How time flies because it’s time for another Classics Club spin! My progress with my Classics Club list has been, shall we say, modest because I keep getting tempted by new releases and blog tours. So this is a great opportunity to focus on it and at least get one book from the list read in the near future.
The rules are simple:
- Go to your blog
- Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List
- Post that list, numbered 1-20, on your blog before Wednesday 1st August
- That morning (1st August) The Classics Club will announce a number from 1-20. Go to the list of twenty books you posted, and select the book that corresponds to the number announced
- The challenge is to read that book by 31st August .
Here’s my spin list. My Classics Club list focused on women writers – with a few books by John Buchan thrown in – so my spin list reflects that. I’ve chosen mainly books I already own so there’s no excuse not to read whatever is selected!
- The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
- The Dark Tide by Vera Brittain
- Villette by Charlotte Bronte
- Witch Wood by John Buchan
- Castle Gay by John Buchan
- Romola by George Eliot
- Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamond Lehmann
- The Town House by Norah Lofts
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- A Garden of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates
- All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
- Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Katherine by Anya Seton
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
- The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
What would you be hoping for, or dreading, if you had my list? I’ll confess number 15 would be perfect for me as it’s one of my favourite books by Dorothy L. Sayers and I rarely get a chance to reread books these days. Dreading? Hmm, I’m not going to say for fear of tempting fate…
I spy a few favorites here! I love: Villete, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Invitation to the Waltz, The Enchanted April, Miss Pettigrew, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. I’m very excited to read Gaudy Nights, Katherine, and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. I look forward to seeing which book gets picked!
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I’ll admit for this spin, given I have lots of other reading commitments in August, I deliberately didn’t choose anything that would be too challenging. This is supposed to be fun after all, lol.
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Same here, Cathy!
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Now I feel less guilty 🙂
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Good!
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What a great list! Many of these are new to me, and I’ll have to look them up.
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I have Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day on my (so far unpublished) list for this spin which I’m hoping comes up.
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I always enjoy putting together my spin lists, sometimes I suspect almost as much as reading the actual book chosen….
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😂
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Oh my! You have some of my favorites here—Mrs. Palfrey, Enchanted April, Their Eyes Were Watching God—so I’m hoping the wheel spins to one of these come August 1st.
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Thank you, I’d be happy with any of those you name. I love looking at other people’s lists.
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So many great books on your list! I have Invitation on the Waltz on my list also. Of the others, I loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (long but a fast read); Their Eyes Were Watching God; Miss Pettigrew (a favorite, so charming!); Mrs. Palfrey, and Enchanted April — all of them are wonderful, I hope you get one of those.
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Thanks, I’ll confess what with other reading commitments I’ve got in August I didn’t put anything on my list that I’d go “Oh, no” if it was chosen, at least I hope not.
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That’s a great list! I love Katherine, so I hope you get that one, but The Enchanted April and Miss Pettigrew are both fun reads and would be perfect for the summer. Good luck. 🙂
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Great list you have here! A lot of “new to me” titles, I will have to look into these! Are you hoping for any particular number?
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Any number that gives me a relatively short book would help given other reading commitments I have in August, to be honest 😀
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That’s quite the list. I’ve read only one of them – Miss Pettigrew, which was adorable.
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Yes, I’d be more than happy if that one came up because lots of people have praised it.
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Ohhhh a Vera Brittain I didn’t know about (adding to my wishlist as I type!)
I read Their Eyes Were Watching God for a CC sync read many years ago – it was an incredible reading experience, so I wish you that for this spin 🙂
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You could make it happen!
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Oh, I like the sound of Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell. I’ve only read one of her horror stories – I think it was called The Old Nurse’s Story – and I thought it was great!
(PS When I realised I hadn’t seen your spin list, I discovered I seem to have “unfollowed” you somehow – pesky WordPress! Now sorted – sorry!)
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Great list! And the only one on it that I’ve read is our spin number, “Heat and Dust”. I liked it, I hope you do, too!
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That’s great to hear! I hope you enjoy The Little Prince.
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