There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
Signing up for the Back to the Classics Challenge 2020 hosted by Karen K @ Books and Chocolate. If you are interested in classics or want to challenge yourself, sign up before the 31st of March. Details here.
This year, I am again signing up for the Back to the Classics Challenge @ Books and Chocolate. And will link-up the books read in this post itself.Well, the 31st of December has dawned, and I have been able to complete only six of the 12 categories. Here are the books read:1. A 20th century classic … Continue reading Back to the Classics Challenge 2018
I have completed the minimum requirement of six categories in the BACK TO THE CLASSICS challenge hosted @ Books and Chocolate. I hope to do better in the next year.1. A 19th century classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.2. A 20th century classic - any book published between 1900 and 1967. Close Quarters by Michael Gilbert (1947)3. A classic … Continue reading Wrap-Up: Back to the Classics 2017
Signing-Up for the 2017 edition of the Back to the Classics challenge, hosted @ Books and Chocolate.I'll try to read books in as many categories as possible:1. A 19th century classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.2. A 20th century classic - any book published between 1900 and 1967. Just like last year, all … Continue reading Reading Challenge: Back to the Classics
I have completed 10 categories out of a total of 12 (which means I get two entries), in the Back to Classics 2016 challenge hosted by Karen K @ Books and Chocolate.Here are the classics read:1. A 19th Century Classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.THE GREAT TONTINE by HAWLEY SMART (1881)2. A … Continue reading Challenge Wrap-Up: Back to Classics 2016
Last year, I had challenged myself to read 2 books by Victor Hugo: Les Miserables andNinety Three. While I was able to read the first one, I couldn't quite manage the second one. This year, I was determined that it be the first read of the year for me and I am glad that it … Continue reading First Read: Ninety Three by Victor Hugo
I am signing up for the Back to the Classics Challenge 2016 hosted @ Books and Chocolate. If you like classics too, you could sign-up over here.
Signing up for the 2016 Classics Challenge hosted @ Pretty Books. This challenge requires one to read a classic [both older (pre 1945) and modern (post 1945)] per month of the year. So a total of 12 classics in all. There are also certain interesting questions that one could include in the review post:WHEN I … Continue reading 2016 Classics Challenge
Out of the 12 Categories mentioned in the Back to the Classics Challenge hosted @ Books and Chocolate, I have been able to complete 10. Here are the books read:1. A 19th Century Classic -- any book published between 1800 and 1899.2. A 20th Century Classic -- The Old Dark House by J.B. Priestley3. A Classic by a … Continue reading Wrap-Up: Back to the Classics 2015
On 15th September, I challenged myself to read three books that had long been on my wishlist: Victor Hugo's Les Miserable, and Ninety Three, and Upton Sinclair's The Cry for Justice. Now while I have finished the first one (review coming soon) and am reading the third one, I find myself at a loss regarding … Continue reading Challenging Myself: An Update and a Change
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