What is the Classics SPIN, you ask?
- Pick twenty classics books that you’ve got left to read..
- Post that list, numbered 1-20, before Tuesday, November 27, 2018.
- Classics club will announce a number from 1-20 on Tuesday. (See below for the spin number!)
- Read that book by January 31, 2019.
- Here is my list (below.) Join me and read along or make your own list or just cheer me on.
Title
|
Author
|
Number
|
Bastard
Out of Carolina
|
Allison,
Dorothy
|
1
|
Agnes
Grey
|
Bronte,
Anne
|
2
|
The
BFG
|
Dahl,
Roald
|
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
|
Big
Sleep, The
|
Chandler,
Raymond
|
9
|
Silas
Marner
|
Eliot,
George
|
10
|
Man's
Search for Meaning
|
Frankel,
Viktor
|
11
|
Bridge
of San Luis Rey, The
|
Wilder,
Thornton
|
12
|
Scarlet
Letter, The
|
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel
|
13
|
So
Big
|
Ferber,
Edna
|
14
|
Picture
of Dorian Grey
|
Wilde,
Oscar
|
15
|
Hiroshima
|
Hershey,
John
|
16
|
Talented
Mr. Ripley, The
|
Highsmith,
Patricia
|
17
|
Are
You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
|
Blume,
Judy
|
18
|
Wild
Sargasso Sea
|
Rhys,
Jean
|
19
|
Grapes
of Wrath, The
|
Steinbeck,
John
|
20
|
I am really busy with Cybils judging right now so I won't start reading until late December. Notice, I've added two classic children's books this year and would dearly love an excuse to read both of them.
Watch this space. I will announce the spin number after the club announces the number on Tuesday!
And the SPIN number is....
19
I will be reading Wild Sargasso Sea. I've long wanted to read this book as a counterpoint to Jane Eyre. What will you be reading? Or will you join me? (Remember, I won't be starting the book until the end of December. Luck it is short.)
I've read several of them and enjoyed them. I used to be much more into classic literature than I am now. I've gotten lazy!
ReplyDeleteI also have Hiroshima on my list this time too - so I've just moved it to no. 16 to we can share it :-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the rest of the list.
You have some great titles on the list and I look forward to seeing what you think of Wild...
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