Books and Chocolate

Finally!  I've had this book out from the library for weeks , probably since I finished Dr. Thorne in January.  Seriously.  I star...

I saw on Goodreads that there's a new Classics Club , run by Jillian of A Room of One's Own.  I adore making lists and I have a t...

Well, last Thursday was the third meeting of my library book group, and to be honest, I was pretty much ready to give up.  Plus, I wasn...

This weekend, while on a flight to our nation's capital, I finally finished my seventh book by Zola: The Kill , the second of his Rou...

In my last posting about Dickens miscellany, Anbolyn mentioned in the comments that I should read Our Mutual Friend next because the bri...

After finishing Martin Chuzzlewit in a burst of reading energy last week, I'm worn out.  I need to start working on Zola for an online ...

Well, I have finally finished this nearly 800-page doorstopper, and I have to say I am darn proud of myself -- especially since I finishe...

What if you had a book group and nobody came?  How depressing would that be? Well, I can tell you from first-hand experience, because th...

Mr. Pecksniff and Old Martin Chuzzlewit This month's Classics Challenge Prompt is to write about characters.  I'm currently a...

I'm very pleased to have finally finished  Mrs. Craddock .  I'm a big fan of W. Somerset Maugham, and a couple of years ago I boug...