Spin List! #40 — Updated

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Alas, the Count remains alone: this was not the time for him, what with moving back to Arkansas and everything, so I made only small (though very much enjoyed!) progress. For now, I have decided to take a leaf out of Monsieur de Villefort's fireplace and abandoned Dantes 'til it suits my better pleasure.


Alone, in a darkened room, -



The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas



#4 for #40! 4 times 10 is 40, and 10 times 2 is 20, which is how many books are on a Spin List - that all seems quite fair!

Huzzah for Dumas!


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The first spin of 2025! First things first: I finished the book for the previous spin on time, but I have procrastinated most impressively on writing my review. The little bit of progress I have made still languishes with many other such measly efforts in the sordid chamber of Drafts. Poor fellows! They are sorely ill-used! – a state which I hope to remedy as soon as such action may be considered reasonably effectible!

I made my list a month or so ago, to have on hand, but I've just packed up a great quantity of my books, preceding a move back to my native Arkansas (so exciting!). I saved several books intended for spinning to be packed in my last box, just in case there was a spin, but some are in unknown positions within barracks of cardboard. It shall be seen how we go!


Happy 40th Spin!


1. The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope
2. Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
4. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
5. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
6. The Worm Ouroboros, E. R. Edison
7. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
8. Melmoth the Wanderer, Charles Maturin
9. The Warden, Anthony Trollope
10. Greyfriars Bobby, Eleanor Atkinson
11. The Lost Princess; or, The Wise Woman, George MacDonald
12. Le Morte d'Arthur, Thomas Mallory
13. Howards End, E. M. Forster
14. He Knew He Was Right, Anthony Trollope
15. Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson
16. Confessions of an English Opium Eater, Thomas De Quincey
17. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
18. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
19. Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
20. Malice Aforethought, Francis Iles

Comments

  1. KellyWednesday, February 12, 2025

    Of the four I've read from your list, I would pick The Woman in White. I hope whatever you get, it's something you enjoy!

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    1. ElizabethWednesday, February 12, 2025

      Thank you! I would be absolutely delighted it if I got that one, – I've wanted to read it for ages – but any of them would be stellar.

      I hope you get one you'll really love!

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  2. FictionFanThursday, February 13, 2025

    Lots of good stuff on your list! I hope you get The Warden since it's one of my all time favourite books. But whatever you do get, I hope it's one you enjoy!

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    1. ElizabethFriday, February 14, 2025

      Thank you so much! I've never read any Trollope, so that would be wonderful.

      Good luck with your spin! – I love your list!

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  3. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzSunday, February 16, 2025

    I hope you are able to access the spin book! Good luck!

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    1. ElizabethSunday, February 16, 2025

      Thank you! Happily, 'The Count' was one I saved for my last box, which hasn't been taped up yet, so that was definitely a lot easier than expected. There would have been slight panic if I'd spun Kidnapped or Greyfriars Bobby, and I've refused to even think about Malice Aforethought!

      Happy reading!

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