I found this on one of the blogs I follow, Books are the New Black who found it at One Book More. It was originally created by Reviews from the Stacks, and the idea is to spell the month using the first letter of book titles.
November: Giftable - Books you would give or would like to receive as a gift
Good idea for December. And since Classics are an all-time favourite for me and my family, I have decided to go with some big classics. They have been read for decades if not centuries and there is a reason for that.
December
D
Dickens, Charles "David Copperfield" - 1850
This is my favourite book by this great author. It mirrors Charles Dickens' life the most of all his books.
E
Jane Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like." However, there is something likeable in Emma, after all.
C
White, E.B. "Charlotte's Web" - 1952
A lovely memory of the times I used to read books with my children. A great story about friendship and how someone is willing to do something for the good of the other even though they won’t get anything back in return.
A lovely memory of the times I used to read books with my children. A great story about friendship and how someone is willing to do something for the good of the other even though they won’t get anything back in return.
E
Buck, Pearl S. "East Wind: West Wind" - 1930I love the way Pearl S. Buck can explain the life in China. She has a wonderful way of explaining the Chinese way, almost in parables.
M
Eliot, George "Middlemarch" - 1871-72
Eliot, George "Middlemarch" - 1871-72
Dorothea Brooke, the main character, has been wonderfully described. There is so much she has to deal with. She could have been a great woman in our time (as well the author).
B
Mann, Thomas "Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family" (GE: Buddenbrooks) - 1901
One of my most favourite The author is definitely one of Germany’s most famous and best writers. The novel, an epic story, dates from 1901 and describes the life in a wealthy merchant family over several decades from the 1800s until the beginning of the twentieth century.
One of my most favourite The author is definitely one of Germany’s most famous and best writers. The novel, an epic story, dates from 1901 and describes the life in a wealthy merchant family over several decades from the 1800s until the beginning of the twentieth century.
E
Steinbeck talks about problems as old as mankind, he retells the story of Cain and Abel.
R
Shakespeare's writing makes it worth reading his plays, even if - like me - you don't like reading plays.
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Happy Reading!
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I always have a hard time with B and V! Reading Charlotte's Web as an adult is very different from reading it as a child, but just as satisfying!
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