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2012
This was my first full year writing here, so I get to do a proper wrap-up this time around! The Blog I honestly thought I’d get sick of this by now, but here we are a year and a half in. I’ve read more since starting, and it’s forced me to sit and think about what I’ve read before moving on. I’ve also found myself reading books I otherwise might not have picked up, and my attitude towards the classics have shifted from feeling like I need to read them to genuinely wanting to read them, so it’s actually become a rewarding hobby. As far as new things to come,…
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Back To The Classics Challenge – Complete!
I finished! Here’s what I ended up reading: Any 19th Century Classic – The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Any 20th Century Classic – Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Reread a classic of your choice – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A Classic Play – The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Classic Mystery/Horror/Crime Fiction – The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Classic Romance – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Read a Classic that has been translated from its original language to your language – Solaris by Stanisław Lem (translated from Polish). Classic Award Winner – As I Lay Dying…