New year, new hope, new vigour. After
some reading (and blogging) slump this year, I intend to make a come back next
year. Covid-19 will likely still be part of our lives (looking at how our govt has
been acting so far, I’ve prepared for the worse), however, we must make the
best of this unfortunate situation, yes? So, I will spare most of my leisure time
for reading and blogging.
Personally, 2021 will also mark a new
era for me, which I will explain further in another post. Meanwhile here is
what my reading schedule looks like throughout 2021:
January
#CCSpin25 #BackToTheClassics2021
#CC3 –
Eugene Onegin - DONE
#RougonMacquartProject
– The Conquest of Plassans - DONE
February
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC – Nicholas Nickleby (with Ruth) - DONE
March
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC –
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC – Things Fall Apart - DONE
April
#Zoladdiction2021 #RougonMacquartProject – The Sin of Abbe Mouret - CURRENTLY READING
#Zoladdiction2021 – Zola’s
biography or short stories collections
May
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC – My
Antonia (with Laurie)
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC – Return
of the Native
June
#JazzAgeJune #CC – The Beautiful and Damned
#hunchbackreadalong #CC – The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (7
chapters) – it’s one of Nick's Chapter-a-Day-Read-Along
July
#RougonMacquartProject
– His Excellency Eugene Rougon
--The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (31 chapters)
August
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC – The Pilgrim’s Progress
--The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (21
chapters)
September
#RougonMacquartProject
– L’Assommoir
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC – Watership Down
October
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC #RIP –
Lady Audley’s Secret
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC #RIP –
Othello
November
#BackToTheClassics2021
#CC – Cat’s Craddle
#CC –
The Custom of the Country or Barchester Tower
December
#ALiteraryChristmas #BackToTheClassics2021 #CC
– The Nutcracker
#ALiteraryChristmas – A Merry
Christmas (Alcott) or other Christmas stories
~~Statistics~~
15 books for #CC or The Classics
Club #3 (complete list coming soon!)
12 books for Back to the Classics 2021
4 reading events participation:
- Nick’s Chapter-A-Day-Readalong (The
Hunchback of Notre Dame only)
- #CCSpin (January is definite;
other months tentative)
- RIP
- A Literary Christmas
2 events hosting:
- #Zoladdiction2021
- #JazzAgeJune (co-hosting with Laurie)
1 personal project:
#RougonMacquartProject
~~Beyond the schedule~~
- #AgathaChristiePerpetualReading –
will read as many Agatha Christie I can in between books/events
- one or two classics or non-classics
when possible
- #MobyDick2ndRead – will continue
on this as many as possible
If you feel like reading a book or two along with me, just let me know, the more the merrier!
So many good books in your list ! I read The sin of Abbé Mouret when I was a teenager and still remember it fondly, the Paradou (the garden) is a character all by itself. Happy reading :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Iza. You are right about the Paradou being a character, I've not realized back then. Will certainly give it more focus on my second read.
DeleteYes, Fanda, I'll read Nicholas Nickleby w/ you. Do you think you'll have a timeline or reading schedule? Or just read it as long as you need? I want to try to keep up with you. :)
ReplyDeleteYay, it'd be fun reading with you, Ruth! I haven't looked closely on the chapters. Will let you know as soon as I've made up my mind.
DeleteGreat! And I think I should just join you guys for The Hunchback of Notre Dame bc I'm reading that, too.
DeleteThat's great, Ruth!
DeleteI've checked on Nickleby, and have created the timeline. Will be posting about this during holiday.
I'll be reading the Sin of Abbé Mouret with you in April, and of course, The Hunchback with Nick.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to feel organised isn't it? Especially in a year where a lot is out of our control, we wrestle it back anyway we can :-)
It's definitely good to be back on track!
DeleteThanks, Brona, for reading Sin of Abbe Mouret for Zoladdiction; it'll be fun! :)
Wow, what a list! That's pretty impressive planning. I might be up for Nickolas Nickleby...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jean. I'll come back after looking up the chapters. It'll be nice to have a kind of timeline, and make it a proper Nicholas Nickleby readalong!
DeleteNice list, Fanda and I look forward to reading My Antonia with you 👍
ReplyDeleteYayy! 🙌🏼
DeleteWell, thanks for this. I didn't know Nick was reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame .... I thought he was reading the Patrick O'Brien series only. I'll go take a look.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of this type of list to keep you on track. I would be interested in Nicholas Nickleby too. And I'm going to try to make your Zola Addition this year. I have The Dream to read and I've heard it awesome!
Just sneaking in her to say, I am reading The Dream for Zoladdiction! Now you have to :)
DeleteAha! Maybe if we all post our reading plans, we'd find more reading buddies for next year (and perhaps inspire more reading events!) ;)
DeleteLaurie, that's awesome! Now I will absolutely read it!!
DeleteYes, Fanda, I agree. It's so nice to have buddies to push you along!
Fanda, what a great list!! Some of these are on my Classics Club list or books I've wanted to reread. I don't want to make any reading commitments as this point, but I'm really looking forward to reading all the reviews coming out of these books. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marian. I'm so excited with these books. Starting a new CC list is always fun!
DeleteI'm impressed with how well you have this planed out. A great list! Unfortunately, I know that I would never be able to stick to such as specific plan. I'll try to remember that you and Laurie are going to host a Jazz Age June again, it sounded fun last year, but I had too many other books in progress at the time to join. Maybe this year.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your reading and I can't wait to see your new CC list.
Making list and planning is always fun, but I'm pretty sure in the end the result would be different.😂
DeleteHave fun too with your next year reading, Amanda!