Read-Along – Les Miserables
Thanks to Tien of Tien’s Blurb for hosting the above read-along. I have to admit that I love the musical of Les Miserables, but I have never actually read the book. So with the upcoming new movie that...
View ArticleMini-Review – Les Miserables – Volume I (Fantine)
Thanks to Tien of Tien’s Blurb for hosting the above read-along. So originally this post was supposed to go up over a week ago and I could have sworn that I finished it and hit post – but apparently...
View ArticleClassics Challenge Review – The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier
The Chocolate War Author: Robert Cormier Narrator: Frank Muller Run Time:5hrs and 34 minutes Book Description: Jerry Renault ponders the question on the poster in his locker: Do I dare disturb the...
View ArticleMoby Dick Big Read
Moby Dick is one of those books that I have been scared to read. I don’t know why, but I think mainly the size of it and what I have heard about it, have made me not want to read it. But then I read...
View ArticleClassics Challenge – The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkein
The Fellowship of the Ring Author: JRR Tolkein Series: #1 in the Lord of the Rings trilogy Description: One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness...
View ArticleThe Classics Club – May Meme
I haven’t really participated in the monthly meme’s being held by the Classics Club before, but I happened to be sitting at my computer pondering a blog post for today (to review or not to review is...
View ArticleClassics Review – Dracula – Bram Stoker
Dracula Author: Bram Stoker Narrators: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley Run Time: 15 hrs and 28 minutes Producer:...
View ArticleClassics Retold Review – Emma – Jane Austen
Emma Author: Jane Austen Description: ‘I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.’ Beautiful, clever, rich – and single – Emma Woodhouse is perfectly...
View ArticleThe Classics Club – Classics Spin #9…the results are in…
The Results are in… Last week I posted the 20 books that I had randomly selected for Classics Club Spin #9 – with the purpose of me picking up a book that had been on my Classics Challenge list that I...
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