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In my teens, I compiled a personal "100 books to read before you die" list and decided I would read them within a year. Not sure why I thought that was necessary. While I didn't die by the end of the year, my joy in reading did. One of the better things that came out… Continue reading Reading Wrap-Up | 2026 First Quarter
It has come round again! What is it, you may ask? The Classics Club is a voluntary commitment to read fifty classics of your choice in five years from the time you join. The Classics Club site hosts a periodic "spin" to motivate participants to keep at their list, and maybe relieve some of the… Continue reading Classics Club Spin #44
I've seen the monument that supposedly inspired Laurence with the idea for the stone angel in Neepawa, MB, and this past July I went to a book sale at the Margaret Laurence House with my sister and her kids.
It has come round again! What is it, you may ask? The Classics Club is a voluntary commitment to read 50 classics of your choice in 5 years from the time you join. Every so often, the Classics Club site hosts a "spin" to motivate participants to keep at their list, and maybe relieve some… Continue reading Classics Club Spin #41
Until a few years ago, I'd heard the name Dorothy Sayers but never quite knew what she wrote. Then I happened upon a Lord Peter Wimsey story in a mystery anthology and the character and story has stuck with me ever since. Keeping my eye out for the rest of the series, the 3 for… Continue reading Round-Up Review: Three Recent Classics Club Reads
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