#classicread

[annasbookofbooks]

[missfliss88]

Reading:

A new year and a new reading challenge. The Authorbetical Challenge for 2017

I thought I’d read my first Jane Austen! I love watching movie adaptations of her books but in all my years I’ve never actually read one, so the time has come and Persuasion it is.

 I’ve even found a bookmark to match.

Well, it nearly matches.

[annasbookofbooks]

This Pulitzer Prize winning novel dives deep into the exploration of different kinds of relationships and love: love between siblings, love between a man and woman, love between two people, love between parental figures and children, love between a husband and a mistress.  Love is love is love is love. How do you express love? How do you receive love? How do you perceive love? Told through letters written to God and written to (and from) her sister, the main character narrates using African American Vernacular English (AAVE).  From a linguistics and cultural standpoint, I am so fascinated by AAVE; it’s use, it’s rules, it’s meanings. AAVE is a celebration of black culture in America and is a means of passing on history, but is often misunderstood as “broken” or “illiterate” English. Contrary to popular belief, AAVE is a dialect of English that has it’s own grammar rules and patterns. It is a topic that I LOVE learning about. This book is rich in culture, dialect, and diverse family dynamics, with strong female characters at the helm. 

Similar to: The Bluest Eye. [request: please PLEASE recommend other books you feel are similar to these 2 two, or written in AAVE, as I am searching myself!]

[5/40 books read in 2018]

[victoriagleasuredesigns]

It is time for some classic winter reads, and a cozy quilt! ❄️🛷The Call of the Wild is a daring adventure in the Alaska wilderness, and the enduring strength of dogs. A great pare for the Alaska Huskies Dog Sled twin size quilt. Made from batik husky design fabric from the awesome @rtquiltalaska! #classicread #callofthewild #alaska #quiltalaska #winterreads #husky #huskies #dogsleading #jacklondon #coldoutside #cozyreading #quiltsofinstagram #bookstagram #fabriclove #booksandquilts #booksandquiltsmakemehappy #bookish #dogsareawesome #classicbooks #classicbookstagram #quilting https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4p95HrcyO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gnomeonpig]

Only a couple days away from the official release! #officialrelease #Christmas2018 #classicread #books #Christmas https://www.instagram.com/p/BphFq_nFYk6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vz2zbmjo2v6g

[pulp-life]

To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee 1982 #paperback #classicread #ebayseller #igsale Just added to my eBay store make me an offer (at Perry Heights, Ohio)

[cedarlili]

My day is proceeding according to plan #lazysunday #reading #amreading #mysterynovel #classicread #doingnothing

[jeffreywooten]

this week's #ClassicRead is #Shane - the Western Genre is built around the concept of the protagonist either being driven by or coming to terms with their own metaphorical (and eventual) death. #DeadAlready