Hello, Clubbers!
It’s time for another Classics Club Spin!What is the spin?
It’s easy. At your blog, before next Sunday 18th JULY, 2021, create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list.
This is your Spin List.
You have to read one of these twenty books by the end of the spin period.
Try to challenge yourself. For example, you could list five Classics Club books you have been putting off, five you can’t WAIT to read, five you are neutral about, and five free choice (favourite author, re-reads, ancients, non-fiction, books in translation — whatever you choose.)
On Sunday 18th, JULY, we’ll post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by the 22nd August, 2021. That’s a five week reading window for this spin. You may like to stack your list with books that you know are do-able for you within that time frame.
We’ll check in here on Sunday the 22nd August, 2021 to see who made it the whole way and finished their spin book!
What’s Next?
- Go to your blog.
- Pick twenty books that you’ve got left to read from your Classics Club List.
- Post that list, numbered 1-20, on your blog before Sunday, 18th July.
- We’ll announce a number from 1-20.
- Read that book by 22nd August, 2021.
This is meant to be a fun, social way to read another book from your classics club list. We’re very relaxed about how you set it up, we simply want you to read more classics!
Sometime this week, at your blog, you might post something like:
My Book Spin List for the Classics Club –
- Jane Eyre
- The Inferno
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- Oliver Twist
- Clarissa
- Gone With the Wind
- Don Quixote
- Testament of Youth
- Richard III
- The Iliad
- Jude the Obscure
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- The Master and Margarita
- Dracula
- The Home and the World
- Sense & Sensibility
- Madame Bovary
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- Antigone
- The Tale of Genji
(Obviously, YOU choose what books YOU want to list, in what order.)
Next Sunday?
We will announce a number from 1 through 20. When we announce it, go to your Spin list. Find that number, read (and hopefully, review) the book listed for that number by 22nd August, 2021.
So, if (for example) we announce #14, and if the above list was your Spin List, you’d have to read Dracula.
The prize, of course, is the reading experience 🙂
When we announce the number next week, come back and tell us your spin title.
Who’s in?
Add the link for your spin list below and join in the discussion.
Hashtag: #ccspin
I finished my spin “A Boy’s Will” and “North of Boston” by Robert Frost. It’s not my favourite but at least I eliminated it from my TBR pile. Thanks for that. I hope everyone had a good read.
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Done! I wonder what I’ll get?
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Well, I finally solidified my CCSpin and I’m excited about it.
My #CCSpin#27 List
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GWTW, Testament of Youth–so many others here, I wish I could again read for the first time. Here is my list https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2021/07/17/next-classic-spin-27/
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Better late than never!
http://reesewarner.blogspot.com/2021/07/classics-club-spin-27.html
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Sorry I am a bit late to the party, busy week at work, but here’s my list: https://thebookwormchronicles.wordpress.com/2021/07/17/%f0%9f%8f%9b-the-classics-club-spin-event-27-%f0%9f%8e%b0/ 🙂
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Excited to see what I get. Here’s my list – https://cabdriversandcoffeepots.blogspot.com/2021/07/my-list-for-classics-club-spin-27.html
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My CC Spin number 27, or how to combine a spin with #AusteninAugustRBR
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I’m in! Here’s my list: https://classicalcarousel.com/classics-club-spin-27/
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I’m running out of titles for a list of up to twenty so have doubled up on seven: https://wp.me/p2oNj1-5wd. Thanks for running the spin as my regular nudge to get on! 🙂
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Brilliant list. I’ve read ten from your list already, you have some great books on there.
Here is my list.
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Oops – posted incorrect link – here is the right one: https://bookobsessed.home.blog/2021/07/15/cc-spin-27/
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Here’s mine: https://wordpress.com/post/bookobsessed.home.blog/277
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Here’s my list for the spin! https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2021/07/14/classics-club-spin-27/
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I failed big time on the last one, so I vow this one will be successful: https://iwouldratherbereadingblog.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/a-new-classics-club-spin-failure-is-not-an-option/
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Your list is full of such classics that I’ve read all but two. You should get a good one!
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I haven’t been reading many books from my list recently so this spin comes at just the right time! Here’s my list: https://warmdayswillnevercease.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/classics-club-spin-27/
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I have yet to read my book for the two previous spins, so I’m going to pass this time.
Though my list of Classics reading is doing well: I’m on my third list. My goal is to read 137 titles before November 2025, and I have already read 62 in 9 months. See details here: https://wordsandpeace.com/2020/11/18/the-classics-club-2020-2025/
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That’s a really interesting list. I haven’t heard of lots of those books.
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Here’s mine! Yay! https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2021/07/time-for-classics-club-spin-27.html
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You always have such interesting entries to the reviews list. I have hardly ever seen a list before where I haven’t read a single one of the books. In this case, I have one of those books on my own list, The Black Arrow. I’m not familiar with very many of the others.
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I’m going to do this one day… if you run one in December, my ARC list is very light so I might be able to do it then… (Plus, that gives me time to get a few more classics for the list.)
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Hope you’ll join us soon!
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Here is my list: https://theblankgarden.com/2021/07/12/classics-spin-27/
Good luck, everyone! 🙂
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Here’s another list full of books I haven’t heard of. Good luck!
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I’m in! I’ve had some epic fails with my spins this year, hopefully I’ll do better this time around. Here’s my list:
https://karensbooksandchocolate.blogspot.com/2021/07/classics-spin-27.html
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I keep seeing references to A Pin to See the Peep Show. I’m going to have to put that on some sort of list one of these days.
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Here’s my list: http://rosepetalsandfaeriedust.com/blog/2021/07/classics-club-spin-27-list/
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You’ve got some old favorites on that list. Good luck!
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Wonderful! I’m in!
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Nice list!
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Thanks.
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Ooh how lovely! I am in time for the current CC Spin!! I’ve missed joining in on the events clubbers and as I was already earmarked to read Persuasion in August alongside #AustenInAugustRBR’s event and diving back into Jane Eyre in September, this is a good time to sort out what else I can read and/or listen to via audiobook for July! I’ve had such long absences from club events and from reading the Classics — each year I strive to read more and somehow between life and migraines, I seem to accomplish the opposite. I can’t wait to see how my list turns out — especially as I like the advice of neutral choices. At this point, I’m not sure which Classics selections I’ve a mind to read so I might just do a random spin of neutrals and see what comes up! Champion.
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