Of course it counts.... it's a classic! (52 Books #24)

So the 52 books has stalled again and it's going even slower than before. To be honest the life of an English teacher in foreign lands is not one that generally affords you long holidays and summer is often more busy rather than less, so less time available for reading (even less so with a visitor who's arrival is imminent but without and means of communication... men... typical!) But I have managed to read something - Little Women. 

This is one of my favourite books of all time and as it's been a ridiculously long time since I've read it I'm including it in my 52! There's not really much to say about this book that hasn't already been said... Louisa M. Alcott is one of my favourite authors, and I love her much underrated Eight Cousins! The people she writes about are real and likable and in the end I love that love wins through all that she writes, even when there are deaths. 

You'd have to be living under a rock not to know about the death of one of the four sisters in little women and it is one of the few books that makes me weep every time I read it, despite knowing what's coming and despite the tender care with which it is written!

I love this book, and the re-reading came at a perfect time - if you haven't read it, then find yourself a copy!