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Continue reading “What Makes a Book Great – A Reflection on Classic Literature”
I went to see Captain Marvel last night, and of course absolutely loved it (I’m a huge Marvel film fan). However, the part that really got to me was the plot twist about the Kree-Skrull war (obviously, spoilers from here on in).
From the beginning of the film, we are taught, just like Carol Danvers/Vers, that the Kree are the good guys and the Skrulls are the bad guys. The Kree have been attempting for years to win in their fight against the Skrulls. The Skrulls are made out to be terrorists who kill not only Kree, but innocent bystanders as well.
Classics Club Challenge: 3/100
PopSugar Challenge: a book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover (since mine has Lolita’s dangling feet in socks and shoes)
Time period: 20th century
Rating: 4 stars
Warning flag: 2 flags for very sensitive and gross subject material
Time to get caught up with the books I’ve been reading recently!
Classics Club Challenge: 2/100 books
PopSugar challenge: a book about a hobby, a book about someone with a superpower
Time period: 19th century
Rating: 4 stars
Hey all! I wanted to start getting on top of the Classics Club posts, so I’ll be posting reviews for the latest two books I read pretty quickly. Here is the first of the two.
Did you know that Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker were friends and actually influenced each other’s work? I didn’t know until this book!
Yes, you may be thinking – Anna, how many challenges are you taking on this year? However, since they mostly all have to do with reading classics, I think they fit.
Basically, this is the challenge. You need to read one book from each category.
Here are my ideas of what I think I shall read for this challenge.
Continue reading “Yet Another Reading Challenge: Back to the Classics”
I just heard about the Classics Club, so I am hopping onto another reading challenge. Basically, you are supposed to read 50+ classics over a 5-year period. I am going to aim for 100 books and see what happens since I know life is going to get very busy once I get my own classroom. But we will see. 🙂
I’m not going to list all the books I plan to read because I am very much a mood reader, but I thought I would give a starting list of the ones I know I have on my shelf right now (will add more to this list as I go along). Some of these may change and obviously, some will be added, but this is a pretty good starting point.
There actually weren’t many albums that I liked this year so here are my top four-ish. (So very different from last year.)
1. M A N I A by Fall Out Boy
I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker colour.
I discovered so many amazing books this past year, including a new favourite novelist (Edward St. Aubyn) and playwright (Nelson Rodrigues). I’m not going to go much further into depth since I talked about almost all of these books in my seasonal check-in posts – look to my blog for those. In sum, I am looking forward to all the books I’m going to read next year!
P.S. Alice in Wonderland is the only book on this list I had already read – an old favourite.
I forgot to mention on my update-on-reading challenge that I had challenged myself to improve my photo taking and make my instagram a bookstagram. While my phone photo taking is still not great, I have been attempting to keep a bookstagram, so I thought I’d share a couple pictures I took that aren’t too shabby.
