A Community of Classics Lovers
Hello! How is your December going so far? What are your holiday plans this year? Well, Welcome to this month's member updates! Announcements End of the Year Member List Cleaning (continued.)- I will be moving inactive & expired lists to the member's archive throughout this month. If your listed is dated to end in 2018, but you'd like … Continue reading Member Updates #3
If you joined the game last week, find number 1 on your CC Spin #19 List! That's the CHUNKSTER you are challenged to read by 31st January, 2019. We know it can be hard to stay on track and enthused about your Spin Book for the whole journey. We plan to provide support and encouragement … Continue reading Your Lucky Spin Number Is…
Hello, Clubbers! It's time for another Classics Club Spin!What is the spin? It's easy. At your blog, before next Tuesday 27th November 2018, create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain "to be read" on your Classics Club list. This is your Spin List. You have to read one of these … Continue reading CC Spin #19
Hello! How is your November so far? What are your Thanksgiving plans this year? Well, welcome to this month's member updates! Announcements End of the Year Member List Cleaning - In December, I will be moving inactive/expired lists to the member's archive. If your listed is dated to end in 2018 or if you have exclamation marks (‼️) … Continue reading Member Updates #2
Back at the beginning of October we DARED you to face your fears and get your Goth on by reading a CLASSIC book from your #CClist that you classified as thrilling, a mystery, Gothic or a book or author that SCARED you (because of it’s length, it’s topic, it’s reputation etc). Did you DARE? If so: … Continue reading Did You Dare?
Over the past couple of months your new Classics Club moderators have been tidying up, cataloguing and making adjustments to the look of the blog. Amongst other things we have now created a tab for all the games we like to play at the club (when you have a spare 5 mins, open all the … Continue reading Gothic Book Tag
Hello! How is your October coming along? Reading anything scary this month? Well, Today's post will follow last month's post! Announcements Expanded Icons on the Member Page - After further thought, I've decided to expand the icons on the member page. I've added the exclamation icon (‼️) to indicate that something is wrong with the book list link & the trophy icon … Continue reading Member Updates
BOO! Introducing an old game with a new twist. Once upon a time, the Club issued a Dare to it's members to read and review a certain book. The participant then dared others to read and review a book of their choice. I participated in this event at the time, but it never really took … Continue reading Time to Get Your Goth On!
Hello All! How's your reading coming? Today's post will be the first in a new series that will be published during the first half of each month. It will go over our member stats and any membership related announcements! Announcements Specifying New Members - I've had a lot of people ask me about finding new … Continue reading Membership Stats & Announcements
"What do you like to read?" people ask me all the time. "Everything," I tell them. "But what do you like to read best?" They want clarification. "I like to read the good books," I say. Classics are the good books, I think. I'm Deb Nance and I've been blogging at Readerbuzz for ten years. … Continue reading Deb Nance: Let’s Talk Classic Club Events and Resources
Today's the Day! On the 1st August 2018, we announced Classic Club Spin #18, challenging you to read book 9 on your CC Spin list by 31st August. 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 … Continue reading Did You Finish Your Spin?
Hello clubbers and welcome to week 2 of August, aka the second week of Spin #18 (How's that going btw? Started? Finished?). I wanted to write a post today to introduce myself, let you know a bit about my responsibilities to the club and tell you a bit about my future plans! First off, My name is Margaret. I've … Continue reading Taking Care of Our Members!
It's August here at The Classics Club, and you might be wondering about events going on in the book world. Of course, we have our Classics Club Book Spin, but there are other activities we want to share with you going on around the blogosphere.... The TBR BustAThon is a seven-day readathon that occurs every … Continue reading August Events Around the Blogosphere
If you joined the game last week, find number 9 on your CC Spin #18 List! That's the title you are challenged to read by 31st August, 2018. We know it can be hard to stay on track and enthused about your Spin Book for the whole month. We plan to provide support and … Continue reading Your Lucky Spin Number Is…
As one of your new moderators, I got the "lucky" job of being the first to introduce myself to you. You will see more introductory posts as the weeks progress. I am honored to be chosen as one of your moderators and appreciate the fine job that the original moderators have done the last four … Continue reading A new era
Hello, Clubbers! It's time for another Classics Club Spin!What is the spin? It's easy. At your blog, before next Wednesday 1st August 2018, create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain "to be read" on your Classics Club list. This is your Spin List. You have to read one of these … Continue reading CC Spin #18
