Classics Considered

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January 1, 2014

Eugene Onegin: Editions, editions, editions

Happy New Year 2014! It’s going to be an awesome year for reading – I’m so very excited to start the challenges I joined for the year. In one week, in fact, we start the Eugene Onegin Read-Along! On January 7th, there will be a post with the first link-up/check-in. Over the following week and… Read more >>

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Eugene Onegin Read-Along 2014
December 21, 2013

Hyperion

If there is one poet whose name has come to be associated with cliches of the genre, that would be Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. “You’re a poet / and you didn’t know it / but your feet show it / they’re long fellows!” A sad pun which sums up most critics’ opinion. I am biased the… Read more >>

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December 19, 2013

2013 Reads Recap

As I mentioned before, this was an unambitious year for reading. My reading goals, such as they were: The Prairie, J. F. Cooper – This was for school, so I read it and wrote a paper on it. One biography – Instead of reading a biog, I randomly decided to read my sister’s library book,… Read more >>

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December 17, 2013

Back to the Classics 2014 challenge

Updated 1/2/14 Back to the Classics, hosted by Karen This is challenge is themed on books published during or prior to 1964. For some of the categories, I will be overlapping with other challenges (because I’m not terribly ambitious!), but there are new to-read books on this list that I’m also looking forward to. Required:… Read more >>

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