Classic Club Spin # 18

1. It is time to take part in Classic Club spin nr 18!
2. I have decided to use audio books for my spins.
3. Why?
4. I love to get up in the morning…
5. and take a 1 hour walk
   
6. ..while I enjoy great literature!
7. Why?
8. I must reduce my TBR list on my Audible.com library
9. Why?
10. I need to avoid IPAD/Kindle screens before bed-time.
11. Audio books are a perfect solution.
12. #ccspin
13. Trivia: @bornasbooks and @HowlingFrog
14. …these clubbers have participated on ALL 18 CC spins!
15. BRAVO!
16. I win the prize (I think) for the LEAST number of spins!
17. 2014 – Praise of Folly (Erasmus) …very easy to read and very funny!
18. 2017 – Long Day’s Journey Into Night (E. O’Neill) – one of best 50 plays in 100 years!
19. 2018 – ??

Update: 01.08.2018

1. OMG I’ve died and gone to heaven…
2. spin book is “Means of Ascent’ by R. Caro.
3. This is a modern non-fiction classic!
4. Hours of listening pleasure on my morning walks!!
5. Thank you CC !
6. #ccspin

 

My list:

1. Eliot, George – The Mill on the Floss –
   
2. Dickens, C. – Our Mutual Friend –
3. Suetonius – The Twelve Caesars – ancient classic non-fiction –
   
4. London, Jack – Call of the Wild –
   
5. Ford Maddox Ford – Some Do Not (#1 Parade’s End) –
6. Bronte, C.  – Shirley –
7. Conrad, J. – Heart of Darkness –
   
8. Hardy, T. –  The Mayor of Casters bridge –
   
9. Caro, R. – Means of Ascent (LBJ) –  READ
   
10. Bronte, A. – The Tenant of Wildfell Hall –
11. Huxley, A. – Brave New World –
    
12. Atwood, M. – The Handmaid’s Tale –
13. Mann, T. – The Magic Mountain –
    
14. Fitzgerald, F. S.- The Great Gatsby –
    
15. Kipling, R.  – Kim –
    
16. McCullers, C. – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter –
    
17. Du Maurier, D. – Rebecca –
    
18. Poe, Edgar Allan – The Complete Short Stories (29 stories) –
19. Shakespeare, W. – Hamlet –
20. Thackeray, William – Vanity Fair –