Time for another Classics Club Spin! So far I have participated in two, which has led to me readind Rebecca (awesome) and Les Miserables (at least it is out of the way). I am crazily indecisive about what to read at the moment (I blame the pregnancy hormones), so I'm looking forward to the decision being taken out of my hands. Of the twenty books I've listed below, one will be selected for me on Monday by a random number posted on the Classics Club blog.
Like last time, I've used random.org to select twenty books off my list. This time I'm including rereads, by which I mean books I already planned to reread for the Classics Club, not books I've read since joining.
My list:
- 1984 by George Orwell (reread)
- Villette by Charlotte Bronte (reread)
- Othello by William Shakespeare
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (reread)
- Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
- Anthony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (reread)
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (reread)
- Hard Times by Charles Dickens
- The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (reread)
- The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkein (reread, and I'm up to this point in the series).
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Initial thoughts - anything but Moby Dick! I'll be genuinely excited to read any of the others, but I don't know if I'm up for the whale after Les Miserables in December. I'm especially hoping for Tenant of Wildfell Hall or any of the rereads.
Are you taking part in the spin? If so, link me to your list, as I'd love to see what your options are.
I fail miserably at this every time I try, so I think I'm going to sit this one out. Plus, planning a wedding and all. :-|
ReplyDeleteBut you're normally such an organised reader, I'm always impressed with your progress through your TBR lists.
DeleteLooks like a great list! Totally know what you mean about not wanting the whooper, I'm hoping Gone with the Wind doesn't come up for me. Here's my list: http://ted-reader.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/the-classics-club-spin.html
ReplyDeleteGone With the Wind is so good though, you don't even feel the length. Still, I hope you get a book you're excited to start.
DeleteI think that's why I love the idea of this so much - it's hard to pick from my 49 remaining books because I do want to read them all and it makes my life easier if somebody else will tell me which to read.
ReplyDeleteI studied Lord of the Flies as a GCSE text and I was fascinated by it. Obviously that was quite a long time ago now so I do want to read it as an adult and see if I still find it as interesting.
I completely wimped out from even including Moby Dick on my list! It just doesn't appeal to me at all so I couldn't even commit to reading it within the next five years. Still, if you are super unlucky and it does come up - I hope you love it!
My opinion towards my list changes over time - some of the books I was very keen to read almost 2 years ago don't appeal to me as much now, but some appeal even more. I'm determined to keep the same list, though.
DeleteMoby Dick appeals to me enough for me to vaguely think 'I want to read that someday'.....just not any day soon!
There are so many great books on your list! I loved The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Painted Veil and Titus Groan. I wasn't brave enough to put Moby Dick on my list, but I would be hoping to avoid that one too.
ReplyDeleteI've actually started Titus Groan, but ended up putting it down as I wasn't in the right mood for it. I loved the atmosphere though.
DeleteI didn't do the last spin but I loved the first 2. Hmmm...maybe I'll jump in again?
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Go for it, you know you want to!
DeleteI know what you mean about Moby Dick. After reading The Count of Monte Cristo in January I chickened out of putting Les Miserables on my spin list this time around.
ReplyDeleteThat's not chickening out, that's a normal reaction! I felt a bit drained after finishing Les Mis, it wouldn't be a good book to follow another chunky classic like Count of Monte Cristo.
DeleteI loved Tenant, so hope that numbers comes up for you. Good luck on Monday!
ReplyDeleteI know I'm going to love it too :)
DeleteThis list is wonderful, so many of my favorites. I would be rooting for the Tenant also, as I love the Brontes and that is one I have not read. So happy to discover your lovely blog!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my last Brontes too - in a way I want to read it right now, but a part of me wants to save it for as long as possible!
DeleteGreat list, Sam! I can't wait to see what everyone gets though I won't be participating myself this time around - I have too many eGalleys to get to this month.
ReplyDeleteMoby Dick is so good though! I thought it would be, you know, the worst, but I had to read it for Uni and ended up LOVING it. Ah, whales and stuff...
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the spin! My list will be posted tomorrow :-)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant list! The Painted Veil is an amazing book. I hope the spin is good to you :)
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