The Alexandria Quartet - "Justine" My plan this year is to read this famous quartet by Lawrence Durrell with online reading friends. I have just started "Justine". The language is beautifully poetic and lyrical thus far. Looking forward to more!
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Books and Chocolates challenge for 2019
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These are my twelve books for the Books and Chocolates 2019 challenge: 19th century classic - “Fathers and Sons” by Turgenev; 20th century classic - “The Waves” by Virginia Woolf; Classic by a woman author - “Agnes Grey” by Anne Bronte; Classic in translation - “Midaq Alley” by Naguib Mahfouz; Classic comic novel - “Three Men in a Boat” by Jerome K Jerome; Classic tragic novel - “The House of Mirth” OR “Ethan Frome” by Edith Wharton; Very long classic - “The Eustace Diamonds” OR “The Prime Minister” by Anthony Trollope; Classic Novella - “Diary of a Nobody” by George Grossmith; Classic from the Americas (includes the Caribbean) - “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Classic from Africa, Asia or Oceania (includes Australia) - “The Makioka Sisters” by Junichiro Tanizaki; Classic from a place you have lived - “My Brilliant Career” by Miles Franklin; and Classic Play - “The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov.