In both of the previous Classics Club Spins, I ended up with the same spin book-I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. And while I know it is a marvelous book, I didn't read it. Either time.
For this go around, I'm hoping that I get a good one-one that will surprise me and suck me in and encourage me to continue on with my classics.
So, here is my spin list:
4 Books from Challenges:
1. All Quiet on the Western Front by Remarque
2. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
3. Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
4. Billy Budd by Herman Melville
4 Books my Husband Picked (based on title):
5. The Fall by Albert Camus
6. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
7. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
8. A Doll's House by Henrick Ibsen
4 Books to Reread:
9. Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
10. 1984 by George Orwell
11. A Light in August by William Faulkner
12. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4 Books by Favorite Authors:
13. Beloved by Toni Morrison
14. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
15. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
16. Tess of D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
4 Books I'm Dreading:
17. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyon
18. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
19. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
20. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
I hope you get House of Mirth, it's one of my all-time favorites. I also liked Huckleberry Finn and I remember liking The Moonstone.
ReplyDeleteI've also read All Quiet on the Western Front and The Red Badge of Courage, but it's been so long I've forgotten them. I suppose it doesn't count as a reread if it's been more than 20 years, does it?
6 & 15 would be my choices also. Good luck with spin!
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I hope the one that comes up is inspiring for you.
ReplyDeleteI chose my entire list randomly. Living dangerously. ;O)
You passed up reading "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" twice. Maybe your intuition is telling you something,
ReplyDeleteI ended up with 1984. I'm so scared! I've put it off for far too long and psyched myself out.
ReplyDeleteI actually read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" twice. It's a wonderful book. You are really missing something by skipping over it.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, "The Moonstone" is a delightful mystery, if you like historical settings and the Victorian Era. (I do). Enjoy your list.