Time has
been running very quickly, really! And it turns out to have been five month
since the first check-in of The Classics Club (September 2012). Since then,
these are what I have accomplished for The Classics Cub project:
Books I have read
My progress
If to reach
my target in 2017 I should read at least two classics each month, then the
above twelve I finished in five month was a fairly good achievement so far.
From those
twelve, I read three books for my The Well-Educated Mind self-project (The Scarlet Letter, Heart of Darkness, The
Portrait of A Lady), which I’m enjoying so far. Working on this project has
been extending my knowledge of each classics piece I read, and how I supposed
to read it. Especially with tough pieces like those three I read, you’d need to
delve deeper into it to get what the author wanted to say through the books.
To add the
excitement, I have joined several reading challenges and events for 2013, one of
the most exciting is Turn of the Century Salon.
And speaking about excitement....
More fun!
Beginning of
2013, The Classics Club has invented more exciting events to add colors to our
classics reading, and to make us feel like—not only a community but also—a big
happy family! On January we have had a 24
hours readathon, which I have enjoyed by reading The Portrait of A Lady. Then in February we are having The Classics Spin, reading a random book
from our spin lists. They were awesome, and now I can’t wait for our next
readathon (still on July, unfortunately…)
Struggles and Favorites
My biggest
struggle was perhaps with Gone With the
Wind. Heart of Darkness was also
a struggle, that I must consult sparknotes and doing tasks from WEM first to
finally grab the meaning. Another one I still failed to finish was Notes from Underground, which I would
try to re-read from the beginning sometime this year.
My most
favorite was Great Expectations. Beloved was a great book too, but it was
more striking than enjoyable. It’s a kind of book you would read once in your
life, but the effect goes with you eternally.
How about
you, how’s your progress so far?
You're doing great! I haven't done a check-in yet. I need to do that this month.
ReplyDeleteWe are having some fun events. I'm loving it!
Yeah...thanks to the awesome moderators and all classics lovers in the awesome group! ;)
DeleteYou are doing pretty well! I missed the January Readathon but I look forward to the next readathon.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun, Ann... You shouldn't miss the July one!
DeleteI'm reading Great Expectations for the Dickens celebration and almost finished! I enjoyed reading your book review. It really is a special book.
ReplyDeleteYep, that's how I feel about Great Expectations; probably one of Dickens' best works.
DeleteI read Heart of Darkness a long time ago and I don't plan on re-reading it for the Classics Club. I have 60 titles on my list, with a few re-reads, but not that one. It was so difficult to understand.
ReplyDeleteI didn't do the spin, but I can't wait to see what everyone is going to read!
I felt the same with Heart of Darkness, Conrad was so mysterious about everything, that I still did not get it when I finished.
DeleteThe spin was fun, luckily I have one of the shortest from my list... *evil grin*