So today is April 1st which means it's the end of the Classics Spin and time to own up to whether I completed the challenge or failed miserably.
#14 on my list was The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens and as this post attests, I finished this one well before the deadline. What can I say? I'm competitive. Because I love a good challenge and because I had another one of the potential spin reads on loan from the library, I decided to read a second book. This time The Lifted Veil by George Eliot (I did intend to read Brother Jacob too but that never happened).
I am pleased to have finished both of these short novels (very short, in the case of The Lifted Veil) and I'm very pleased that the Classics Spin gave me the kick I needed to get cracking on my Classics Club List (which, by the way, is slowly growing in length).
I will be posting a double-whammy review of the two spin books later this week. In the meantime, how did everyone else get on? I'm such a Curious George.
Haaaa, I kind of forgot about this. I mean, I say forgot, but I *tried* to read the book I chose, but got bored and decided to get rid of it instead... Still, I did like the concept, so I hope they do another one sometime.
ReplyDeleteGood effort! It is kind of hit and miss really whether you get a book that you really can't be bothered with. I hope they do another too.
DeleteI read The Magnificent Ambersons and enjoyed it - a pleasant surprise as I had it listed in the group 'American male authors I don't expect to like'.
ReplyDeleteIt is so nice to be pleasantly surprised by a book. I find it brightens my day when I really enjoy a book I'd thought would actually be a bit blah.
DeleteI was really lucky and got the super-short The Old Man and the Sea, so I managed to finish it without too much trouble in the last few days of March.
ReplyDeleteI was pleased to only get a short one too. That's a perfect choice though for Modern March - two in one!
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