My first challenge of the year and the first in a long time!! The Back to the Classics Challenge 2016 is hosted by Karen from Books and Chocolate. Here are my picks:
1. A 19th Century Classic - Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens or Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. Two fat books that I've wanted to tackle for a long time.
2. A 20th Century Classic - A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh. I have the cutest little hardcover of this one. It has been collecting a handful of dust on the bookshelf.
3. A classic by a woman author. Felix Holt, the Radical by George Eliot. One of the last of hers that I haven't read. Not sure what to expect.
4. A classic in translation. The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek. This one sounds so intriguing to me. It's quite long, so I hope it's good.
5. A classic by a non-white author. Twelve Years a Slave by Simon Northup. Just on my radar with the movie out fairly recently.
6. An adventure classic - Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. Just for pure fun, I hope.
7. A fantasy, science fiction, or dystopian classic. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. I started this before deciding to do the challenge, but luckily started on January 1, so it's in keeping with the rules.
8. A classic detective novel. The Long Goodbye Raymond Chandler. This will be the second I've read by Chandler.
9. A classic which includes the name of a place in the title. Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson or The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith.
10. A classic which has been banned or censored. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. I've tried this one once before and was lost. A friend from a book club was talking about how much she loved it so I'm inspired to give it another try. Hopefully the second time is a charm.
11. Re-read a classic you read in school (high school or college). Undecided. First I need to remember that far back.
12. A volume of classic short stories. Roman Fever and Other Stories by Edith Wharton. I love Wharton and have heard good things about this collection.
(The formatting is coming out weird on this post and I can't figure out how to fix it. Clearly I don't know what I'm doing anymore!)
(The formatting is coming out weird on this post and I can't figure out how to fix it. Clearly I don't know what I'm doing anymore!)
I keep saying I need to get back to classics but, that never happens. I want to read some Austen and Dickens.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done an official challenge in some time, but I do set personal reading goals. I read a lot of classics, but there is always room for more. I love the goal of rereading classics that you read in high school. I did that a few times over the past couple years and got an entirely different take. The Color Purple was one such book. Best of luck with all of your goals.
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