We love hearing from you each week in our Tuesday community events, and one of the requests you made was to know the schedules further in advance. Tomorrow we’re hosting Children’s Classics, and there’s no theme, but here’s a sneak peek at the schedule. You’ll have a chance to weigh in with your suggestions tomorrow…
Category Archives: Classics Bookclub
Books on Screen: Hamlet
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet adapted and directed by Kenneth Branagh is a beautiful movie. The DVD quality was great, and the scenery and costumes — it’s just visually stunning (even if the dialogue went over my head as I sat and multitasked). Also, Kenneth Branagh is so compelling as Hamlet. When he spoke, or even when…
Classics Bookclub: Hamlet
Should I admit that all didn’t go as planned, or try to bluff? I’m not really a bluffer, so I’ll first say straight off that I did not read the entire play of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. But do I consider the whole effort a failure? No, and here’s why: The plays of Shakespeare are still…
Classics Bookclub: Hamlet Preview
So this month we are tackling Shakespeare. On January 6, we’ll each have the opportunity to link up and share our thoughts and opinions about Hamlet. Have you started? I have — just barely, but I think that I may resort to checking out a movie before I read it to help me with the…
Classics Bookclub: A Christmas Carol
“There is no doubt that Marley was dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.” This line comes from the very beginning of the story. What a way to begin — it says so much of an indescribable, wonderful story with a real moral…
Classics Bookclub Preview: A Christmas Carol
Have you started reading our December selection, A Christmas Carol, yet? Me, either — and we are set to share this Tuesday, December 2. I know! But with getting ready for Thanksgiving, having guests the week before Thanksgiving, cooking and eating the bird, etc. I haven’t had time (and the truth is, I didn’t even…
Classics Bookclub–A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
As part of our Classics Bookclub here at 5 Minutes for Books, I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for the first time and I’m so glad I did! I read somewhere that it’s a story where nothing happens but everything happens—an observation I found to be true, though it turned out to be far…
Classics Bookclub:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn preview
In case you haven’t made plans to join us yet for our third Classics Bookclub, we are currently reading Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, published in 1943. Don’t worry, there is still plenty of time to join us! We will be posting our thoughts on the novel via Mr. Linky on November 4….
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