I have revised this list several times in the almost five years I have been at it. I want this to be a list of books I really want to read. I must finish by the middle of September and I believe I will be successful. And I am already planning list 2….
For now here are the last 7 and I am looking forward to all of them.
For anyone unfamiliar with the Classics Club, you can check them out here. The Spin is a list of 20* books from your list that you number 1-20. On a particular date the Spin Gods choose a number and that is the book you read to be completed by a certain date, usually within a month or so.
Good luck to all participating. Hopefully, I will see you with my Spin before June 1st….
*I am repeating the seven books I have left, instead of adding any new ones.
ETA: The Spin number is 6, which means I will read The Glimpses of the Moon, by Edith Wharton. Yes!
Charlotte Bronte
1.Shirley (1849)
Daniel Defoe
2.Moll Flanders (1722)
George Eliot
3.Middlemarch (1874)
E.M. Forster
4.Room with a View (1908)
Henry James
5.Portrait of a Lady (1881)
Edith Wharton
6.The Glimpses of the Moon (1922)
Virginia Woolf
7.To the Lighthouse (1927)
Charlotte Bronte
8.Shirley (1849)
Daniel Defoe
9.Moll Flanders (1722)
George Eliot
10.Middlemarch (1874)
E.M. Forster
11.Room with a View (1908)
Henry James
12.Portrait of a Lady (1881)
Edith Wharton
13.Glimpses of the Moon (1922)
Virginia Woolf
14.To the Lighthouse (1927)
Charlotte Bronte
15.Shirley (1849)
Daniel Defoe
16.Moll Flanders (1722)
George Eliot
17.Middlemarch (1874)
E.M. Forster
18.Room with a View (1908)
Henry James
19.Portrait of a Lady (1881)
Edith Wharton
20.Glimpses of the Moon (1922)
Oh dear, this spin happened so fast I blinked and missed it! Glad you got one you’re looking forward to – hope you enjoy it! I haven’t read it so have nothing useful to say about it, but I look forward to reading your thoughts on it… 😀
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Yes, I only caught it because I saw someone’s Tweet.
No pressure or anything., but I have seen people commit after the fact. Just count down your list to the sixth one you haven’t read. I won’t tell 🤭
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Brilliant all round – Middlemarch was my first read for the classics club and I loved it, hope you do too!
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Since the spin number was just announced (6) and it wasn’t Middlemarch for me, I’m thinking I’ll read it through the summer. I can’t wait!
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good idea!
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Middlemarch is so excellent! Good luck!
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Those are all wonderful! You can’t lose! 🙂
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Thanks!
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Wow, you can’t go wrong with any of these! Great list. I’m impressed you’re so close to finishing your list. 💪
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It is amazing to be so close 👏
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You’ve saved 7 pretty amazing books for last! Any of these will be an amazing spin!
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Yes!!
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I’m so curious about Glimpses of the Moon. I wish you’d get that one 🙂
I’m also going to end my list at the end of this year – 8 books left. Can’t wait to start my new list already!
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I absolutely love Middlemarch and am itching to read it again, so that would receive my first vote! But To The Lighthouse was wonderful as well, although you have to be in the right mind-set for it. Some people love it and some people don’t. I hope you have a fantastic spin, Laurie!
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I was not too happy with Woolf’s Night and Day, but I am game for more. And Middlemarch…I actually don’t know what has been keeping me from it!
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You have to just allow To The Lighthouse to flow over you and not fight to much with it. I don’t usually like those type of books but when I finished it, I went right back and read it again!
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This really speaks to me, because this is exactly what I do: fight with texts! Very perceptive and I shall keep this in mind ❤
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Seems there are a number of us near the end of our list, doing the very same thing. Some great reads here. Portrait of a Lady is the only Henry James book I’ve enjoyed. Hope you enjoy whatever we get.
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Hey good luck to you on your list. I’ve read other James, but I know I have to be in the mood for him. So if this is chosen, I hope the mood strikes me!
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My goodness, I haven’t read a one! Must remedy immediately. I will look to see which I can download from the library. Thanks for the recommendations. Rebecca
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I hope you enjoy what you find!
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Thanks, with authors like the ones you listed, I’m sure to.
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