Hi, folks!
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin! By now, you know the drill: participants post a list of 20 books on their Classics Club list. On Sunday November 22nd, a random number will be selected by the Club. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List, by January 30th, 2021.
Here is my spin list:
- Alberta and Jacob, by Cora Sandel (1984, tr. Elizabeth Rokkan. Original: Alberte og Jacob, 1926)
- Saraband, by Eliot Bliss (1936)
- Bid Me to Live, by H. D. (1960)
- The Children’s Hour, by Lillian Hellman (1934)
- Claudine at School, by Colette (1900)
- The Dark Island, by Vita Sackville-West (1934)
- Daughter of Earth by Agnes Smedley (1929)
- A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: 1848)
- The Castle of Wolfenbach: A German Story, by Eliza Parsons (1793)
- Faces in the Water, by Janet Frame (1961)
- La Femme De Gilles, by Madeleine Bourdouxhe (1994, tr. Faith Evans. Original: 1937)
- The Old English Baron, by Clara Reeve (1777)
- The Purple Flower by Marita Bonner (1928)
- A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney (1956)
- Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 1951)
- The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe (1794)
- The Outward Room, by Millen Brand (1937)
- Megda, by Emma Dunham Kelley (1891)
- The Wooden Doctor, by Margiad Evans (1933)
- Regiment of Women by Clemence Dane (1917)
Spin me a number, Classics Club!
And happy reading, everyone! Which book would you like to see win?
Yours truly,
J.
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What a list! Any of those would do! 😀
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Thank you, Karen! 🙂
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Janet Frame or Colette!
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Thank you, Claire! Those would be wonderful! 🙂
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It’s a bit rare for someone to come up with a list, that I’ve read nothing from…but you did it. Great list…enjoy!
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Thank you! 🙂
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This is unusual. I haven’t heard of very many of your spin selections. Your list might be a good source for my next CC list!
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Thank you, Kay! Happy CC Spin! 🙂
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I’m reading The Mysteries of Udolpho now and it’s great fun. The Castle of Wolfenbach looks great too. So many unique choices! I hope you get the book you want!
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Thank you, Cleo! 🙂 Happy Spin to you, too!
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For the first time ever I haven’t read any of the books on your list so I’ll be very interested in reading about whichever book you get in the spin.
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Thank you, Katrina! Good luck with your spin and happy reading! 🙂
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Not only do I recognize none of your classics, but I only know four of your authors. Well done!
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Thank you, Deb! Good luck with your spin! 🙂
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Great list. I haven’t seen Colette on a list for a while, Which would be Days of Reading by Proust for me:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2020/11/20/the-classics-club-the-classics-spin-25/
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Thank you, Emma! Good luck with your spin and happy reading! 🙂
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So many fascinating things! The Children’s Hour & The Mysteries of Udolpho are the only ones I know, so I hope you get something I don’t know. Happy spinning!
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Thank you, Reese! Good luck with your spin and happy reading! 🙂
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Okay, I will need to go and Goodreads all of your list. I don’t recognize any of them! Gosh, am I such a novice? Yes, I am. But hey – that’s I’m doing here! Read more, learn more…
May the dice fall where it may!
Here’s my Elza Reads #CCSpin 25
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Thank you, Elza! Good luck with your spin!
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Juliana, you’ve got some more obscure classics on here and I’m afraid I haven’t read any of them, but I have good things about Ann Radcliffe, so I hope you get The Mysteries of Udolpho. Good luck! 🤞😃
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Thank you, Jessica! Good luck with your spin! 🙂
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Thank you, Juliana 😊
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I don’t know all of these but hey, I live not far from Colette’s birthplace – St Sauveur en Puisaye 🙂 (PS : Im logging in with Facebook because WordPress doesn’t seem to acknowledge Blogger, but my list is here : https://booksnlivres.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-classics-club-cc-spin-25.html) – my FB is in French…
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Thank you, Izabel! Good luck with your spin! I loved your list 🙂
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