Hi Joy, yeah I think it was the latest full snowstorm that I ever recall since moving here in 2010. Usually by mid-April winter snow is done. But May?? It lasted about two days … but now we’re having a heat wave only a couple weeks later, go figure.
See if you can get a copy of Yesteryear … there’s a long wait list for it. Good luck!

I’m waiting for my turn at the library for Yesteryear.

Hi Lark, your drought sounds really terrible there. I hope you get some rain! It’s always so arid here … that we wish for it too.
I’m glad you’re a George Eliot fan … I might add it to my stacks for a 2027 read. We will see if I can get through it … very long indeed.
Enjoy your weekend too. Happy reading.

Hi Karis, the weather here has been pretty up & down …. now it could reach 70 and last weekend was 35. Ha. I hope you don’t swelter too soon where you are!
That’s too funny …. it’s the very same photo of the girl for both books? How crazy. I will try Middlemarch for next year …. but I think Jane Eyre might win that comparison. We’ll see. Cheers. Have a great weekend.

Oh Anne: just saw your 2nd comment … I might put the big Middlemarch on my list for 2027 … and then I’ll read the memoir you mention which sounds interesting. I’m glad you say it helped you. That sounds really worth while to read afterwards. Thx for the links.

Hi Anne, thanks for your link to your review of Moby-Dick …. I will stop by to check it out soon. Yes I’m curious for your thoughts. I think I need to start adding more classics to my reading …. especially since the best books lists like the Guardian’s favor the classics ….

I don’t care for George Eliot. It’s funny, though, the picture on the cover is the same one that’s on the front of my copy of Jane Eyre!

I just visited the Guardian list (thank you) and surprised that it was merely a list with no commentary. I have read about half of the books and hope to get to others, already on my TBR. Some I haven’t even heard of before. Middlemarch was top, huh? That is really surprising to me. I thought the book was fine but it wasn’t my favorite. I then read a memoir called My Life in Middlemarch which helped open up the classics for me. Here is my combined review of the two books: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2023/11/middlemarch-my-life-in-middlemarch-look.html

Not sure if you saw my review for Moby-Dick which I published last week. You had asked about some of my insights. Here you go: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/classic-review-moby-dick.html#disqus_thread