Books and Chocolate

Another beautiful Virago cover. I thought it was Seurat but it's actually "La Couseuse" by Theo van Rysselberghe. The oth...

The cover art of this edition is just beautiful -- anyone know the name of the painting? In the past couple of years, I've been quit...

After my previous read for the Back to the Classics Challenge (a nonfiction memoir about life in a Russian gulag), I was in dire need...

I cannot believe that  The Claverings is the 25TH BOOK I've read by Anthony Trollope! (24 novels so far, plus his Autobiography. ...

Our library has a cart in the vestibule where people can leave books and take books whenever they want, and I've found some real tr...

I'd always wanted to read something by Dorothy L. Sayers -- I've read nearly all of Agatha Christie, and I do love the classic my...

Last summer I was lucky enough to visit Paris, which is only a three-hour train ride from our new home in southwest Germany. Of course ...

Please link your reviews for your Russian Classic  here.  This is only for the  Russian Classic category.    If you do not have a blog, o...

Please link your reviews for your Award-Winning Classic  here.  This is only for the  Award- Winning Classic category.  It could be the N...

Please link your reviews for your  Romance Classic  here.  This is only for the Romance C lassic  category.  It can have a happy or sad e...