It’s time for the Classics Club Spin! Club members pick 20 books from their list and number them. A number is chosen and then the challenge is to read that book by a certain date (October 31, in this case).
Even though I no longer have an official target date for my Classics Club list, I still have books left over that I want to read, so I thought I would participate this time anyway. I only found ten that I wanted to include, so I’m just repeating those ten twice. I really want to make progress on my Reading All Around the World project, so I’m emphasizing titles that would count for that.
Here is my list:
- Dubliners – James Joyce
- Angel – Elizabeth Taylor
- One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- July’s People – Nadine Gordimer
- My Brilliant Career – Miles Franklin
- Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
- The Good Soldier – Ford Madox Ford
- Faust (Part I) – Goethe
- Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
- Dubliners – James Joyce
- Angel – Elizabeth Taylor
- One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- July’s People – Nadine Gordimer
- My Brilliant Career – Miles Franklin
- Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
- The Good Soldier – Ford Madox Ford
- Faust (Part I) – Goethe
- Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
Are you doing the Spin? What’s on your list?
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I’m nowhere near having the luxury of having so few titles on my Classics Club list that I have to include them twice for the spin! But I’ve tried to stick mostly to shorter titles, especially those with a seasonal aspect this time round. I’ve only read the Rushdie on your list, but as I’ve yet to finish his The Moor’s Last Sigh I think it may be some time before I get round to a reread of his breakout novel! Good luck with whichever one you end up with.
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I put 100 books on my list and read half of them (almost) in 5 years, so I’m going freeform from now on. I couldn’t come up with more than ten books that I felt like reading at the moment, so I just repeated those!
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This reminds me that I want to read One Hundred Years of Solitude. I have really slacked on Reading All Around the World and I liked that concept when I signed up. Hmmm, maybe make it priority for next year…?
At any rate, good luck tomorrow!
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I have really slacked on that project and I want to get back to it. I hope I’ll get a spin pick that helps.
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That’s a nice list! Angel is great!
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I would be happy to finally read something by Elizabeth Taylor.
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I’m near the end of my classics club list too though its taken me longer than 5 years. My Brilliant Career was on my list and proved really good.
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It’s an accomplishment no longer how long it takes. I would love to read My Brilliant Career this go-around.
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Oooo, fun choices! I like it when people add to their Reading Around the World lists!
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Me too, I hope I will get something that helps here. (That would be pretty much anything except I suppose Angel, and The Good Soldier.)
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I see you got My Brilliant Career. I had never heard of this author!! I hope you enjoy, looking forward to your review
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I’ve started it already and am enjoying it very much. I’ll post in November for Australian Reading Month!
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Yay! I just read My Brilliant Career for the Back to the Classics 2019 Challenge. I hope you blog about it. I liked it but Sybylla was a frustrating heroine at times!
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I can see what you mean but I’m liking the book so far.
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Been meaning to read Things Fall Apart for years. I must get around to it. Hope you post a review.
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Me too … though I didn’t get it this time, I hope to read it sooner rather than later.
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Well Lory we know that the lucky Spin number is 5 now, so you’ll be reading My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin. I have to be honest and admit I’ve never heard of it, but I hope you enjoy it!
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Thanks Jessica! From what I’ve read so far, I think you might like it.
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Ooo then I look forward to your full thoughts on it then. 🙂
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My Brilliant Career was so much fun to read after I saw the movie decades ago–I hope you enjoy it. I’ve been meaning to give it a reread .
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I never saw the whole movie but I caught snatches of it as a kid. That’s actually what sparked my interest in the book.
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This sounds so fun!! When do we find out what number came up for you? I read My Brilliant Career early in my own reading/blogging project, would love to hear what you think of it 😉
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You remind me I should have done a Spin update post–now done. Anyway, I will look at your post on MBC with interest.
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My Brilliant Career is a great book – Miles Franklin is the name of our most prestigious book award here in Australia – she was a great promoter of women and of Australian literature.
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Yes, I’ve been meaning to read her for so long. This was a great Spin pick for me.
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