Thursday, April 16, 2020

CC Spin #23: My First Spin

This is a recurring event at The Classics Club. I joined in 2018 but have never done a Spin before. The instructions are at the blog here. I will be reading one of the 20 books from this list, and on Sunday I will find out what I'm reading!
  1. The Golden Ass - Apuleius 
  2. Troilus & Cressida - Shakespeare
  3. The Lais of Marie de France
  4. Idylls of the King - Tennyson
  5. The Complete Cosmicomics - Italo Calvino
  6. Midnight's Children  - Salman Rushdie (reread)
  7. Tales Before Tolkien - anthology
  8. The Nibelungenlied
  9. The Best of C.L. Moore
  10. The Complete John Silence Stories - Algernon Blackwood
  11. The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell
  12. The Conference of the Birds - Farid ud-Din Attar
  13. Songs of Innocence & Experience - William Blake
  14. Paradise Lost (paradiselost.org) - John Milton (reread) 
  15. The Kalevala 
  16. Ajax - Sophocles 
  17. Electra - Sophocles (drama)
  18. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table - Malory
  19. Lyrical Ballads - William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  20. The Poetic Edda 










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9 comments:

  1. BronaApril 16, 2020 at 4:23 PM

    Midnight's Children is one of my all time favourite books - so I wish you that :-)

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    1. Beth April 16, 2020 at 7:03 PM

      Yeah, it's great! Not sure whether it is a favorite but definitely worth a reread. (This will be my second time reading it)

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  2. LoryApril 17, 2020 at 6:52 AM

    That's quite a mix you have there. I have had the ambition to go back to some of the classics I read in school (Greek tragedies, Paradise Lost) now that I might have more of a chance of understanding them, but somehow I never get around to it. I should do a spin with those to get me going. I hope you enjoy your spin book!

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  3. Deb Nance at ReaderbuzzApril 17, 2020 at 7:48 AM

    A spin is such a treat!

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  4. reeseApril 17, 2020 at 7:51 PM

    The Calvino I thought an awful lot of fun, and I quite liked The Golden Ass, but I own both Kalevala & Conference of the Birds, but haven't read either one, so I hope you get one of those & can tell me about them!

    Hope whatever it is you like it!

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  5. Cleo @ Classical CarouselApril 17, 2020 at 9:03 PM

    I just love Paradise Lost but some Greek plays would be good as well. I see you snuck The Road to Wigan Pier on the list, or was it just providence that it showed up? In any case, have a wonderful spin!!

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  6. JosephApril 18, 2020 at 1:06 PM

    Nibelungenlied...close to 50 years since I've read that. I remember enjoying it. Hope you enjoy whatever we get.

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