Sunday, May 11, 2014

Classics Club Spin

It's time for a Classics Club Spin. Readers list 20 classics and the administrators pick a random number. Then you read the corresponding book! Any guesses for which book it will be?


1. The Winter’s Tale – William Shakespeare
2. Emma – Jane Austen
3. Moby Dick – Herman Melville
4. The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins
5. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
6. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Winifred Watson
7. Excellent Women - Barbara Pym
8. Under the Net - Iris Murdoch 
9. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys 
10. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
11. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino
12. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving 
13. Kindred - Octavia Butler
14. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson 
15. Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote 
16. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
17. The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald
18. Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak 
19. Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison 
20. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie


           
                                        Will it be Willy Shakespeare or Agatha Christie??

8 comments:

  1. That's a great list - I loved Kindred, Emma and The Moonstone. Hope you get a book you are excited to try :)

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    1. Thanks Sam. I'm happy to report that I'm pretty excited to read just about all of the books I picked. :)

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  2. It's not even my list and I can't wait to find out. :) Hope you spin a good one!

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  3. I've always wanted to read Wide Sargasso Sea thanks to my love for Jane Eyre, seeing it on your list had just reminded me.,...

    Good luck on Monday with the spin :-)

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    1. I only read Jane Eyre recently but I've seen so much praise for Wide Sargasso Sea. I'm excited to read it!

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  4. I'm kinda wishing I'd taken part now. Whine. lol

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    1. I get the feeling your plate is already pretty full....:)

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