Category: Reading Challenges

The Classics Club Spin #20

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The Classics ClubHow time flies because it’s time for another Classics Club spin. I definitely need a prompt to read a book off my list. In fact, my spin list below could pretty much be a copy of my list for the previous spin :(

For those unfamiliar with how the spin works, here are the step-by-step instructions:

  • At your blog, before Monday 22nd April 2019, 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 twenty books by the end of the spin period.
  • On Monday 22nd April, the folks at The Classics Club will post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by 31st May, 2019.
  1. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
  2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
  3. Kindred by Octavia E Butler
  4. Romola by George Eliot
  5. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
  6. Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
  7. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin
  8. Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
  9. The Town House by Norah Lofts
  10. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
  11. A Garden of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates
  12. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
  13. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers
  14. Katherine by Anya Seton
  15. The Last Man by Mary Shelley
  16. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  17. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
  18. The Flowers of Adonis by Rosemary Sutcliff
  19. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin
  20. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

Will you be taking part in the Classics Club Spin #20?  If so, what are you excited about (or daunted by) the prospect of reading?

What’s In A Name Challenge 2019: Update

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The What’s In A Name Challenge is being hosted for 2019 by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook.  Andrea has taken over from Charlie at The Worm Hole who hosted previous years’ challenges.  You can find out how I got on with the challenge in 2018 here.

The challenge runs from January to December 2019. During this time you must read a book that fits each of the following categories. My updated list is below as I made a few changes from my original, provisional selections. The link from the title will take you to the book’s entry on Goodreads or my review.

I’m pretty pleased with my progress so far, which is more than can be said for some of my other reading challenges…

How are you getting on with any reading challenges you’re participating in this year?

A precious stone/metal                            The Golden Hour (The Lady Evelyn Mysteries #4) by Malia Zaidi  Read and reviewed

A temperature                                            Cold, Cold Heart by Christine  Poulson

A month or day of the week                   The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin

A meal                                                           A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

Contains the word ‘girl’ or ‘woman’    The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea  Read and reviewed

Contains the words ‘of’ AND ‘and’       The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer  Read and reviewed