A Tale of a Tub
by Jonathan Swift

For the Decades ‘08 (first published 1704) and A-Z reading challenges.
English
132 pages
a Project Gutenberg e-book
First line: My LORD, Though the author has written a large Dedication, yet that being addressed to a Prince whom I am never likely to have the honour of being known to; a person, [...]

Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Love
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Flambards Divided
by KM Peyton

For the Young Adult and Decades ‘08 (first published 1981) reading challenges.
English
283 pages
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-257055-6
First line: Christina had dreamed of Will again.
Back cover blurb:
When Christina marries Dick, she hopes that life at Flambards will settle down at last. But the village gossips find it scandalous that she, a rich landowner, [...]

Posted on January 5th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: D, Decades '08, English, Historical, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 1 Comment »

I forget exactly how I ended up there, but I found an interesting-sounding reading challenge called Decades ‘08. The point of it all is to read at least 8 books from consecutive decades (below you will find my list of possible reads). The challenge doesn’t start until the first of January, which means that [...]

Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by Love
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