Update: Well lucky number 13 means I will be reading the first book in the Gormenghast trilogy. I’m so excited to finally be reading this series!
After an extended absence from the blogging community, I’m proud to say I’m back. Unfortunately, my reading and my writing have had to take a backseat for the past few weeks. Leave it to The Classics Club to get me back into the thick of it all. The idea is to select 20 random books from your Classics Club List and post them before Sunday, December 22. On Sunday, a number will be chosen which reveals the title that must be read by the end of January. The good news is that means I have a total of six weeks to finish my chosen book!
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
- The Shining by Stephen King
- The Stand by Stephen King
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
- The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Last Man by Mary Shelley
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
As you can see from the selections, all of my titles are firmly rooted in sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. I took advantage of the longer window to include some longer works on my list. As always, I will update this post in a week when the spin number is revealed. I also wanted to say thank you to my blogging friends that have been checking up on me. I’ll be back this week with several mini-reviews of the books I’ve read during my extended hiatus.
Welcome back! I hope all is well. Dracula is on my list too. I started to include Gulliver’s Travels and 1984, but decided against it.
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Glad to see you are back in the blogging world. Which book do I hope you will read? Handmaid’s Tale, I think.
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I love Margaret Atwood, so hoping for that one too!
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I’ve just read Gulliver’s Travels and it was unexpected! Hope you get a good one.
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Thanks Jane!
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I love your list! I need to read more science fiction (though I’m not a big fan of fantasy). You have some BIG BOOKS here (Atlas Shrugged, Cloud Atlas). Good luck!
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Thank you! I’m excited yet nervous at the same time on the bigger books!
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Ooh, a very fun list. I thought Titus Groan was wacky and wonderful, but it would be a challenge! Connecticut Yankee would be fun and much easier. I’m too easily scared to have much luck with Steven King. But good luck with your spin!
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Thanks! I’ve been wanting to read Titus Groan for ages. I would be happy with Connecticut Yankee as it would be fun to have something comical.
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