For those of you who don't know, here are the rules of the Spin:
1. I pick out 20 books from my Classics Club list and number them 1-20
2. The Classics Club announces a number on Monday, May 12th.
3. I read the book that I assigned to that number by July 7th!
I think I'm going to be lazy and grab my list from the last spin. I just will replace a couple books.
So here's the list:
Rereads:
1. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
3. Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
5. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
I Can't Wait to Read:
6. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
7. 1984 by George Orwell
8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
9. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
10. The Sea Wolf by Jack London
I'm Dreading:
11. Ben Hur by Lew Wallace (I started this one a few years back and only got a few chapters in.)
12. The White Company by A. Conan Doyle (Can you believe I've started this onetwice and haven't finished it yet?)
13. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Well, this is both dreaded and anticipated. I'm both excited yet a little intimidated by the size...)
14. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
15. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
I'm Neutral About:
16. The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
17. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
18. The Man Who would be King by Rudyard Kipling
19. An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
20. The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett
What a great list! I really loved Ben Hur, but it takes awhile to get into it. Don Quixote is lots of fun, especially the first part, but it is long. Thanks for reminding me of Twain's Joan of Arc --- I will add it to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful spin, Sophia!
Thanks - same to you!
DeleteI agree with Cleopatra: Don Quixote is fun. I have The Hunchback of Notre Dame on my list as well, and it's probably the one I want to read least. Good luck with your spin.
ReplyDeleteI was in a production of Man of La Mancha a few years back and also saw Joffrey Ballet's Don Quixote, so I'm super excited to finally read it. And I adore Les Miserables, so I'm hoping that Hunchback will be more Victor Hugo awesomeness!
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You have a great range to your list. Of the few I've read, I really enjoyed 1984 and (the admittedly loooong) Don Quixote.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get a pick that you'll love!
Thanks! I hope so too! (Though I will have to read them all eventually, I suppose...)
DeleteGreat selection of books. 1984 is one of my favourites. Good luck with the spin!
ReplyDeleteI loved Animal Farm, so I'm definitely looking forward to 1984. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI love To Kill a Mockingbird! I liked it so much my little boy is named Atticus.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! I'm looking forward to reading it!
DeleteYou have some great books on your list, Grapes of Wrath, To Kill A Mockingbird, 1984, and a few on my wish list. I could never get into O Pioneers, but hope you enjoy whatever book is picked on Monday.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too! I'm also hoping for something nice and short to read in the midst of finals :)
DeleteIf unlucky no. 13 spins up, we're both reading Don Quixote!
ReplyDeleteI may need a lot of hand holding to get me through it in time :-)
I will post my list in the couple of days - good luck!
For our sakes, let's hope that DQ doesn't come up this time around... I think I'd rather read it on less of a schedule...
DeleteGood luck to you as well!
I really enjoyed The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but there is a section early on where Hugo screeches his story to a halt so that he can give a history of Paris. He fortunately concludes this long-winded tangent with a delightful passage describing the ringing of the bells, and then the rest of the story is much better paced.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, Hugo and his notorious digressions.... I encountered a lot of them in Les Miz, so I'll be prepared for them in Hunchback. But I'm glad you liked it despite the random tangent!
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I am guessing you will read Gone With the Wind. I have never read it. I have always been daunted by its length. But I look forward to your review.
ReplyDeleteDon't be overwhelmed by the page count! I read it a long time ago, but remember it having a pretty decent pace. You should try it sometime!
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