Sunday, March 4, 2018

Classic Club Spin #17

The rules:
  • Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List.
  • Try to challenge yourself: list five you are dreading/hesitant to read, five you can’t WAIT to read, five you are neutral about, and five free choice (favorite author, re-reads, ancients — whatever you choose.)
  • Post that list, numbered 1-20, on your blog before Friday, March 9th.
  • That morning (3/9), we’ll announce a number from 1-20. Go to the list of twenty books you posted, and select the book that corresponds to the number we announce.
  • The challenge is to read that book by April 30, even if it’s an icky one you dread! (No fair not listing any scary ones!)


I decided to keep off things that I know would be a slog. I'm fairly busy the next two months, and I have a number of other books I'm planning on reading, so I didn't want to bog myself down with something HUGE. There are other "icky" ones on here, so it all works out. I have a plan for all of Tolkein, so those will never show up on a spin list. I will be reading Jane Eyre and Cloud Atlas this month regardless or whether or not they come up in the spin. I'm okay with adding them here on the off chance one of them is chosen, but of course, I'd be interested in one of the other ones as well!

1. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - A Study in Scarlet
2. Eliot, George - Daniel Deronda
3. Collins, Wilkie - Moonstone
4. Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale
5. Capote, Truman - Breakfast at Tiffany's
6. Shakespeare, William - Twelfth Night
7. Byatt, A.S. - Possession
8. Austen, Jane - Sanditon and Other Tales
9. Burnett, Frances Hodgson - The Little Princess
10. Bronte, Emily - Wuthering Heights
11. Twain, Mark - The Prince and the Pauper
12. Shakespeare, William - A Winter's Tale
13. Mitchell, David - Cloud Atlas
14. Steinbeck, John - East of Eden
15. Wilde, Oscar - The Picture of Dorian Grey
16. Forster, E.M. - A Room with a View
17. Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre
18. Collodi, Carlo - Pinocchio
19. London, Jack - The Call of the Wild
20. Barrie, J.M. - Peter Pan

6 comments:

  1. We share Picture of Dorian Gray at #15 if that spins our way.
    East of Eden is my fav Steinbeck, but it's a BIG read.

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    1. I may have moved Dorian Gray to that spot when I saw it on your list!

      East of Eden is my dad's favorite Steinbeck as well! I know it's huge, but I also tend to read through Steinbeck at a decent clip, so it won't be too horrendous if that's what I get.

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    2. I'd love to reread East of Eden one day to see if it still has the BIG impact on me that it did during my late twenties.

      And thanks for moving Dorian :-)

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  2. We share Dorian Gray and Breakfast at Tiffany's, but not sure if either are in the same spot on our lists. I loved Cloud Atlas and The Handmaid's Tale is really good too. Glad I wasn't the only one who avoided the tomes. :-)

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    1. Cloud Atlas and Handmaid's Tale are both rereads for me. I'm reading all of Mitchell's works this year since he's referred to his collected novels as a "ubernovel" I believe.

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    2. I will probably reread Cloud Atlas at some point. I need to read all of his books too.

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