"The world was hers for the reading"
Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(0ther than the crow, this seems familiar)
Due to the occurrence of some extensive mouth and teeth surgery I had the last week of 2020, which from there hurdled me into the second week of January before I felt more normal again...what's normal these days? Thus my 2021 reading challenge is a bit delayed, but no worries because reading is wonderful and necessary and something I wish to always have in my life, ergo, my self-imposed reading challenge is only slightly delayed.
I spent the later part of the week making my plans and gathering my books. Following are the proposed reading genres and books I am considering for this year. As always, the majority of them are classics and I am mimicking Karen's list as a format to include in my genres.
1. 19th Century Classic (1800-1899)...
Far From the Maddening Crowd-Thomas Hardy
2. 20th Century Classic (1900-1971)...
This Proud Heart-Pearl Buck
3. Classic written by a woman...
I Capture the Castle- Dodie Smith
4. Classic in translation...
The Odyssey (Homer)-translated by Robert Fitzgerald
5. Classic written by a non-white author...
Up From Slavery- Booker T. Washington
6. Classic author new to you...
Cry, the Beloved Country-Alan Paton
7. Classic by an author you've read before...
The Dean's Watch- Elizabeth Goudge
8 Classic with animal in the title...
The Little White Horse- Elizabeth Goudge
9. Humorous or satirical Classic
Screwtape Letters- C.S.Lewis
10. Classical Play...
A Winter's Tale- Shakespeare
11. Children's Classic...
a Laura Ingalls Wilder book
12. A biography or autobiography...
Bonhoeffer- Eric Metaxas
13. A religious classic...
In His Steps-Charles M. Sheldon
14. A classic with a Season in the Title...
The Solitary Summer- Elizabeth von Arnim
15. A Craft/gardening/or cook book...
The Geometry of Handsewing-Alabama Chanin
16. A Grace Livingston Hill Classic
Duskin
17. A modern novel...
Peace Like A River-Leif Enger
There are still several holes I will be filling in as the months go by, and these titles are not written in stone. I can change them at the last minute if another choice becomes more desirable. All in all I will be reading more books than are listed in this challenge, my goal here is to simply enjoy reading a wide variety of classics. Nothing difficult about that...
Please share some of your reading choices for 2021.
