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It had been November, deepest winter in Sveriga, and the gnomes were so shy he’d nearly died of cold trying to find them.
Cornelia Funke, Reckless III: The Golden Yarn
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Classics Club Spin #46
With less than twenty books left on my Classics Club list, I’m going to do this one Hunger Games style, which means the titles I least want to be picked right now, I’m putting in more than once. May the odds be ever in my favour.
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Song for a Winter’s Night: Ethan Frome Review
The real story of Ethan Frome slips in between the narrator’s arrival at and entrance into the reclusive man’s home. Something the narrator sees gives him the key to all the allusions and implications, and he is able to reconstruct the tale that started over twenty-five years prior.
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Reading Wrap-Up | 2026 Third Quarter
Sitting at twelve books this quarter, I read seven books of fiction, two books of non-fiction, two story collections, and one play.
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Unexpected Philosopher: PewDiePie Book Club, Part 2
Last year I was inspired by a video PewDiePie made challenging himself and his followers to read a selection of philosophical works over 2025. I reviewed the first four books of the list in a post here. This is the rest of the list. 5. The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle “Everything in moderation.” I’ve been hearing…
Keep readingReading Wrap-Up | 2026 Second Quarter
I was getting on the Classics Club reads during this quarter, apparently. Probably about the time I realised I only have a little over a year left to read almost half of my list.
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Round-Up Reviews: A Couple of Canadian Classics Club Reads
Though quite different, these books have more in common than happening to geographically bookend Canada, with PEI on the East Coast, and BC on the West Coast. One a romantic fiction, one a real-life adventure, both are by great Canadian authors, with distinct natural settings, and an uplifting outlook on life.
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