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Classic Circuit: Dorothy L. Sayers

I’m happy to be participating in Classic Circuit’s The Golden Age of Detective Fiction. I’m sure you already know of my devotion to this age via my obsession with reading all the Agatha Christie novels.  But for the Classic Circuit I chose to read a Dorothy L. Sayer’s novel. I read somewhere that if you [...]

Harlem Renaissance: Ethel Waters

Welcome to today’s stop on the Classics Circuit. During the month of February, the Circuit is celebrating the Harlem Renaissance. We are featuring books, authors and others associated with this time period – roughly around the 1920′s and 1930′s. The person I want to tell you about is Ethel Waters. I chose to feature Ethel [...]

Book Review: Harlem Stomp

I signed up for the February Classics Circuit featuring the Harlem Renaissance. I realized I didn’t know a lot about the subject, but figured this was a good reason to educate myself. One of the books recommended was this book. Harlem Stomp: A Cultural History Of The Harlem Renaissance by Laban Carrickn Hill Little, Brown [...]

Classics Circuit: Edith Wharton

It is my pleasure to welcom Edith Wharton to my blog by way of the Classics Circuit. January has been designated as the month to read Ms.Wharton’s works and tell others about them. I chose to read one of her non-fiction pieces, The Writing of Fiction. As a reader, I’m interested in knowing how various writers [...]

Classics Circuit: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

Throughout my life, when I’ve had an option, I’ve read primarily contemporary novels. Of course, now that I’ve lived so long, some of those novels are now considered classics. But I have a desire to go back and read some of the “real classics” that I missed out on. When The Classics Circuit was formed [...]