The Classics Club has just announced that it’s time for another Classics Spin!
In order to participate, you must create a list of 20 books from your Classics Club TBR list, by Friday November 17th. On this day, the Classics Club will post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is then to read the book on your list that corresponds with that number, by December 31, 2017. Sounds fun, right?!
Without further ado, here is my Spin List:
- The Shuttle, Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Ruth, Elizabeth Gaskell
- The Group, Mary McCarthy
- 1984, George Orwell
- Heidi, Johanna Spyri
- Watership Down, Richard Adams
- Mansfield Park, Jane Austen (Reread)
- Mariana, Monica Dickens
- The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy
- Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
- The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
- Emily of New Moon, L. M. Montgomery
- The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton
- Excellent Women, Barbara Pym
- The Priory, Dorothy Whipple
- Westwood, Stella Gibbons
- The Crowded Street, Winifred Holtby
- Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford
- Vile Bodies, Evelyn Waugh
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith (Reread)
(You can also check out my Full Classics Club List Here)
I tried to choose a mix of classics and modern classics, as well as lighter and more serious reads. Since the end of the year is fast approaching, I also steered clear of the chunkier classics on my list. I’ll be pretty excited to read any of these options.
I can’t wait to see which number is picked on November 17th!
Feel free to share/link your own spin list below! #CCSpin
Dwell in Possibility 
I reread Manshield Park this year and I loved even more. I remember reading as girl and I adored it. Happy Reading Jesse, cheers to the Classics being alive and well.
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I haven’t read MP for years, and look forward to enjoying it all over again. And hurray for the classics indeed!
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*I meant to say, I also remembering reading Heidi as a girl* In the second sentence.
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ah, got it! I somehow missed out on reading Heidi as a girl, but I do remember loving the film version.
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Both was a delight for me.
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Oh, I’m so glad to find out this is a thing! I’ve been really wanting to return to the classics during the upcoming holidays…and who doesn’t love a good book list! Thanks!
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It’s a great idea, right?! I feel ya about wanting to read some classics around the holidays too. I tend to crave them around this time of year, so this challenge is perfectly timed. Happy reading!
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OK, so I just started blogging in the past week, and I’ve never heard of a Classics Club, but this sounds SUPER fun, and I have a lot of classics on my TBR shelf. Definitely going to have to check this out and participate!! Can’t wait to see which book you end up reading. 🙂
~Elley~
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Thanks Elley, and welcome! I love the idea of the Classics Club and think it’s a great way to get to all the classics I’ve been meaning to read for ages. I hope you’ll enjoy participating in it too!
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You have some wonderful books on your list! Brideshead Revisited is great, and Edith Wharton is one of my favorites.
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Thanks TJ! I’m really excited to finally read BR. I may have to pick it up soon even if it’s not the number that’s selected in this spin! Edith Wharton is also one of my all-time favorite writers. I’ll be so sad if/when I finish all of her works.
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1984 is great, but a re-read of Mansfield Park sounds delightful for this time of year. It’s on my main list too but not my spin list – isn’t it great to have so many great books in the world to choose from? 😀
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I agree-Austen is especially wonderful this time of year! It is definitely great to have so many classics to choose from, although it can be overwhelming at times. Luckily, we have the CC spin to help pick our next reads!
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So many great books on here especially 1984.
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I should really read 1984 soon, even if it’s not the chosen number. It’s very, very relevant at the moment!
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Great stuff on here. Is MP the only reread on the list?
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Thanks Fran! MP and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn are the only rereads on my spin list, but there are several more on my main Classics Club list.
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I read Marianna nearly 30 yrs ago and parts of it still feel like they’re living with me today – I must reread it one day.
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That’s such wonderful praise! I have a feeling it’s going to be a new favorite of mine. I may have to read it soon even if it’s not the number chosen…
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Awww, I found another kindred reader! So many well loved in the list, many I too wish to read, and others totally new to me and intriguing titles. (I’m glad you found me and I found YOU!)
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I feel the same Silvia! That’s the great thing about the Classics Club: it brings together so many of us kindred readers.
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Ahhh we have several of the same ones! I love A Tree Grows in Brooklyn! And I’ve never heard of The Shuttle…I need to go look that one up! Excited to see what you get 🙂
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Thanks Kim, same here!
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Lovely list! I hope you get #11 because I adored that book, AND because there’s a new sequel out by a Booker Prize winner called Mrs. Osmond. 🙂 However, I also quite want to read your #13, so I wish you that one as well. Good luck! 😀
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I’m dying to read Portrait of a Lady and was rather hoping it would be picked in the spin. I think I’m going to move it to the top of my 2018 TBR instead!
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Lovely list. Mansfield Park is one of my favorites, so I’ll root for that for you! But I’m sure you won’t go wrong with any of them. Happy reading!
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Thanks Amanda! MP didn’t get picked, but I may have to reread it soon anyways!
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