Tag Archives: reading challenge

VDSC Completed

Posted on October 27, 2014 by writereads

Well, I’m nearly two months past my deadline, but I finally finished the dickens out of this Dickens. What a monster of a book! 996 pages! It really felt like it too. With Middlemarch (an equally large tome) I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Kirt, Opinions, Uncategorized | Tagged Charles Dickens, Dombey and son, George Eliot, Middlemarch, reading challenge | 4 Comments

VDSC Update the Second

Posted on August 7, 2014 by writereads

Middlemarch: Done! Something that I thought was going to be a drudgery turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience. I was sad when it ended. That’s saying something when you’re talking about an eight hundred and thirty eight page … Continue reading →

Posted in Kirt, Opinions, Uncategorized | Tagged Charles Dickens, childess uncle, childless aunt, Dombey and son, Downton Abbey, George Eliot, humour, Middlemarch, reading challenge, Victorian literature | 6 Comments

Victoria Day Self-Challenge

Posted on May 19, 2014 by writereads

Canadians are currently enjoying the Victoria Day long weekend. Most Canadians, that is. I have to work today. The wheels of late capitalism stop for nothing, especially not deceased British monarchs. So, pressed for time, I managed to come up … Continue reading →