
We promised you a spin number this morning, and here it is! Your Spin Number is –
17.
If you joined the game last week, find number 17 on your Spin List! That’s the title you are challenged to read by October 6, 2014. We’ll toss a post up on October 6 to see who completed the game.
As always, the prize is the reading experience. Details here.
In case anyone asks — it would be awesome if everyone posted about their Spin book on October 6. But that’s not mandatory or anything. If you want to, though, have at it! 🙂
Check in below if you played. What’s your #17 title? Are you glad, hesitant, excited about your title? Do tell!
Twitter hashtag: #ccspin
– the Club
I get to read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ll be reading 20,000 leagues under the sea! I hope!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ll be reading An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser… looking forward to it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s Gulliver’s Travels for me – a book I’ve been meaning to read for years!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy was mine. Not feeling to bad about that. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
My #17 is: 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie (a Miss Marple mystery). I’m happy with that 🙂
LikeLike
Dang, no…I was reading from my master list and not the Spin List of 20 titles. I will actually be reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott! A good choice also–I’m still happy.
LikeLike
I ended up getting Fahrenheit 451….always been on the TBR list. Looking forward to it
LikeLiked by 1 person
OOoh… I love that one 🙂
LikeLike
I got H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine…. it was one I was intrigued to read. 🙂
youmeandacupofteablog.blogspot.com
LikeLiked by 1 person
I got Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I’m OK with that, it is one of the few re-reads on my list. I was really hoping to get Wizard of Earthsea so I will go ahead and read that next, then Bronte.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I got The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Not one that I was hoping for!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Trollope–The Small House at Allington! Woot!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Awesome!! I love Trollope…though this one has been in my TBR forever…. Hope you enjoy it….do let me know how it goes
LikeLike
Summer by Edith Wharton. I *feel* lucky! I have enjoyed my two prior Whartons (The House of Mirth & Age of Innocence) and it’s only 224 pages!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Lucky! I’m very envious! Now you’ll have read more Wharton’s than me. Seriously though, I’m glad you got it and will look forward to your review!
LikeLike
I got A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain. I’m kind of hesitant, but Mark Twain is funny sometimes!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ashley, I remember that book being a strange but enjoyable read. After reading the book you might want to watch the film adaption. If I remember correctly the movie is nothing like the book but both were enjoyable.
LikeLike
I got Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles. I’m excited, as I’m in the mood for some strange, snarky early-mid 20th century fare.
http://readthegamut.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/the-classics-club-spin-number-announced-2/
LikeLiked by 1 person
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ah! I got The Importance of Being Earnest! Nice! http://cleoclassical.blogspot.ca/2014/08/classics-club-spin-7-and-winner-is.html
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hey Cleo…. glad you got a book of your choice… I love Wilde and “The Importance” is one of his best works…have fun!!! BTW, I got Katherine by Anya Setonv…To think we were talking about it just yesterday ..very physic, the way our #s turned up! 😉
LikeLike
Ha! Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket! …….. I’m so interested in Anya Seton. I have one book by her and I’m tempted to start it. But I’ll resist and concentrate on my spin book.
Thanks for the positive review on “Earnest”! I can hardly wait to start!
LikeLike
Heehaaaaheeee!!! Will keep you posted on Seton!!
LikeLike
I’m so excited to be reading Animal Farm for the Spin!
http://loniseye.blogspot.ca/2014/08/the-spin-number.html
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s a good book! Really eye-opening!
LikeLike
Moby Dick for me, the one book on my list I didn’t really want. Wish me luck!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Good luck, Sam! My daughter had this on her list and was dreading it but she dodged the bullet! Hee hee! Who knows, you may end up loving it. Well, perhaps “loving” is too strong a word …….. 😉
LikeLike
Good luck Sam. I finished reading Moby-Dick last month and I absolutely loved it. The cetology/whaling chapters are so much more than encyclopedia entries. They were actually my favorite chapters because the facts are often presented as metaphors for Captain Ahab’s personality and human behavior in general.
LikeLike
Luck!!!!!
LikeLike
Oh wow… I wasn’t letting that book even go near my classics list! Good luck!
LikeLike
Oh dear, the only book on my list that I truly dreaded: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. I seriously considered faking a reshuffle but decided to be honest and go for it. Here I go….
LikeLiked by 1 person
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton…I’ve owned this book forever. It’s about time to read it!
LikeLiked by 1 person
One of my favourites – lucky you! I’m sure you will enjoy it.
LikeLike
The World According to Garp – John Irving…
Huh..not one I own, or really know much anything about (other than the fact that I probably should know something about it). Alrighty!
LikeLiked by 1 person
And..it’s no available on Kindle? Sigh… library will force me to read it in a timely manner I suppose.
LikeLike
One of the best books I’ve ever read. Enjoy!
LikeLike
Thanks! I ended up buying a copy (because I am horrible at NOT buying books) should arrive today, so looking forward to getting started!
LikeLike
Some eerie timing to this one. Robin Williiams starred in the movie version of the book.
LikeLike
Yeah. It is eerie timing, indeed.
LikeLike
I thought The World According to Garp was pretty funny. I hope you enjoy it.
LikeLike
Good to hear! Thanks 🙂
LikeLike
Oh, this is a wonderful book (& movie), but rather sad now, given what has happened to Robin Williams.
LikeLike
Yeah.. I hadn’t realized he was in the movie version until very recently, actually makes me a little more intrigued by the book — and looking forward to seeing the movie when I’m done.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I got James Stephens’ The Charwoman’s Daughter, about Dublin in the early 20th century. I’m not familiar with the author or the small book, so I’m curious to find out what it’s all about.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I will be reading Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I enjoyed that one a long time ago– have fun with it.
LikeLike
I got One of Ours by Willa Cather — I’ve been meaning to read it for a long time, and it’s about WWI, so it fits in really nicely with my plans to read more WWI literature.
LikeLiked by 2 people
This one has been in my TBR forever… do let me know how you liked it!
LikeLike
Golly, I dodged a bullet. I had Crime & Punishment at 17 on my original list, but I felt like it wasn’t random enough … so I shuffled all the titles again. Ended up with The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.
Still, I think that’s a sign that I need to tackle C&P this winter … feels like winter read.
Thank you for organizing the spin!!
Sarah
LikeLiked by 2 people
I read C&P in high school and it was one of the more enjoyable high school readings…a perfect winter read 🙂
LikeLike
Finally….I got something I have dying to read for ages…I got Katherine by Anya Seton….Woohoooo
LikeLiked by 2 people
Great Expectations – one I’m not exactly looking forward to! Hopefully this will be the start of my appreciation for Dickens!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I couldn’t get into this one, when I tried to read it years ago. I do know a few people who really like the book though. Hopefully it will be one of those books that you don’t think you will enjoy but end up loving.
LikeLike
Hey Katherine….I had similar apprehensions when I began reading Great Expectations last year for the Spin…but it was awesome, in fact, I went back and re-read all Dickens works including Bleak House. Expectations and House are my favorites …go for it….I am sure you will enjoy it!!
LikeLike
I loved Great Expectations! I read in a literature survey course in college. It was my first Dickens and I was absolutely dreading it, but I loved it, and now I’m a huge Dickens fan. I hope you end up liking it.
LikeLike
I’m not a Dickens fan at all, but I quite enjoyed this one. Hope it is the same for you 🙂
LikeLike
I love Dickens and put this one plus A Tale of Two Cities on my list. It won’t be so bad 🙂
LikeLike
I feel like one of the things to remember with books like Great Expectations (and a number of other classics) is that they were printed as serials… so they were intended to be originally read in chunks. Spread the reading out and give yourself space (as much as you can!)
I haven’t read this one yet… I believe it’s on my list though, so I’ll try to remember my own advice 🙂
LikeLike
I got Germinal, have thought about reading this one off and on. I have heard it is really good though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Germinal is just wonderful. It’s bleak, yet brilliant.
LikeLike
17! Wahoo – the Silent Spring for me.
I’m glad not to have a chunkster for this spin…I’ve got a lot on this month, so a smaller non-fiction read is much appreciated 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Nice…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh, lucky you!
LikeLiked by 1 person