It’s time for the fourth night of Hanukkah, and our fourth giveaway!
The fourth night is usually when I make more latkes, probably spicy sweet potato, and am thinking that toasting marshmallows over the menorot might make for an excellent dessert options.
Today we have a collection of soft, warm, fuzzy, and squishy items to create your own reading space.
Ready?
We have a It’s Book O’Clock pillow, and that’s my favorite time of day, really.
There is also a Pride and Prejudice infinity scarf in ivory from LiteratiClub. It measures 60″ (150-153 cm) inches around and 14″-15″ (36-38 cm) inches wide, and is made of cotton-poly-rayon blend jersey. It is so soft and really snuggly.
There are also Yellow Library Card Print socks and an Alice In Wonderland tote bag, both from Out of Print Clothing.
Ready to enter? Just leave a comment telling us your favorite classic – of any genre!
Standard disclaimers apply: I am not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents were permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and ready to create a soft and snugglesome reading area for yourself or someone you love. It is always book o’clock, of course. Comments will close Saturday 16 December at or near 12pm ET, and winner will be announced shortly afterward.
Good luck, Happy Hanukkah, and thank you for being part of Smart Bitches!
WINNER UPDATE: The winner of night four of our Hanukkah-palooza is AuntieKristin! Check your email inbox and spam folders shortly!
Bram Stoker’s DRACULA.
The Three Musketeers. I never get tired of it.
Jane Austen’s Persuasion.
“A Far Cry From Kensington” by Muriel Spark. What a writer she was.
I see somebody else did a picture book, so I’m going to say Where the Wild Things Are and any Ezra Jack Keats–maybe the letter to Amy one. I’m feeling a bit blah about adult classics at the moment. Love seeing what people are counting as classics, though. Definitely a category that could stand to be broadened!
To Kill a Mockingbird, and I like a couple other readers, love Little House on the Prairie and all its following books. It sounds like I need to read Prairie Fires; I did read some tweeting about it, and that alone was eyeopening!
“…and like a couple other…” Clearly need more coffee, and a proofreader.
The Witch of Blackburn Pond for tween reading and Persuasion for adult reading.
Hands down, my favourite classic is “Robinson Crusoe.” I remember reading the kids’ version when I was in school, then getting older and discovering it was actually a full-length book. I’ve read it dozens of times and love it on every read.
The Sword and the Stone by TH White. The stand-alone version, not the shorter one that was published as part of “The Once and Future King.”
JANE EYRE. She was small and brave and smart, all things I wanted to be.
If I cannot count Georgette Heyer as a classic yet then I’m in the Pride and Prejudice camp all the way. Followed closely by the terrifying Rebecca by Du Maurier.
The scarf! The pillow! OMG! Love it 🙂
Jane Austen’s Persuasion, the Little House books, and the original Boxcar Children book.
Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice. I know it’s basic but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
I’ve read every m/m under the sun, and I still go back to Damon Suede’s HOT HEAD (the only book I own in every format). Moving, tender, hilarious, gorgeously plotted, and startlingly, lusciously sexy every time.
The Blandings Castle books by P.G. Wodehouse. Don’t know if it’s truly my favorite classic, but it’s definitely a classic and I’ve loved it longer than any other.
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess. My most beloved classic. I still aspire to be as selfless and noble and princess-y as Sara Crewe.
Jane Austen’s Persuasion
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I first read it when I was six. I’m close to sixty now and every time I read it I discover something new about myself
There are so many excellent classics – but Jane Austen is my go-to comfort, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma definitely count as favorites.
Pride and Prejudice
Sherlock Holmes! Always and forever, since I discovered “Silver Blaze” in an anthology of horse stories when I was nine.
Pride and Prejudice is my one true love! <3
Pride and Prejudice and Lord of the Rings 🙂
I’m counting Harry Potter as a classic and going with that.
Pride and Prejudice! Also love Persuasion. I’m a Janeite.
There are so many :). Today I will go with Lord iof the Rings.
Jane Eyre, the first “grown-up” classic I read, and the Little House books, which made me a reader at the age of seven. I can’t wait to read the new biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Eight Cousins and Rose In Bloom by Louisa May Alcott. I always found them less saccharine than Little Women and the parallels to today’s teens prove “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”
Jane Eyre is my favorite. Because she is fierce AF.
I’m not sure if it’s a classic, but my favorite book of all time is probably Howl’s Moving Castle. Also The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery which probably is a classic.
The Return of the King by Tolkien. I love Eowyn.
It’s so hard to pick a favorite! Sometimes it’s Jane Eyre, sometimes P&P, sometimes Sense and Sensibility, sometimes Vanity Fair….
I keep going back to Jane Eyre. Jane is definitely a favorite.
So many, depending on subcategory: Pride and Prejudice, The Little Princess (I know it’s problematic), Watership Down to start with.
North and South is my favorite.
Persuasion has a soft spot in my heart, but as it’s already receiving plenty of love, we’ll say Les Miserables, which was totally worth the random section on Paris sewers in the end
It’s a toss up between Persuasion and Emily of New Moon.