Last year I challenged myself to read a classic every month. If you read my previous post about discipline, it won't surprise you to know that I didn't completely succeed. I did read a handful, though, and enjoyed them. This year I thought I'd make a list of the classics I'd like to read and post it here for accountability. I'm not sure they all qualify as true classics. Some are favorites from childhood, a few I want to refresh in my memory and a couple are to fill the "holes" in my reading history.
11 Books to Read in 2011
The Yearling--Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Rascal--Sterling North
Caddie Woodlawn--Carol Ryrie Brink
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn--Betty Smith
Madame Bovary--Gustave Flaubert
Anna Karenina--Leo Tolstoy
Sense and Sensibility--Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights--Emily Bronte
West with the Night--Beryl Markham
Out of Africa--Isak Dinesen
1984--George Orwell
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Rascal and Caddie Woodlawn are two of my favorites! I think I'll get A Tree Grows in Brooklyn next. :)
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