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Reading Thirkell’s Barsetshire Series in Order: #28 Love at All Ages + #27 Close Quarters Wrap-Up

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Thanks so much to the people who are plodding along with me to the finish. I have to admit that the last couple of books were not as sparkling as the rest of the series, but now we are almost at the end. So, thanks for your comments about Close Quarters.

I notice that Goodreads describes the next book, Love at All Ages, as the last one! However, all of the sources I looked at before beginning this project also listed one more. So, I’ll be posting my review of Love at All Ages on Friday, September 29, with one more to go after that.

Reading Thirkell’s Barsetshire Series in Order: #27 Close Quarters + #26 A Double Affair Wrap-Up

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We’re counting down to the end here with only three books to go. My thanks to the loyal followers who have continued to comment even if they haven’t been able to read the books.

  • Liz Dexter
  • Penelope Gough
  • Renee

In A Double Affair, I believe I caught Thirkell in a continuity error for the first time. We’ll see how she finishes off the series.

The next book is Close Quarters, and I’ll be posting my review on Thursday, August 31.

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Reading Thirkell’s Barsetshire Series in Order: #26 A Double Affair + #25 Never Too Late Wrap-Up

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We’re nearing the end of the series, here. There are only four more books to go. I enjoyed the surprise at the end of Never Too Late, even though it was understated. Thanks for anyone who joined me by commenting, and I appreciate the efforts of people to find the books.

Our next book is A Double Affair, and I’ll be posting my review on Friday, July 28. I hope someone can read along with me.

And here’s our badge.

Another Classics Club Spin!

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Classics Club has just announced another spin. How does the spin work? Club members select 20 books from their Classics Club list and post them in a numbered list by this coming Sunday, June 18. The club then picks a number and that determines which book you read next, attempting to post a review by Sunday, August 6. So, with no further adieu, here is my list for the spin:

  1. Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston
  2. The Deepening Stream by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  3. The Princess of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette
  4. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
  5. A Double Life by Karolina Pavlova
  6. Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth
  7. The Methods of Lady Walderhurst by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  8. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
  9. Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford
  10. The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini
  11. The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair
  12. The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz
  13. Miss Mole by E. H. Young
  14. Merkland: A Story of Scottish Life by Margaret Oliphant
  15. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
  16. Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress by Frances Burney
  17. Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare
  18. The Book of Dede Korkut by Anonymous
  19. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
  20. The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos

Are you participating in the spin? Which book would from your list do you hope is picked?

Reading Thirkell’s Barsetshire Series in Order: #25 Never Too Late + #24 Enter Sir Robert Wrap-Up

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I only had one person with me for the last book, so I was hoping we had more participation for Enter Sir Robert, which Thirkell ended with a little inside joke, so I steamed on ahead and hoped that somebody would join me and two of my stalwarts did. For the last five books, I’m in uncharted territory, for I haven’t read any of them. In any case, my thanks to any who are still keeping up or making comments. They are

The next book is Never Too Late, and I’ll be posting my review on Friday, June 30. I hope someone will join me in finding out who is not too late and for what.

And here’s our emblem.