#amreadingclassics

So blown away by this book I’m jumping right back in and reading again. Anyone else a #hauntingofhillhouse fan? Should I watch the @netflix shows too? 🍂 #amreading #bookstagram #amreadingclassics #penguinclassics #bookstagram #bookish #bookworm #horrorbooks #spookyseason #autumn #cozyautumn #bookstagrammer #bookblog #bookblogger #bookblr #readingtime📖 https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiF6ZqnYsW/?igshid=pviwghcovhmu

Q: What's a book that you thought you'd hate, but ended up winning you over? . Greatctations is a book I have a rather checkered history with. You see, I went into it already knowing quite a bit about the story. As a kid, I'd picked up a whole bunch of classics abridge for children and this was one of them. I never got around to actually reading the whole thing, but I loved looking at the pictures and there was something so dark and tragic about Ms. Havisham that kept bringing me back. Eventually, I decided I needed to read the original, even though I was certain I wouldn't like it. I was convinced that I wouldn't be a good writer unless I read as many classics as I could (I eventually disabused myself of that idea). To my surprise, I ended up enjoying it. Don't get me wrong, it is a dark, sometimes hopeless story, but Dickens is such a master that he takes one sentence at the end and makes the whole thing worth it (at least for hopeless romantics like me). Despite my certainty that this would be one of my least favorite Dickens novels, it ended up the opposite...all thanks to one clever turn of phrase. . 🌼 Bookmark by the lovely @irisellium. . . . #amreading #amreadingclassics #bookstagram #classicliterature #classicbooks #bookishlife #bookishgirl #bookishgirls #bookphotoaday #bookphotoshoot #bibliophile #booksworthreading #booksoninstagram #idratherbereading #bookchallenge2018 #readerlifestyle #bookishlifestyleblog #bookmarks #bookishfeature #bookishfeatures #bookishmerch #irisellium #charlesdickens #dickens #greatexpectations #tbt #tbtread

🍸Happy Saturday 📖 This is me... struggling through my bookclub's read so I had to take the book's advisement and have myself a g+t. And then I had to insta first 🤣 . Have you read The Great Gatsby? I remember vaguely of having read it in yr 10 though I don't remember anything else about it... I'm about midway and am not keen on the story but there were some amusing turns of phrases [see: sticky notes]. . Is this one of those 'said-I've-read-it- but-I-haven't' books? Now, 'fess up, old sport, just between us pals 😜 . #TheGreatGatsby #FScottFitzgerald #classics #amreadingclassics #currentlyreading #gin #archierose #drygin #ginandtonic #bookanddrink #bookanddrinkpairing #ausbookishfeautures #ausbookstagramer https://www.instagram.com/p/CZlWGehrbpV/?utm_medium=tumblr

“There’s something special about the onset of winter: the way the world seems to slow down, as if it, too, needs time to pause and reflect, creating a stillness that draws forth a desire in both man and beast to fuse this stillness within their hearts.” I was tagged ages ago by two of the most wonderful authors, @anna.b.madrise_author and @authordianatyler for #firstline The above is from the project I worked on for #nanowrimo2017 which is currently titled An Element of Magic. I’d love to read the first line of your current WIP too! Tagging a few, but feel free to play even if not tagged. . . . #writerslife #wip #wipquote #winter #lovewinter #nutcracker #readingbythefire #amreading #amreadingclassics #anotherlazyday #redbooks #dropcapclassics #readersofig #readers #readersofinstagram