It's time for another Classics Club Spin.The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 18th April.On that day a number will be randomly selected.That's the book you read.You have until the 31st May 2021 to finish your book and review it.Join in the fun by visiting the other players and commenting on their lists.It's … Continue reading CC Spin #26
Happy Birthday Ernestine! My Love Must Wait by Ernestine Hill was a bestseller when it was first published in 1941, which puts it neatly in the middle of Bill @The Australian Legend's Gen III of Australian Women Writers. I can see why this story about the adventurer and explorer, Matthew Flinders attracted a lot … Continue reading My Love Must Wait | Ernestine Hill #AWW
It's time for another Classics Club Spin. The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 22nd November. On that day a number will be randomly selected. That's the book you read. You have until the 30th January 2021 to finish your book and review it. Join in the … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #25
I've been wanting to read a Sherlock Holmes story for a long time now. I purchased my lovely Knickerbocker classic editions about five years ago with the good intentions of reading them in chronological order. Ever since then, I have been putting A Study in Scarlet on my CC Spin list, in the hope it … Continue reading A Study in Scarlet | Arthur Conan Doyle #CCSpin
It's time for another Classics Club Spin.The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 9th August.On that day a number will be randomly selected.That's the book you read.You have until the 30th September 2020 to finish your book and review it.Join in the fun by visiting the other players and commenting … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #24
This remarkable novel, first published to a chorus of acclaim in 1952, is one of the lost classics of Australian literature. Martin Boyd is a deeply humane novelist, a writer of family sagas without peer.Set in Australia and England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, The Cardboard Crown presents an unforgettable portrait of … Continue reading The Cardboard Crown | Martin Boyd #CCspin
The rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 19th April.On that day a number will be randomly selected.That's the book you read.You have until the 1st June 2020 to finish your book and review it.Join in the fun by visiting the other players and commenting on their lists.It's a great way … Continue reading The Classics Club Spin #23
I wanted to read The Tempest at some point for two reasons. I would like to read Margaret Atwood's Hag-Seed one day. But I have never seen any productions of The Tempest and don't really know the story very well.I have never read a play before that I had not already seen a theatre, movie or TV production … Continue reading The Tempest | William Shakespeare #Play
Can you believe this is our 22nd CC Spin?And that I have participated in ALL 22.Photo by Lysander Yuen on UnsplashThe rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Sunday 22nd December.On that day a number will be randomly selected.That's the book you read.You have until the 31st January 2020 to finish your book and review it.Join … Continue reading Classics Club Spin #22
The Wonder Child is a gentle juvenile story about a family forced to be separated for years due to the gifted talents of one of the children. Challis plays the piano like a dream and goes off to Europe with her mother to make the family fortune.The other four children stay at home with their … Continue reading The Wonder Child by Ethel Turner
Can you believe this is our 21st CC Spin?And that I have participated in ALL 21.Now that we have come of age, I'm going to mix this spin up a little.Photo by Lysander Yuen on UnsplashThe rules are easy: compile your list of 20 books by Monday - the 23rd September.On that day a number … Continue reading CC Spin #21
Jamaica Inn was my latest CC spin choice. I also realised recently that I would be able to join in Heavenali's Daphne Du Maurier reading week too, provided I got my review done on time. So here we go!My Du Maurier journey began many, many years ago when I read Rebecca, undoubtedly her most famous novel. … Continue reading Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
