pickIn honor of both the Jolabokaflod and the tradition of reading cozy mysteries over Christmas, I read this short published in 1872 after reading an article on famous author‘s favorite Christmas mysteries. It was surprisingly good!
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pickIn honor of both the Jolabokaflod and the tradition of reading cozy mysteries over Christmas, I read this short published in 1872 after reading an article on famous author‘s favorite Christmas mysteries. It was surprisingly good!
repost for @BarkingMadRead
Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s about that time again! Our first book of 2026 is Shirley! Drop a comment below if you‘d like to join in! Anyone can join, but please know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so you should read the chapter before you read my post!
#BuddyRead
#HashtagBrigade
Am I probably actually going to read a free copy from Project Gutenberg downloaded to my ereader? YES
Did I nonetheless splurge on this beautiful hardcover? YES
Does it match my other Anne and Charlotte Brontë Everyman‘s Library editions? YES
Am I probably going to buy Wuthering Heights in the same edition, even though I own it in a Penguin black spine paperback and will likely never reread having already read it twice? YES
Ok #hashtagbrigade it‘s about that time again! Our first book of 2026 is Shirley! Drop a comment below if you‘d like to join in! Anyone can join, but please know that my hashtags are often ridiculous and always chapter spoilers, so you should read the chapter before you read my post!
I‘d never thought about Charles Dickens‘ wife, but a post on Instagram had me searching more about Catherine Dickens. Had to find more sources to verify because just couldn‘t wrap my head around it. What a sad story!
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160519-the-forgotten-wife-of-charles-dicke...
Finally posting my November stats
Eight books read last month, four were chunksters: two with 500+ pages and two with 400+ pages! Litsy challenges:
Curiosity Shop for #whattheDickens
Democracy for #authoramonth
Happy Isles for #Samoa and the remaining 5 for #Algeria for #foodandlit
“The pony made a moment's pause; but as if it occurred to him that to stop when he was required might be to establish an inconvenient and dangerous precedent, he immediately started off again, rattled at a fast trot to the street-corner, wheeled round, came back, and then stopped of his own accord.”
😂😂 Over the course of this book, Whisker the pony has become one of my favorite characters. #WhattheDickens
pickThis one falls somewhere in the middle of the Dickens books I‘ve read. I didn‘t love it, but I found plenty to enjoy as I listened. Most of the main characters are very much good or evil, but throughout the book there are many interesting characters.
#WhatTheDickens #audiobook
