‘¦ it’s NUMBER 5
which on my list is The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.
I have until October 23, 2015 to read it – but it could easily take me much longer than that as in the mean time I have George Eliot’s Adam Bede to read for my local book group for our next meeting at the end of September. I can see that my reading is going to be a lot slower than normal.
I have started reading Adam Bede, but each time I’ve picked it up I’ve nodded off to sleep (and it wasn’t even bedtime!) I just hope The Old Curiosity Shop won’t have the same effect on me. I have a feeling that I might find it a bit too sentimental for my liking – this is the book in which Little Nell suffers a melodramatic death. And that’s as much as I know about it.
If you’re in the Spin too which book did you get?
BooksPlease 
Not my favourite Dickens I have to say, but then even one’s least favourite Dickens is better than many a writer’s best work.
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Oh dear – and it’s a long book!
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Hmm… not my top Dickens choice either, but still vastly preferable to George Eliot!! ;)
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I take it that you don’t like George Eliot – or this book?
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Not my favorite Dickens either–in fact, reading this put me off Dickens for roughly ten years. But, I’m a fan again, though I don’t see my rereading this one any time soon! That said, enjoy! :)
I do like Adam Bede, and have willingly read it twice. I like most of George Eliot’s novels, and love Middlemarch. Hope you can finally get into it without nodding off.
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Oh dear, oh dear – that’s not encouraging about The Old Curiosity Shop. On the plus side you have encouraged me to get on with Adam Bede!
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I started to read this book years ago but didn’t get very far with it. I would like to try it again now that I’ve read a lot more of Dickens. I hope Adam Bede improves for you soon – I haven’t read that one but I did enjoy Middlemarch and Romola.
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Oh dear! It certainly looks as though The Old Curiosity Shop could be difficult!
Once I got into Middlemarch I loved it too, so maybe Adam Bede will grow on me if I read on. :)
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Oh, that’s a great spin, Margaret. It is quite sentimental, but it’s also Dickens :-) – I hope you’ll enjoy it.
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Thank you Margot – I hope I’ll enjoy it.
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and a tear-jerker it is.
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I don’t have this one on my Classics Club list. I do love Charles Dickens though so will be interested to see what you think of it.
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I hope you enjoy it more than other people seem to have. I prefer George Eliot to Dickens any day!
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