If only every
monthly meme questions would be this easy… :) This is the task for The Classics Club’s meme for May:
Tell us about the classic book(s) you’re reading this month. You can post about what you’re looking forward to reading in May, or post thoughts-in-progress on your current read(s).
This month I
am planning to read these three:
The Great Gatsby
I’m reading
it right now together with some friends (including Melisa and Melissa—yayy to
you girls!) in anticipating the forthcoming Baz Luhrmann’s movie adaptation. I’m
also doing some tasks for WEM self-project for this book; so far, I have
posted several chapter posts for Great Gatsby. This is my second reading
of Great Gatsby, and so far I’ve been really enjoying it; it’s like finding new
romantic sparks with your old lover… ;)
Romeo and Juliet
Let’s Read
Plays theme for this month is tragedy, so I picked no other than one of the
most popular tragedy from Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. I will read the ebook
right after finishing The Great Gatsby. This would be my first time of reading
this play, and although I’m not a fan of romance, I’m quite intrigued with
Romeo and Juliet, would I like it? Let’s see…. :)
In Cold Blood
The last
piece of classics I’ll be reading this month is Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.
This is my first Capote’s, and I’m going to read the Indonesian translated
version for Blogger Buku Indonesia’s challenge (reading 20th 0r 21st century
classics). Being a psychological-crime novel, it intrigues me, and I’m also curious
how much I’d like Capote.
That’s my
classics reading schedule for May, what’s yours?
All three are so good! In Cold Blood is pretty amazing because of the way it changed how nonfiction was written.
ReplyDeleteOh, really? Now I'm more excited to read it...
DeleteI'm so happy that I and Melissa have different names, even though it's just one letter different. Seriously. hehe. As for R & J, hopefully I can read it next month. Tight schedule, huhuhu.
DeleteIn Cold Blood is on my main classics reading list. I know it will be great, but I have to steel myself to read it as I know it will be tough going.
ReplyDeleteI love R&J, but my favorite way to read Shakespeare is to watch a BBC video and read it simultaneously. I think of it as more a tragedy than a romance, actually.
Enjoy!
That's probably a good idea, to watch video and read the play simultaneously, although it means we need to dedicate few hours to do it. Maybe someday I'd enjoy Shakespeare more with this. Thanks for your suggestion. :)
DeleteI'm currently listening to Great Gatsby on audiobook and I've heard good things about In Cold Blood. I've joined the Classics Club and Back to the Classics challenge too. Hope you'll stop by and see what else we have in common. I love how you've categorized your reviews by author, very helpful!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you, Tanya. It's always nice to see new friends who read similar books with us, eh? I'm really curious to listen Great Gatsby audio book, the prose is beautiful, so maybe it's worth listening too.
DeleteI think I OD'd on Romeo and Juliet when I was in High School and University. I read it in a lot of different classes and there was the movie... It's a great play and there's a reason it's one of Shakespeare's most well-known, I hope you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Gatsby is fantastic. I read it for the second time about a year ago. I hope you enjoy it too.
I haven't been enjoying Romeo & Juliet so far (I'm in the middle of Act 2), hopefully it'll twist to my liking in the next acts.
DeleteFor The Great Gatsby, I liked it very much! ^__^
I think Act 2 is when it gets more interesting, more into the parts we're familiar with. The beginning is a lot of set-up.
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