December AKA The Month of Challenges-We’re-Going-To-Stick-To-For-2-Months-Tops Sign Ups!
Has such a nice ring to it, doesn’t it!!
I am here today to tell you all I’m finally going to do it!!! I’m finally going to read a classic!!!!!
NOPE NO LIES!!! ITS HAPPENING!! FINALLY!!
So this isn’t an official sign up post because for the life of me I can’t find the blog that hosts the Classic a Month challenge????????? If you know who runs the challenge will you let me know so I can link back? In case you don’t know how this challenge works (first, I gotta say you need to work on your deducing skills, cause it’s plain as day in the title bro) you read a new classic book each month for an entire year! I am so pumped! I have been talking about getting into classics (for like my whole life) but in particular since I joined the book blogging community and everyone has read all these fantastic books and I’m over here like if it wasn’t published in the 2000s I probs haven’t read it.
I’ve complied a list of classics I’m totally down to read. You may possess above year 1 counting skills and be able to tell that this list has more then 12 titles (kudos for you). This is because I have no idea what I’m actually planning on reading next year and this list is more of a starting point, if there’s any classics you’ve read that I JUST NEED TO READ let me know!! I’ve put astrics next to the books I’m totally keen on but as you can see yourself there isn’t 12 I’m really excited for :(! Trust me I need your help!
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin *
- Emma by Jane Austin
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- The Outsiders by S.E Hinton
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte *
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll *
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- 1984 by George Orwell *
- Animal Farm by George Orwell *
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Vern *
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Jude Bloom – okay I have no clue if this is actually a classic, but I found it on classic lists so…
- Midnight Children by Salman Rushdie *
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey *
Okay, that’s my challenge sing up!!! YAY! I’m only probably going to be signing up for this one challenge, just because I feel like if you have to many challenges on the go it starts to feel like assigned reading!
Okay, Jane Austen is amazing, so definitely read Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Frankenstein is literally my least favorite book in the world, and I would highly recommend that you burn it at the soonest possibility. Catcher in the Rye, Dracula, 1984, & Alice in Wonderland are all pretty good. As for the others, I haven’t read them.
You should also consider reading the Sherlock Holmes books (the first is A Study in Scarlet), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Importance of Being Earnest (this is actually a play, but it’s hilarious!).
Good luck! ^_^
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Okay Frankenstein is out! Thanks for telling me!! And I totally forgot all about Dr Jekyll and Me Hyde! I totally want to read that! Thank you so much for your suggestion!! 🙂
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No problem!
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Better read with a pinky waving in the air too for good measure!
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Of course!! As if I could read any other way! And I’ll need a monocle obviously!
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Hi, Amy. This isn’t the Classic a Month Challenge, but the Classic Catchup 2016 at the Goodreads RMFAO group is perfect for you! One a month would put you at the top level –
Level 5: Professor: 12 or more books
Since you’re already in the RMFAO group, all you need to do is go to that thread and say you’re in! You can keep track of your books read there, ask questions, make recommendations, whatever.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/17864855-rmfao-2016-classics-challenge
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Oh thank you so much for letting me know!!
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Good, hope to see you there! The cut-off date for that particular Challenge is 1940, so a couple of yours won’t qualify for it. No problem though, it’s not really one per month, but the total for the year.
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I’m doing a Classic Literature course next semester at uni, so we can discover them together! I’m actually super excited. I mean, as much as we love YA, we gotta expand our reading a little 😉
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Hahaha it should be fun!!
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You haven’t got any Charles Dickens on the list. I’d suggest Great Expectations as it’s one of the best and possibly the most reasonable length of his novels.
Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre are musts. Wuthering Heights also worth a look, but that one divides readers much more than the other two (you either love it or can’t stand the characters).
And, in defence of Frankenstein, I think it’s good. There are a couple of really shocking bits in it. I guess it just isn’t as shocking today as it was back when it was written. Another good classic by a female author though…
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I suppose your right! It can’t really be a year of expanding my literal horizons with at least one Charles Dickens! If you say Great Expectations is the best then that the one I’m going with!! I actually already own Wurthering Heights so maybe it should be on the list for convenience purpose if nothing else haha!
I’m so down to read Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre! I’m hoping to just LOVE them both!
I guess I’ll have to get a third opinion on Frankenstein to be the dividing vote!
Thanks so much for your suggestions!!! I really appreciate it! 😀
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This is such a great list! You could check out the Classics Club Challenge because you can basically choose how many books you want to put on your reading list. https://theclassicsclubblog.wordpress.com/how-to-join/
Happy reading! 🙂
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Thanks so much for letting me know!! 🙂
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DON’T READ CATHER IN THE RYE! DON’T DO IT! IT’S A TRAP! 0.0
Animal Farm is dark, grotesque, and disturbing. You’ve been warned.
I quite enjoyed Lord of the Flies, even though most people haven’t, and I have yet to read Alice in Wonderland. *should do that*
I completely and wholeheartedly approve of ‘1984’(but haven’t read it), ‘Frankenstein'(but haven’t read it), ‘Dracula'(but haven’t read it), and ‘Pride and Prejudice'(read part of it :p). Oo! But I have read ‘The Westing Game!’ Gosh! I read that forever ago and could NEVER remember the title. So, thank you so very much for putting that on the list for me. ^.^
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Really it’s a trap???? I thoughts it’s meant to be like incredible??? Haha!
I know Animal Farms disturbing (the sick part of me can’t wait!)
I’m really keen to read The Westing Game! It sounds really interesting. Glad I could help haha
Merry Christmas 🙂
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NO!!!!! Run away! Run far away! Cather in the Rye was terrible! (In my opinion.)
Bahaha! Perhaps I’m just scarred because I read ‘Animal Farm’ in 8th grade. *shudder*
I really enjoyed ‘The Westing Game’. So, you should definitely make sure to read that one. ^.^
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Hahaha okay I’m running away from it!!
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Oh thank goodness!
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Reading classics is the one goal I set for myself at the beginning of 2015 that I didn’t reach. I read a couple and just couldn’t get into them. I think it’s just not my reading style. I will definitely try other classics in the future but I think I learned a lot about not pressuring myself to read things I don’t want to read. So maybe for 2016 I’ll read one or two. Classics are hard. Hope all goes well for you and you find some that you LOVE!
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That’s why I’m only going to aim to read one a month. So I don’t feel pressured and get overwhelmed! I hope you read a couple that you really enjoy this year!!! Thank you 🙂 and Merry Christmas! 😀
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1984 is amazing, and Jane Eyre is probably one of my favourite classics ever. Good luck with the challenge! 😀
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I’m so excited to read both of them!! Thanks! 🙂
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