It’s time for another Classics Club Spin. I feel rather guilty because although I did read my last Spin book, Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens, I still haven’t finished writing a post about it!
The Spin rules:
- List any twenty books you have left to read from your Classics Club list.
- Number them from 1 to 20.
- On Friday 9 March the Classics Club will announce a number.
- This is the book to read by 30 April 2018.
This is my list:
1) Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R D Blackmore
2) Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
3) Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
4) Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
5) Romola by George Eliot
6) Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
7) Parade’s End by Ford Maddox Ford
8) Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
9) North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
10) Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
11) The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
12) Three Man in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
13) Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
14) One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
15) All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
16) East of Eden by John Steinbeck
17) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
18) Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
19) Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
20) Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
It shouldn’t matter which one comes up as I do want to read these books – but I’d like it to be one of Steinbeck’s books, or Birdsong.
you have some delightful books awaiting you. North and South, Dombey and Son and Birdsong are particular favourites.
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I could do with one of the shorter ones, really – but so many of them are long …
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Some great books here, Margaret. I’ve read several, and I’d be happy to read any of the rest. And I’m so far behind with reviews that I can’t think about it! Head in the sand syndrome!
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if I don’t write a review straight after finishing the book it’s so hard. Sometimes I just want to get on to the next book. But I’m glad I’m not the only one behind with them.
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I make the notes and the book gets filled with little post-its. Then it sits like that….. Oh dear!
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Me too! I use little metal book darts -and keep using them all up.
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I had Birdsong on my list for years, but somehow forgot about it. And I read All Quiet On the Western Front when I was in school. Here’s hoping for 6 or 16, 17, or 18. LOL
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Thanks, Kay – keeping my fingers crossed.:)
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You have some fine books here, Margaret. I see you have several Steinbecks – I’ve always liked his work. And Parade’s End<, too, among many others. Actually, no matter which one comes up, I think you’ll be glad for the experience.
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Thanks, Margaret. These spins get me more focused on reading these books.
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Great list! I’d vote for North and South or Far From the Madding Crowd. I never finished my review for the last spin pick either, so you’re not alone there!
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Maybe I’d prefer Far From the Madding Crowd, but I’d be happy with either of those. Glad I’m not the only one who didn’t write a spin pick review!
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There’re some excellent books there… hope you get one you fancy.
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Thanks, Cath! I really shouldn’t mind which one, but I am hoping for a shorter book.
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Goodness, lots of chunky books on your list this time! But I’m keeping my fingers crossed you get Three Men in a Boat, since it’s one of my favourite books of all time. Good luck!
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Three Men in a Boat has been on most of my spin lists, maybe it’s time to read it – and oh yes, it is short!
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There are a lot of great books on your list – some that I’ve read and others that I’m interested in reading. I would be hoping for one of the Thomas Hardy books, East of Eden or Three Men in a Boat, all of which I loved. Good luck!
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We both have Nicholas Nickleby which I have to confess I’d rather didn’t come up this time as it is very long.
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You really have a can’t lose list! So many of my favorites are on your list, as well as ones I would love to read myself. It’s been so long since I read 100 Years of Solitude that it would actually count as a new book for me. Hope you get what you want 🙂
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