Celebrating 8 Years of the Classics Club

Way back when, on the 7th March, 2012 two classics-loving bloggers, Jillian & Heather, wanted to see more people posting about classic literature on the blogosphere, so they came up with the idea for a Classics Club. Their goal was to, “unite those of us who like to blog about classic literature, as well as …

Member Updates #13

Hello all and welcome to this month's update post! How are you guys doing with your Moby Dick readalong? It's one of my favorite books of all time, so I hope you all can stick it out through the middle parts. Woot & how excited are you all about the CC Spin? Member Stats TOTAL …

Member Updates #12

Happy August everyone & back to school season! Welcome to this month's update post! How was everyone's July and summer? Anyone have any excited reading plans for the month? Announcements Clubber of the Month - I'll be announcing this month's pick later in the month when I do Tracy's post. If you haven't already checked …

Member Updates #11

Happy July everyone & welcome to this month's update post! How was everyone's June? I had a very productive reading month and ended up switching jobs to a bigger library in my area, so super exciting. Also, I was able to turn in my library's summer reading form. As a prize, I got a library …

Member Updates #10

Happy June everyone & welcome to this month's update post. How was everyone's May? I had a great month but pretty busy as usual! Has anyone started reading their summer reading list yet? What book are you looking forward to reading this summer the most? Announcements Clubber of the Month - We've decided to keep …

Member Updates #9

Yay, Happy May!! Welcome to this month's update post. How was everyone's April? Mine for one was very busy! I hardly even had time for reading or anything else besides work and since I work in a Library, I can already forsee June (aka "Summer Reading Program" month) being very busy as well. I am …

Members Updates #8

Yay, Happy April everyone & Welcome to this month's update post. How was everyone's March? Read any good classics? Anything particular you plan to read in the next few weeks? Announcements April Clubber of the Month - Time to announce the Clubber of the Month! This person was chosen because of their great and unique …

Clubber of the Month for March ’19

Hello all and welcome to this month's post honoring Nancy from NancyElin Book Blog. Instead of our usual interview, we have decided to share a few questions she has recently answered on our 50 Question Survey. For more information or If you have a nomination for future Clubbers of the month, you can nominate them …

Member Updates #7

Yay, Happy March everyone & Welcome to this month's update post. How was everyone's February? Read any good classics? Anything particular you plan to read in the next few weeks? Announcements Read-a-longs - I wonder if spring makes people want to read more? While browsing twitter this week, I stumbled upon a few different read-a-longs! …

Classic Author Focus: James Baldwin

First, a little side note. My fellow moderators have suggested I do a short piece on the process for posting member reviews because of a few issues I've had. When I first took over this function, I found a huge backlog of reviews, but I was able to catch up on that over time, and …

Member Updates #6

Yay, Happy February & Welcome to this month's update post. How was everyone's January? Read any good classics? Anything particular you plan to read in the next few weeks? Announcements Anyone up for a bit of Gone With the Wind?  - I personally planned to read Gone With The Wind this month.... Especially after everyone …

Member Updates #5

Hello! Woot, it's 2019! Wow, how did this happen so quickly? It seriously still feels like March 2018...  Well, Welcome to this month's member updates! Announcements End of the Year Member List Cleaning (continued.)- Yay, I've finished cleaned up all the entries on the member list that were invalid links. Now is the time to tackle the Lists that …

Member Updates #3

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 …

Member Updates

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 …

Membership Stats & Announcements

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 …

Roll Up, Roll Up!

Hello Clubbers and welcome to our Classics Club Games Extravaganza! I am your new event ringmaster. If you love the CC Spins, Monthly Memes and book tags, then I'm the one to turn to for all your in-house club fun. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Bronwyn. I've been running …