Make a list of 20 classic books you want to read and number them. On Friday, March 9th, the spin number will be announced. Check that number against your list. That is the book you will read and hopefully finish by April 30th.
I love participating in the SPINS. They force me to read these excellent classic books and link me with a community of people who are also reading a classic book.
To get started, create your list. If you have a blog or Facebook account, publish the list. Then stay tuned until the spin number is announced on Friday and get reading!
For more details, see The Classics Club link.
Here is my list. If you'd like to join me and read the same book, I'd love it.
Title
|
Author
|
Number
|
Bastard
Out of Carolina
|
Allison,
Dorothy
|
1
|
Agnes
Grey
|
Bronte,
Anne
|
2
|
Kindred
|
Butler,
Octavia
|
3
|
If
On a Winter's Night a Traveler
|
Calvino,
Italo
|
4
|
Death
Comes for the Archbishop
|
Cather,
Willa
|
5
|
Moonstone,
The
|
Collins,
Wilkie
|
6
|
Tale
of Two Cities, The
|
Dickens,
Charles
|
7
|
Adventures
of Sherlock Holmes, The
|
Doyle,
Sir Arthur Conan
|
8
|
Name
of the Rose, The
|
Eco,
Umberto
|
9
|
Silas
Marner
|
Eliot,
George
|
10
|
Man's
Search for Meaning
|
Frankel,
Viktor
|
11
|
Cranford
|
Gaskill,
Elizabeth
|
12
|
Scarlet
Letter, The
|
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel
|
13
|
Stranger
in a Strange Land
|
Heinlein,
Robert
|
14
|
Dune
|
Herbert,
Frank
|
15
|
Hiroshima
|
Hershey,
John
|
16
|
Talented
Mr. Ripley, The
|
Highsmith,
Patricia
|
17
|
Suite
Française
|
Nimerovsky,
Irene
|
18
|
Wild
Sargasso Sea
|
Rhys,
Jean
|
19
|
Grapes
of Wrath, The
|
Steinbeck,
John
|
20
|
I've recently added Hiroshima to my TBR pile, but I'm not ready to tackle it yet. If you were to consider moving Cranford to spot 19 and The Talented Mr Ripley to 11 we could share the possibility of reading 2 books together :-)
ReplyDeleteI read several of the Dune books back in my early 20's. They keep appearing on blogs and lists everywhere atm, I'm thinking the universe is telling me its time for a re-rerad!
I've read several of these. I would most like to read #11. I've loved Frankl's quotes.
ReplyDeleteKindred is SO GOOD. You're in for a treat!
ReplyDeleteThis looks a lot of fun! :) Great idea!
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