I didn’t love this book by Louisa May Alcott, but I’m still glad I read it when I did.
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Category: Classics
Rebecca
I was really looking forward to reading this classic by Daphne du Maurier, but I was so disappointed.
Wives and Daughters
Romance, science, patriarchy, sisterhood, female friendships, money, hierarchy, aristocracy, the status quo. It’s all in Gaskell’s last novel.
The Song of Achilles
This book hit home in a way I hadn’t been expecting, but it was oddly comforting and I don’t regret having read it when I did.
Mrs. Bridge
I wasn’t sure about this book at first, but I ended up enjoying it more than some members of my book club.
The Shuttle
I hadn’t even realized this wonderful book existed until a podcast I listen to brought it to my attention and I’m so glad they did!
A Wizard of Earthsea
I appreciated the enthusiasm of this audiobook’s narrator, but after a while I thought it was a bit much.
Jubilee
This is a page-turning story that’s beautifully written. I cannot recommend it highly enough
Villette
I didn’t have high hopes for this book because the only this I had heard about it were not great, but I ended up really enjoying it.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I’ve been listening to a podcast called Bonnets at Dawn, which has me rereading all of Jane Austen’s works, while introducing me to Brontë works with which I was previously unfamiliar. I was just getting ready to read Villette by Charlotte Brontë for a few episodes thy had comparing the book to Persuasion, but before …