Please link your reviews for your Classic By an Author That's New To You here. This is only for the Classic By an Author That's New To You.
If you do not have a blog, or somewhere public on the internet where you post book reviews, please write your mini-review/thoughts in the comments section. If you like, you can include the name of your blog and/or the title of the book in your link, like this: "Karen K. @ Books and Chocolate (Crime and Punishment)."
Hi Karen, added a link to 'The Rosemary Tree' by Elizabeth Goudge.
ReplyDeleteI read Evelina by Fanny Burney. https://pillowfort.blog/2018/02/11/evelina-by-fanny-burney/
ReplyDeleteI read Pamela by Samuel Richardson. It is genuinely the worst book I've ever read.
ReplyDeleteMy first John Steinbeck novel. It was quite poignant and sad, although others call it hopeful. Still, I liked it a lot. I may need to re-read it and ponder it more.
ReplyDeleteThe Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa. Since he only wrote one novel and I hadn't read it, he was going to be new, I guess! I thought it was really good, so thanks for the prod to read it!
ReplyDeleteI read A Bell for Adano by John Hersey. This book won the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Novel. It was a light-hearted read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI read The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie. It was so good and I've now gone on to read a couple more books by Christie. I don't know why I waited so long to read her...
ReplyDeleteI read "Right Ho, Jeeves." I've never read Wodehouse before and heard he was hilarious so I thought I'd give Jeeves a shot.
ReplyDeleteAs I do, I bought this book because it was published by Virago. I had never heard of the author which is not surprising because this is the only novel she wrote. It's wonderful. I feel blessed by the category "By an Author New to You." It could so easily have been left on my TBR shelf. I think it is the best book I have read this year.
ReplyDeleteJust finished Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Amazing book!
ReplyDeleteI read The Prince, by Machiavelli. Certainly an illuminating read!
ReplyDeleteOops! I forgot to add the title of the book in my link (it should be The House of the Wolfings.)
ReplyDeleteI as surprised by the dispassionate tone of Twelve Years a Slave - but found the horrors of slavery spoke for themselves.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed The Quiet American by Graham Greene. Surprised I had never read his books before, this one was great.
ReplyDeleteI read Sultana's Dream and Selections from The Secluded Ones by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. It was very insightful about purdah and what it was like living as a Muslim woman in India in the early 1900s.
ReplyDeleteWar in Heaven is a unique Grail quest. The book wasn't quite my style, but I don't think I'd mind reading another of Charles Williams' works.
ReplyDeleteMy first classic of the year, and the only one I ended up loving! I doubt I'll manage to read more books for the remaining prompts this year, but with checking my read list I still managed 6 books! Very proud of myself, and am excited for next year!
ReplyDeleteREAD Parnassus on Wheels!!!! Christopher Morley understands a true book lover's soul!!!!
ReplyDeleteI entered 2 books here. One will end up somewhere else in the final wrap up. Robert Louis Stevenson was a new author as was Edward P. Roe.
ReplyDeleteI read Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.
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