#classics

Confessions of a “Pretend I’ve Read It”-aholic

To quote Guitar, “Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” I am about to ...

Sites We Like: LibriVox

We love LibriVox, a site where you can discover and download free classic audiobooks.

Reading Challenges for 2014

Want to make a dent in your TBR pile in 2014? Try joining a reading challenge or two! (But definitely not five, that's too much.)

Classics That Prove Your Grandma Could Kick Bella Swan’s Ass

These classic novels show that women of the past were just as independent as contemporary women, maybe even more so.

Read This, Then That: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY and THE SHEIK

Fifty Shades of Grey and The Sheik: two "romance" novels published nearly 100 years apart that reinforce gender roles and cultural norms in similar ways.

Novels for the News—What to Read When Headlines are Ripped from Fiction

Pairing up potential news stories with classic novels.

Kids Read the Wrongest Things

I wonder what would happen if, for just one moment, everybody stopped worrying about the books that kids are or ...

Counting on the Classics

This weekend, our dear friends gave our 14-month-old daughter her first volume of classic literature, Pride and Prejudice. Well, it’s ...

How to Read a Classic

First of all, let’s not get into semantics about what makes a classic… the type I’m talking about here is ...