Penguin Clothbound Classics, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
So I've decided to make something of it, and start a challenge....how many classics can I read (or re-read) this year?
Challenge Details:
- The challenge runs 1st Jan 2011 to Dec 31st 2011.
- Read either SIX (Student level),TWELVE (Scholar level) or TWENTY-FOUR (Professor level) classic novels.
- Add them to your list as you read or make a list beforehand - it's up to you.
- Join any time before Dec 31st 2011
- Write a post on your blog about joining the challenge, then sign up on the linky list below with the link to that SPECIFIC post, or the link to the PAGE you use to keep track of your progress.
- You don't have to do reviews, but if you do please remember to link them somehow to the page you signed up with so people can find them.
- If you want to chat about this on twitter, use #readtheclassics2011
Grab my button (if it works - fingers crossed):
If you have trouble signing up, let me know.
Here's a provisional list of what I want to read:
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Treasure Island by Robert Luis Stephenson
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carol
- Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carol
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Emma by Jane Austen
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Lady Chatterly's Lover by DH Lawrence
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
If you need inspiration for what books are "classic", just type "Penguin Classics" into amazon's search box. That'll give you a long list of classic books.
16 comments:
It looks like you've got some interesting reading ahead of you! :)
Sounds like an interesting challenge. Does it count if you've already read them?
Note: check the spelling of Odyssey in your list.
What a fun idea! I wonder which will be your favourite. I prefer Tennant of Wildfell Hall to the classic M&B of all time Wuthering Heights Enjoy ;O)
This is lovely and your boooks are super too! I have the Wuthering Heights one with that blue cover, what I would give to have a set like that!
Hmmm. I will think on it! I must decide what to read first. Hmmm.
Great idea though!
:D
@ Tony: GAH! I'm going to murder predictive spelling one of these days. And if you re-read them, no problem! I've read most of those on my list at some point. I'll be re-reading them.
@ Mia: Do join!!!
@ Madeleine: Come on, join in!
All right Tessa, I challenge you to a duel! And by that I mean since we've both signed up for a crazy amount of reading, I decided to go ahead and sign up for the rest of the challenges you've got going on that I was previously missing.
That's right. A reading duel, MUUUHAHAHAHA!
Something tells me I'm going to lose, but I think it will be fun to try. Here's my list, en garde!
@ Stephanie: YOU'RE ON! Shall we institute monthly check-ups?
Tessa: Sounds great! I read your blog regularly, so I can drop in and leave a comment as to my progress. Will that work?
Needless to say, you are one avid reader! :) This is a really neat challenge, though I don't think I will have enough time to chug through so many books. I do indeed hope to read through the classics that I have always promised myself I would read, but I have a feeling this year isn't it.
Great challenge you have made, though! Best of luck to all participants. This was a good idea Tessa.
~TRA
http://xtheredangelx.blogspot.com
Good luck. I've only read one of the books on your list but have read a few other classics as well. And we did a play version of Treasure Island, which was fun.
Enjoy your reading.
I try to read a bunch of classics that passed me by each year but I never get to very many. Great idea for a challenge.
What beautiful covers!
I'm trying to squeeze in a book a month, while editing my nano novel...but I like this. I'm going to make my own list and do a post.
When I do the post, I'll linky up!
Some brain food....sweet!
Oh what a lovely mother to give such valued books and so beautifully bound for Christmas! You will have a ball reading or re-reading them. I'll think about joining the challenge when I think about my year carefully...Happy New Writing Year!
Hello,
Just found your blog. Am considering doing the challenge.
Was wondering where you got the pic of the books at the top of the page, as those are the books that are tiled on my blog, but smaller.
Thanks,
Angela
soapboxinmymind at yahoo dot com
http://soapboxinmymind.blogspot.com
Oh those spines are so pretty! I just read a few of Jane's stories last year. Wonder if I could cheat and sneak them into this year's list? Nah, that would just be wrong. *sigh*
@ Soapbox: Like I said in the post, I got a whole stack of these for Christmas. I looked at your blog, they look really nice tiled like that, almost like a library in the background.
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