hosted by Dog-Eared & Bookmarked In Stave One We learn the character of Ebenezer Scrooge and Bob Cratchit, Scrooge being a snobby humbug well, and just a scrooge in general — he’s almost a parody of himself. Bob is kindhearted and is willing to see the good in everyone even his employer Mr. Scrooge. Later, […]
Dog-Eared & Bookmarked is hosting A Christmas Carol Read-a-Long to get into the holiday spirit. Every year I watch It’s a Wonderful Life and the 1938 A Christmas Carol but haven’t actually read the book since high school. A reread is defiantly in order. Weekly Schedule November 24-December 1: Stave One: Marley’s Ghost (pages […]
Wuthering Heights Wednesday is all about the Wuthering Heights Read-along hosted by Jill at Fizzy Thoughts with each week we will read three chapters from the classic novel and then post our thoughts on, you guessed it –Wednesday! Volume II Chapters 17-20 Synopsis: Heathcliff dies and Hareton and Cathy II fall in love and make […]
Allie at A Literary Odyssey is hosting a Cranford Read-Along in two parts. Today being part one, discussing Chapters 1-8 Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Cranford is a witty piece of Victorian literature, with the town Cranford being based off of Knutsford in Cheshire. Cranford is not so much a novel than a series of short stories […]
Wuthering Heights Wednesday is all about the Wuthering Heights Read-along hosted by Jill at Fizzy Thoughts with each week we will read three chapters from the classic novel and then post our thoughts on, you guessed it –Wednesday! Volume 2 Chapters 14-16 Synopsis: Cathy Jr and Linton are forced into matrimony. Edgar finally dies, (you […]
Wuthering Heights Wednesday is all about the Wuthering Heights Read-along hosted by Jill at Fizzy Thoughts with each week we will read three chapters from the classic novel and then post our thoughts on, you guessed it –Wednesday! Volume 2 Chapters 9-13 Synopsis: Edgar’s cold has not improved and he is starting to face reality […]
Wuthering Heights Wednesday is all about the Wuthering Heights Read-along hosted by Jill at Fizzy Thoughts with each week we will read three chapters from the classic novel and then post our thoughts on, you guessed it –Wednesday! Volume 2 Chapters 8-10 Synopsis: Edgar falls ill soon followed by Nelly. While Cathrine is very sad […]
The results are in and Allie at A Literary Odyssey is hosting a read-along(s) one being Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift and Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell I am participating in Cranford. A short description of the book via Goodreads: “A gently comic picture of life in an English country town in the mid-nineteenth century, Cranford […]
Wuthering Heights Wednesday is all about the Wuthering Heights Read-along hosted by Jill at Fizzy Thoughts with each week we will read three chapters from the classic novel and then post our thoughts on, you guessed it –Wednesday! Volume 2 Chapters 5-7 Synopsis: Edgar brings Linton back to live a Thrushcross Grange to a thrilled […]
Wuthering Heights Wednesday is all about the Wuthering Heights Read-along hosted by Jill at Fizzy Thoughts with each week we will read three chapters from the classic novel and then post our thoughts on, you guessed it –Wednesday! Volume 2 Chapters 2-4 Synopsis: Ding dong the witch is dead… Sorry, that was uncalled for, but […]