“‘Classic.’ A book which people praise, but don’t read.” – Mark Twain
I love reading classics. While most girls in my sixth-grade classes last year toted around huge volumes of Twilight or Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (*shudders*), I toted around my beautiful hard-back copy of Pride & Prejudice, which I read for the umpteenth time sometime in the spring. (Not Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, Vampires, or Werewolves, thank you very much.)
Some of my other dearest friends include Anne of Green Gables (many thanks to my aunt Corrie for buying me the annotated version when I was eight), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (my Grandma got me that one!), Little Women (my Mimi introduced me to that little gem), and Great Expectations (one of my mom’s favorites.)
Now, I’m going to be completely, 100% honest here. I like saying I read classics because it makes me sound smart.
What? Whoever said quoting my favorite Emily Dickinson poem to my English teacher can’t earn you some brownie points?
I’m book-smart. Hence being book-ish. Not smart-ish. Ask my mom, okay? I’m a brunette, but look close and I’ve got some blonde roots! 😀
I’ve read more books than I even know where to begin to count. I wish I had less books taking up space in my room, but I just don’t have the heart to give them up. The thing is, though, I still haven’t met my reading goals yet.
I’ve been slacking off reading, and I’ve been reading the same book for a week. (Whhaaat? EMILY.) SO I’ve decided that in the next year, my goal is to read one-hundred classics.
Here is the list of classics I aim to read in the next year. I’m starting with The Secret Garden, since that’s the one I’ve got to read for school right now. Some of them I’m already read (Pride & Prejudice, Wind in the Willows…) but I’m going to read again. I chose this list because the majority of them I haven’t read, and they’ve been on my TBR for quite a while now.
Do you read any classics? Which ones would you like to read?
I wouldn’t write off Twilight or Pride & Prejudice & Zombies too quickly. They’re actually amazing books – I understand if they’re not your taste, but many people do enjoy them quite a bit, and for a good reason.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. What is popular is not always right, and what is right is not always popular.
I’m sort of a classic reader– I looooooooooooo*deep breath* oooooove Anne of Green Gables (actually, I love the whole series!), and there’s a few others I enjoy. 🙂 I would like to find time to read Little Women!!
I do, too! Anne (with an “e,” of course 😉 ), is one of my favorite characters! Oh, you definitely should. Little Women is an all-time favorite of mine.
The classics are–well, classic! Little Women is probably my all-time favorite. Have you read Little Men or Jo’s Boys? Not as good, but still fun. I also love Dickens. A Christmas Carol comes first, of course, followed closely by Nicholas Nickleby, and then probably A Tale of Two Cities. Thanks for posting that list! I’ve read a lot of them, but there are several I’ll have to add to my to-read list. 🙂