic-club-spin-37-the-house-of-mirth-by-edith-wharton
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I just finished Summer by Wharton, and now I want to read more by this author.
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I did, and was not too impressed.
I actually was supposed to read the fist book in the Robert Macdonald series by E. C.R. Lorac, but then realized it was totally out of print, and not available in any library in my own state.
So I ended up reading #4 in the series, the first one available!
And it got boring and muddled. But I’m ready to give her another chance.
I did a very short review here:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/06/02/sunday-post-109-finally-back/
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I’m sorry it ended up being a disappointment (and that you didn’t get to read the one you wanted to). I’ve read several from her Macdonald series and enjoyed them all.
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I’m loving my book, but I’m not quite done–hopefully I’ll post my review later in the week.
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I did, and I enjoyed it!
https://ksrgmck.wordpress.com/2024/05/11/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen/
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Yes. I enjoyed reading The Wrench by Primo Levi. https://piningforthewest.co.uk/2024/05/26/the-wrench-by-primo-levi-classics-club-spin-no-37/
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My spin was Uncle Tom’s Cabin and I reviewed it here: http://fictitiously.ca/2024/06/01/other-peoples-glass-houses-uncle-toms-cabin-review/ It was a re-read for me and it stands up! So enjoyable and thought-provoking!
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Yes, I did. My book was The Warden by Anthony Trollope and it was a very good read. My review is here:
https://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-warden-anthony-trollope.html
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Yes! Here’s my review of The Prophet’s Mantle by Fabian Bland (E. Nesbit): https://whatmeread.com/2024/05/30/review-2439-classics-club-spin-result-the-prophets-mantle/
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