Blogging Woolf

Today is the 25th World Book Day. And although it is a day targeted to developing a reading habit in children, adults can celebrate as well. What better author to celebrate with than Virginia Woolf?

To that end, I have two resources for you.

Virginia Woolf Starter Pack

The first is a Virginia Woolf Starter Pack. Offered by Much Ado Books, it includes four Woolf classics.

They are gift wrapped and embellished with a Woolf bookmark and a couple of tea bags ready for brewing as you settle in to read the four paperbacks in the set:

• A Room of One’s Own (1929)
• Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
• To the Lighthouse (1927)
• Orlando (1928)

Guide on where to start with Woolf

The second comes from the New York Public Library. All four of the volumes included in the starter pack, along with The Waves (1931), are included in the guide on “Where to Start With Virginia Woolf” provided by the NYPL.

The library includes a brief synopsis of each novel and recommends reading them in this order:

1. Mrs. Dalloway
2. A Room of One’s Own
3. To the Lighthouse
4. The Waves
5. Orlando

A book list of her own

Meanwhile, Woolf scholar Maggie Humm’s Twitter post today included a list of the books Woolf liked and disliked most in 1924, 98 years ago.

Happy #WorldBookDay from #VirginiaWoolf These are Woolf’s book likes and dislikes in 1924 ‘Belloc most overrated English writer living’ @modernistudies @WomenRead pic.twitter.com/ATG5hSeWRv

— Maggie Humm (@MaggieHumm1) March 3, 2022