Classics Club Spin #24

Classics Club Spin #24

The Classics Club is holding its 24th Spin. The idea is to list 20 of the books on your Classics Club list before August 9 when the wheel will turn and reveal the winning number. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by September 30. I'm glad we're doing another one. I need a kick to get reading classics again. My Book Spin List – The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeHigh Rising by Angela ThirkellTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Blue Castle by Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe Odyssey by HomerMiddlemarch by George EliotIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteOrient Express by Graham GreeneAnatomy of a Murder by Robert TraverThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le CarréGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftMoll Flanders by Daniel DefoeFaust by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWalden by Henry David ThoreauThe 13 Clocks by James ThurberThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameDeath Comes for...
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Classics Club Spin #22

Classics Club Spin #22

The Classics Club is holding its 22nd Spin. The idea is to list 20 of the books on your Classics Club list before December 22 when the wheel will turn and reveal the winning number. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List, by January 31. My Book Spin List – The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildThe Red House Mystery by A.A. MilneMoll Flanders by Daniel DefoeTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Blue Castle by Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe Odyssey by HomerIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteOrient Express by Graham GreeneAnatomy of a Murder by Robert TraverThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le CarréGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftMoll Flanders by Daniel DefoeOrlando by Virginia WoolfWalden by Henry David ThoreauThe 13 Clocks by James ThurberJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameMiddlemarch by George EliotLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Mystery of Edwin...
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Classics Club Spin #20

Classics Club Spin #20

The Classics Club is holding its 20th Spin. The idea is to list 20 of the books on your Classics Club list before April 22 when the wheel will turn and reveal the winning number. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List, by May 31. My Book Spin List – The 13 Clocks by James ThurberThe Tenant Of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithMoll Flanders by Daniel DefoeThe Nine Tailors by Dorothy L SayersLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderDead Souls by Nikolai Gogol The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wild Middlemarch by George EliotIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamThe Blue Castle by Lucy Maud MontgomeryDouble Indemnity by James M. CainAnatomy of a Murder by Robert TraverJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Wind in the Willows by...
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A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell

A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell

A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell shows up on several "best mysteries" lists, which is why I added it to my to-read list. I had read several of her Inspector Wexford series, but none of her stand-alone novels. And then it was my Classic Club Spin book for the month, which pushed it to the top of my stack. From the opening sentences, the book had my attention. "Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write. There was no real motive and no premeditation; no money was gained and no security." We know from the first chapter, which is only two pages long, who was killed, when they were killed, and who the murderers were. The rest of the book relates what led up to the crime and the aftermath. Eunice Parchman is illiterate, a fact that she is desperate to keep secret. The Coverdales are a decent enough family, intelligent, a little snobby, but overall well-meaning....
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The Classics Club Spin #18

The Classics Club Spin #18

The Classics Club is holding its 18th Spin, but it's my first. The idea is to list 20 of the books on your Classics Club list before August 1 when the wheel will turn and reveal the winning number. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List, by August 31. Here's my list: Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wild The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rineheart Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie Double Indemnity by James M. Cain From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder A Judgement in Stone by Ruth Rendell The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L Sayers Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift We Have Always Lived in the Castle...
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