When I jumped into doing this project, the plan was simply to read the books on my list in any order that I so desired. I never planned anything out past the first couple of novels, since I figured it would be easier to simply grab what interested me off my shelf.
But, after starting out reading things I really wanted to read, I have come to a few realizations. I have to mix in things I don't like (Ahem....Charles Dickens) in the middle of the things I love. Otherwise I am going to come to the end and have a whole mess of things I have no interest in really reading left and then frustration will really kick in. So I have tried to mix in a lot of new with the old-a great mix of comfort and familiarity with new and awkward. It has been okay so far and I have managed to keep that balance.
However, now I am thinking about the end of this...what am I going to end up with?
So I want to decide now what the last book I read will be. And I was hoping someone would have a suggestion?
If you were in my shoes, and you were reading the books on my list, which one would you save until the very end?
I say this as someone who has done - someone who is doing - a similar project.
ReplyDeleteThe horrible truth, if the reading plan works the way it should: there is no end. There is no last book.
Perhaps A Clockwork Orange to go out with a bang.
ReplyDeleteI would recommend that it NOT be The Sound and the Fury. I just had to read that this past semester and UGH it was frustrating and terrible.
I agree with Steph; A Clockwork Orange would be a good pick -- however, I do think it's a 'either you like it or hate it.' Personally, I thought it was pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest Gone with the Wind or One Hundred Years of Solitude. End your saga with another amazing saga.
ReplyDeleteI have the same probem with my TBR. I have to stop myself picking all the books that I really really want to read in a row, and intersperse some more challenging ones
If you want to end with something that's an adventurous, exciting, ridiculously good time read that will go quickly, then I say The Scarlet Pimpernel.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to give you a specific title, because I don't think I know enough classics to be of any help. However, I'd either end with one of your favourites. Or, I'd pick a book that'd make you wanting more: something you know you'll love (not Dickens, I gather), but haven't read yet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Becky; end it with another saga. Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteCyrano de Bergerac. No other rival. (Except maybe Ivanhoe or Lord of the Rings. But come on...Cyrano's a love-story with action/adventure, heroes, war, beauty, conscience, panache...what else do you want? :) )
ReplyDeleteWhew...that list makes my head swim. What a wonderful, ambitious goal! You've already read my favorite classic from last year "The Count of MC". Maybe you should just put titles of authors you know you do like in a hat a draw one out.
ReplyDeleteI'm probably the wrong person to ask since I've enjoyed Charles Dickens! My favorite books on your lists: To Kill a Mockingbird, The Iliad, Beloved. Also you have ton I read when I was younger that I really should reread. Like The Glass Menagerie. I liked that in 9th grade a lot!
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