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Hi, folks! It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! By now, you know the drill: participants post a list of 20 books on their Classics Club list. On Sunday,…… Read more “Classics Spin #27”
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Storygraph & Goodreads Reading Recommendations
Hi, folks! Susana has recently written a great post, “Do I Want to Read My Goodreads Recommendations?”, where she explored whether her Goodreads recommendations appealed to her.…… Read more “Storygraph & Goodreads Reading Recommendations”
Mid-Year Check In | 2021
Hi, folks! I saw this meme/ tag on Eric’s channel, and decided to jump in and take the opportunity to discuss my reading year so far. Here are the…… Read more “Mid-Year Check In | 2021”
Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand
Dear George, Feminist critics were angry with you in the 1970’s, and perhaps some of them still are: your Dorothea remains firmly grounded on the very rules…… Read more “Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand”
Perhaps we don’t always discriminate between sense and nonsense,
Dear George, Yours is an odd Prelude: already in its first paragraph, it refuses to give us an easy key to your Middlemarch (1871-72). It goes on…… Read more “Perhaps we don’t always discriminate between sense and nonsense,”
The Booktube Spin #3: the Victorian Women Writers edition
Hi, folks! It’s time for another Booktube Spin, hosted by Rick! Inspired by our beloved Classics Club Spin, the idea is to list 20 books (they don’t have…… Read more “The Booktube Spin #3: the Victorian Women Writers edition”
John Oliver Hobbes
John Oliver Hobbes (pen name of Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, born Richards. November 3, 1867 – August 13, 1906) was an Anglo-American writer. Hobbes was born in…… Read more “John Oliver Hobbes”
When we shall live larger and freer lives,
Dear George, In Keynotes (1893), you seem to be trying to find and set the tone for your exploration of (what you conceived as) the female experience.…… Read more “When we shall live larger and freer lives,”
My own books scourge me
Hi, folks! I am kicking off our Season in Middlemarch with a slim biography, packed with illustrations, in case you fancy a brief outline of Eliot’s life.…… Read more “My own books scourge me”
A season in Middlemarch
Hi, folks! This seems to be the season of readalongs for me: I am currently participating (and already behind) in The Old Wives’ Tale Readalong hosted by Rohan…… Read more “A season in Middlemarch”
Virago Travellers List
Hi, folks! The Virago Travellers series was launched in 1982 with the publiation of A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird and Travels in…… Read more “Virago Travellers List”
Being good felt delicious
Dear May, Life and Death of Harriett Frean (1922) traces the eponymous character’s downfall from a promising child to a nonentity. Our protagonist, Harriett, the only child…… Read more “Being good felt delicious”
Free Printables & Reading Spreadsheet
Hi, folks! This is yet another spring cleaning post! As I already mentioned, I decided to transfer some of my pages to regular posts. Here, I will…… Read more “Free Printables & Reading Spreadsheet”
Desert Island Books
Hi, folks! The spring cleaning continues in this [blank] garden of mine! As I already mentioned, I decided to transfer some of my pages to regular posts –…… Read more “Desert Island Books”
May Sinclair
May Sinclair (pen name of Mary Amelia St. Clair; August 24th, 1863 – November 14th, 1946) was an English writer. When Sinclair was seven years old, her…… Read more “May Sinclair”
She was shuddering in a body long ago dead
Dear Marghanita, The Victorian Chaise Longue (1953) follows Melanie Langdon, a young married woman who is recovering from tuberculosis. When the novel opens, we are somewhere in the…… Read more “She was shuddering in a body long ago dead”
Marghanita Laski
Marghanita Laski (October 24th, 1915 – February 6th, 1988) was an English writer. Born to a family of Jewish intellectuals, Laski attended a school for girls in…… Read more “Marghanita Laski”
A Letter A Day | Reading project
Hi, folks! The spring cleaning continues in this [blank] garden of mine! As I already mentioned, I decided to transfer some of my reading project pages to regular…… Read more “A Letter A Day | Reading project”
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