My first Challenge Update this year was my late halfway-into-2016 update on the Goodreads reading challenge. You can read more about that here! One of my aims this year has been to read as many books written by women as possible. When I saw the Women’s Classic Literature Event hosted …
The Classics Club is a challenge to read at least 50 classics within a maximum of 5 years. I joined this challenge on August 1st, 2012, meaning my deadline would be July 31, 2017. Well, without realising, I already passed my challenge, with over a year left! It took me …
So recently I read these two Japanese classics one after another, which frankly was a great decision! Both Fumiko Enchi (1905-1986) and Kanoko Okamoto (1889-1939) – the former more famous than the latter – were feminists and modern women in their time. Reading these two authors back to back was …
I picked up this book nearly a year ago for the first time, but never read beyond the first few chapters (although I liked it back then). I picked it up again because it’s a perfect read for both the LGBTQIA 2016 Reading Challenge and the Women’s Classic Literature Event.
I skipped the previous Classics Club Spin (I just completely missed it), but decided to participate again this time. I also decided to give this spin’s list a twist. I realised my previous CC Spin list consisted of just 6 women versus 14 men, and my full Classics Club list …
