I hadn’t intended to participate in the Classics Club Spin this time around, but I think it might be just what I need. I don’t really have a Classics Club list any longer so I just looked around my shelves and chose books that I think I would like to read over the next three months. I even included some chunksters like Anna Karenina and Middlemarch to keep things interesting. I truly hope I return to normal soon and joining the Classics Club Spin is part of the effort to bring back my usual passion for reading and blogging. Here is my list:
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
- The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- The Echoing Grove by Rosamond Lehmann
- The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
- The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
- Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
- Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
- The Cranford Chronicles by Elizabeth Gaskell
- The Custom of the Country – Edith Wharton
- The Spectre of Alexander Wolf by Gaito Gazdanov
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
- Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden
- South Riding by Winifred Holtby
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Mrs. Ames by E.F. Benson
- The Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor
- Because of the Lockwoods by Dorothy Whipple
I’m secretly hoping for #3, 8 or 20. If you’re participating in the spin I hope you get something wonderful tomorrow.
A Certain Fondness 
You have an eclectic mix there! #2 or #10 would also be good numbers to spin. I hope that you get something fun. And I hope the computers are back on line at your work tomorrow.
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I got I Capture the Castle and I can’t say I’m disappointed – it should be a lovely read! The computers did come up before we closed yesterday but it made for a very stressful four hours.
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An impressive list! Anna Karenina and The Cranford Chronicles are two of my favorites. Middlemarch has been at the top of my “to read” list for years. I am thinking it’s time to pick this one up off the shelf.
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I will be reading a nice twentieth century classic, but I think Middlemarch is due for a read soon. We should do a read along!
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I hope the spin picks a great book for you. We’ll find out soon! I enjoyed both Anna Karenina and Middlemarch, despite the length, and I loved South Riding and I Capture the Castle too.
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I got I Capture the Castle! I’m pretty excited about it. I see that you spun The Idiot – that should be interesting. 🙂
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Wonderful list! I’m hoping for I Capture the Castle for you, it’s a beautiful book 🙂
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Alice, you’re wish came true!
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Yay! I look forward to hearing how you found it!
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I love your list. I also hope you get #8. I read Loitering with Intent a couple of years ago and thought it was brilliant! You are motivating me to make my own list!
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I didn’t get #8, but I’ll read Loitering with Intent sometime soon anyway. I love Muriel Spark! The spin is quite fun – you should join in next time. It’s nice to have a book chosen for you sometimes.
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I was hoping for Gaudy Night for you — I love that book so so so much — but I think the pick the Spin gave you this time is a solid one. Enjoy!
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Thanks, Jenny! I WILL read Gaudy Night sometime soon.
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I think you’re going to love I Capture the Castle! I’ll be reading An American Tragedy.
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I hope I do love it – I can’t see why I wouldn’t! I’ve always wanted to read Dreiser so I’ll look forward to your thoughts on An American Tragedy.
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I Capture The Castle would be an excellent result, too, or, if I’m guessing correctly and it IS the result, I hope you enjoy it!
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It is! I think I will enjoy it and I look forward to starting it soon.
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Just found your blog. As a high school English teacher and book lover (and major Mary Stewart fan), I’m glad I did.
“I Capture the Castle” is one of my all-time favorite novels. It would be one of my ‘desert island’ books, for sure. I hope you enjoy it!
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Oh wow, a desert island book – I can’t wait to start it!
I’m so glad to meet another Mary Stewart fan. She is the best.
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I loved I Capture the Castle! And what a great time of year to read it.
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I’m feeling pretty darn lucky to have drawn it – it seems everyone loves I Capture the Castle!
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