It’s time to spin again. The Classics Club announced the next spin today and I am eager to participate. I drew a great book with the last spin (Revolutionary Road, which I loved but never blogged about) so I am looking forward to seeing what I will be reading this time around. My list is very much the same as the last one with just one or three substitutions.
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
- South Riding by Winifred Holtby
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
- Emma by Jane Austen
- O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
- Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Home-maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
- Harriet by Elizabeth Jenkins
- Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
- The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
- Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
- The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Will you participate in the latest Spin? Any books you are secretly hoping to read?
A Certain Fondness 
I won’t be spinning, but I’m looking forward to see which number comes up. You’ve got a great list again – I’ll be holding out for Nos. 8, 13, or 17. Is there one you’re hoping to get?
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I’d really like to see The Woman in White or Harriet get drawn.
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Good luck with the spin Anbolyn. I am also planning to take part. My list will be up on Friday.
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I’ll look forward to seeing your list!
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I have nothing on my own list I fear, but there arre still some I’d like to come up more than others. You have some fabulous books on your list, and it I was picking you would have book 5, 6, 13 or 20.
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I am secretly hoping that no. 6 is drawn because I am reading The Moonstone at the moment, love it, and would enjoy reading more Collins.
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Good luck! I hope you get another book you enjoy. There are some great books on your list – I particularly loved South Riding, The Woman in White and I Capture the Castle. I’ve decided not to join in this time but look forward to seeing what everyone will be reading.
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I probably wouldn’t have joined in either, but then I remembered that I have two weeks of vacation in September and can read a bit more than I normally would 🙂
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I’m not sure if I’ll be spinning this time, since I’m already planning on reading The Age of Innocence in September. So many excellent books on your list – 2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20 – you can’t lose!!
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I don’t think I can! I chose books that I know I will enjoy. The Age of Innocence is so wonderful that I don’t blame you for not spinning.
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What number are you hoping for? I will definitely be spinning again, I got Rebecca last time, which ended up being absolutely amazing.
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I’ll be posting about Rebecca tomorrow. It didn’t go down very well with my book club, but I think it is an amazing book on its own. I think any number I get would be fantastic, but one of the Victorians is what I am secretly wanting.
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I’ll be spinning for the first time. If I have to read Moby Dick I’ll just about die, I’ve been putting it off for years!
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Crossed fingers! Moby Dick would kill me too!
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I think whichever one of these comes up you’re on a winner – especially 4,6, 8 & 20. I’d really like to read 5 – should have put it on my list too.
On my list I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Out of Africa by Karen Blixen – but any of them would be OK, even Gone with the Wind which is far too long really.
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I should add Out of Africa to my Classics Club list! I’ve owned it for far two long without reading it. Gone With the Wind is really long, but it is a page turner.
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Looks like a good list. Can’t go wrong with a Nancy Mitford or Willa Cather!
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I’ve never read Nancy Mitford, but I have read Cather and agree that I can’t go wrong there. She is brilliant.
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