Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Classics

Every year I tell myself I'm going to go back and reread the classics I love. Lots of Jane Austen, especially. Every year, I end up reading only new fiction...

This year I'm determined to get back to those oldies. Thanks to most classics being free on Kindle, I have them loaded and ready to go. All the Jane Austens, plus some others I've never read like Dracula and The Count of Monte Christo. 

Now to find the time to read...

Have you read any classics lately?
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7 comments:

  1. Tonya KappesJanuary 4, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    I love Pride and Prejudice!! Favorite Quote: "A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment."

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  2. DruJanuary 4, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    Is "To Kill A Mockingbird" considered a classic?

    I haven't read any lately, but I should read those that I've downloaded. If I start with any, it would be Tom Sawyer.

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  3. BookladyJanuary 4, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    Dru, I consider "To Kill A Mockingbird" a classic. It's one of my favorites. I've downloaded some Jane Austen to re-read, too. And I want to re-read "Catcher in the Rye."

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  4. MelissaJanuary 4, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    I need to read some of those classics I've been downloading as well, especially Mark Twain. Really want to get to those.

    Heather, you HAVE to read Dracula, just have to :)

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  5. Linda LeszczukJanuary 4, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Not sure if this would be considered a classic but I read Little Men (the sequel to Little Women) a chapter at a time to my grandson at bedtime. I started reading him Black Beauty the same way but it didn't hold him the way it did me at his age, so I just re-read it on my own. Still makes me cry.

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  6. HeatherJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    I try to rea at least four classics every year. Read in 2010: Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen (loved it!), The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (very weird), and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The latter was read on my Nintendo DS, as I received "100 Classic Books" for Christmas. Am currently reading A Wonder Book for Girls adn Boys (retelling of Greek myths) by Nathaniel Hawthorne on the DS.

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  7. Duffy BrownJanuary 4, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    From time to time I reread parts of GWTW. Makes me want to get out my baton and put on my pearls. The South is a great place to be in the middle of a Cincinnati winter!

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