January-March 2021

Dolce Bellezza will once again host the Japanese Literature Challenge from January through March of 2021. For more information, visit Dolce Bellezza.
2021 (All Year)

For the eighth year, Karen at Books and Chocolate is hosting the Back to the Classics Challenge, a year-long challenge in which participants are encouraged to finally read the classics they’ve always meant to read — or just recently discovered. At the end of the year, one lucky winner will receive a prize $30 (US) in books from the bookstore of their choice. Take a look at Karen’s sign-up post on Books and Chocolate for more details about the challenge.


1. Leave a comment on this post telling everyone that you’ll be reading along and why.
2. Get a copy of each of the five books pictured above. Or read them online. All of them are available at Project Gutenberg at the links found in the descriptions below.
3. Commit to reading a chapter a day, starting on January 1, 2021. If you get behind or race ahead, no worries. As 2020 taught us so well, life happens.
4. If you feel like it, post a line a day from the current chapter on social media.

If you’re a Classics Clubber and you would like to sharing information about a classics event, fill in the contact form here. Please let us know the start and end date for the event, some details, and a link to the home site. It’s fine to do this whether you’re the host of the event or simply want to share one you’ve discovered, as long as you’re a clubber. (Also check out any events our members on Twitter may have tweeted about at hashtag #cceventsched.) 🙂 – The Club
I’m hosting a read-along of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility beginning March 1. We’re aiming to read 6 chapters a week. Read this blog post for more info.
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I’m hosting a Russian Literature Challenge in 2020:
https://achaemenids.blogspot.com/2019/12/russian-literature-challenge-2020.html
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I’m hosting a Reading Classic Books Challenge. The plan is to do the 12 challenge prompts to help me read the books on my Classics Club list. So, I hope others will join in.
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I forgot to say it’s a year long challenge that starts January 2020. And, will you add to the Events page? Thanks!
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Are there any events people are planning for next year?
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I’m hosting a Reading Classic Books Challenge, which can be done in conjunction with The Classics Club Challenge. There are 12 prompts, Instagram challenges, and giveaways. So, hopefully people can find books from Classics Club reading list to fit the prompts.
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A little last minute but I’m hosting a The House of Mirth Read-along beginning Nov 1st and going until Dec 15th. Here’s a link to my post: https://classicalcarousel.com/the-house-of-mirth-read-along/
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Spotted this June 2019 event Deb – http://inthebookcase.blogspot.com/2019/05/louisa-may-alcott-reading-challenge.html
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And I have a #MobyDickReadalong coming up in August
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com/2019/05/moby-dick-readalong.html?m=1
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I’m hosting a read-along of C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves if anyone would like to join me. Here’s my initial post: https://classicalcarousel.com/four-loves-read-along/
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Hello,
I’m hosting a read-along for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, by Mary Wollstonecraft, for the month of April. If anyone is interested, check it out here:
https://greatbookstudy.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-vindication-of-rights-of-womenread.html
Thanks!
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Hi!
I’m hosting a readalong for Gone with the Wind from March 1-31 if anyone is interested!
I know many Classics Club members have this book on their TBR and it might be a good chance to knock it off once and for all!
For more info: https://thebookcorps.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/gone-with-the-wind-readalong-march/
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Not to be pushy, but Brona, dear Brona, is the Moby Dick read-along still happening in February??
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2019 year of Shakespeare anyone? Maybe one play a month?
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I could possibly get behind that.
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We could even make it into a 3 year project to get all the plays, if people got really excited. Though that seems long. 😁
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Part of me says, “Absolutely!” and part of me says, “Yeah, prolly not gonna happen.” Maybe make a poll and have people vote on what they’d like to have included? Or let everyone choose their own things and just have it be a “read some Shakespeare” event like the Women Authors event from a year or two ago?
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I was thinking more aling the lines of voting for the plays, and everyone reading the same. But we could also split it into 4 month tragedy, comedy, history and let people read however many they want.
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