#CCSpin #19
Have you heard? It’s spin list time baby! Woot! I preformed horribly last time and didn’t finish my book. It got slightly boring…and it didn’t really seem to be moving forward in the storyline. I do still want to finish it though…eventually. This Spin is a bit different. Not only is it themed for “Chunksters” but we also have all the way into January to finish! YES! Maybe this will make the difference for me!
If you haven’t participated before, it’s very easy. Just pick 20 books from your classics list and tune in next week to see which number is drawn…then you have to read that book! 😀 Also, if you haven’t joined the classics club, give it some thought. It’s great fun. Please feel free to add any questions about the club or event in the comments below. Also, you can read more about joining here.
| # | Author | Title | Pages | Year | Translated |
| 1 | Charles Darwin | The Origin of Species | 703 | 1859 | No |
| 2 | Hendrik Willem Van Loon | The Story of Mankind | 280 | 1921 | No |
| 3 | Leo Tolstoy | Anna Karenina | 964 | 1878 | Russian |
| 4 | Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice | 279 | 1813 | No |
| 5 | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Crime and Punishment | 671 | 1866 | Russian |
| 6 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | The Little Prince | 93 | 1943 | French |
| 7 | Louisa May Alcott | Little Women | 449 | 1868 | No |
| 8 | Lucretius | On the Nature of Things | 664 | 55 BC | Roman |
| 9 | Margaret Mitchell | Gone With the Wind | 1037 | 1936 | No |
| 10 | Hermann Hesse | Siddhartha | 152 | 1922 | German |
| 11 | Ayn Rand | Atlas Shrugged | 1168 | 1957 | No |
| 12 | Dante Alighieri | The Divine Comedy | 798 | 1304 | Italian |
| 13 | Murasaki Shikibu | The Tale of Genji | 1182 | 1008 | Japanese |
| 14 | Daphane Du Maurier | Rebecca | 449 | 1938 | No |
| 15 | Frank Herbert | Dune | 604 | 1965 | No |
| 16 | Carlos Ruiz Zafon | The Shadow of the Wind | 487 | 2001 | Spanish |
| 17 | H. G. Wells | The Invisible Man | 192 | 1897 | No |
| 18 | Jonathan Swift | Gulliver’s Travels | 306 | 1726 | No |
| 19 | Ovid | Metamorphoses | 723 | 8 AD | Greek |
| 20 | Alexis de Tocqueville | Democracy In America | 992 | 1840 | French |
Books In Bloom
I'm an avid reader and love most all books, but my favorite genres tend to be mystery, adventure, science fiction and classics. Genres I tend to shy away from include romance, contemporary fiction and chick lit. If I’m not actually reading books, I’m probably at work shelving them at my local library.
8 Comments
Brona
That’s funny – Mr Books and I were only talking about Dune recently. We both read it in our mid-20’s (during the 14 yrs we were apart) and loved it and have been wondering how a reread might hold up. The thought of sandworms still give me the heebie jeebies!
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Really? Embarrassingly, I know nothing about it. lol I really need to look into it more. I added it to my list because I’ve seen so many other people wanting to read it. I also see it checked out at the library all the time. 😀
Kay
Gosh, you do have some tomes there, especially the Tales of Genji!
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Hehe, when I heard it was “chunksters” theme I specifically knew I had to add it. 🙂
Lisbeth @ The Content Reader
That was a very ambitious and interesting list. The Shadow of the Wind is one of my favourite books. As is Gone With the Wind. Darwin will make an interesting read. Austen is nerver wrong, P&P is my favourite.
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Darwin was chosen as the Winner! 🙂 I hope it’s great! A bit intimidated…but excited too. 🙂
FictionFan
Rebecca would be great for this time of year, and Pride and Prejudice is always great! I also loved Dune, so I hope you get one of those. But whatever you get, I hope you enjoy it!
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Oh yeah, those would be perfect! Can’t wait to see what is chosen! I have been thinking about Rebecca a while. 😀