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I keep saying it: Dead White Guys Belated Readathon has come at the right time, and truly, it has. I can catch up with Shakespeare, I can catch up with Woolf, ah, it's going to be a good day!
So, tomorrow, I will mostly be curled up in my armchair reading some of the following:
- Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen.
- Fanny Hill, John Cleland
- The Prince, Machiavelli
- Scoop, Evelyn Waugh
- No Signposts in the Sea, Vita Sackville West
- The Common Reader Second Series, Virginia Woolf
- The Europeans, Henry James
- Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf
- Three Shakespeare plays, yet to be decided.
Like last time, I'll probably change my mind, pick out new titles, drop the titles on this list, etc, however I am determined to read the Shakespeare, Sense and Sensibility, and the Woolfs. And, like last time, I'll keep checking in, and I'll do a master post with the most recent entries at the top.
As for today, I'll be finishing The Voyage Out and hopefully writing down some thoughts on the re-visiting Virginia Woolf journey so far.
Let me know if you're joing in the read-a-thon as well, so I can check in with you :)
I'm joining tomorrow. I'll probably be checking in on Twitter now and then.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Sense and Sensibility!!!! Also, I can't wait to read The Common Reader. I only have the first series right now; I really want the second one. :-)
Sadly, I can't participate, since my wife wants me to do things with her, like clean my house and go to the bank. Whatever.
ReplyDeleteI love your reads -- some fabulous classics! Can't wait to see your thoughts on the Woolfs and Sackville-West should you get to her!
Good luck with the readathon, and I'm looking forward to your thoughts on those books, particularly on Sense and Sensibility. Have fun. :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun reading, my friend! You've a great pile to choose from. I look forward to your comments, thoughts, and progress! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI'm totally readathoning, but I'm not sure how much I'm going to be checking in because I will be without internet for a big chunk of the day... but we'll see. So far, I can't even be bothered to write a prep post, so I'm apparently not that dedicated to blogging this endeavour! Have lots of reading fun though :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, Jillian and Laura, as it happens, I won't be checking in too much either, but I will manage a couple of Twitter updates from my mobile.
Audra and Christopher - got lots and lots of Woolf related stuff coming up :) Was going to do a post tonight, but I'm kind of sleepy, and a big mistake I made for last readathon was I didn't go to bed til 6, woke up at 10, then paced around bored til 1pm when it started. I did great until about 5am, and then between 5am and 11am, it was all a blur. In fact all I remember at this moment was standing in the garden for the cold air to wake me up!
Darlyn - not 100% convinced my Sense and Sensibility thoughts are going to be terribly helpful - this is a book I have tried and failed many times, for some reason. But it will be read tomorrow.
I'll be reading a lot tomorrow as well. I'm not sure how often I will update-I think I'll put up a post when I start and update it randomly throughout the day!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your thoughts on all of these!
Very interesting selections-I have read all but the Waugh and the Sack-Ville West-I think her books pass into public domain next year and I hope to read her major works then-I have read one of her short stories and loved it-
ReplyDeleteI definitely need to read more VSW, I think.
ReplyDeleteAnd, as it's all over, you can see: I did not stick to my list. I started well, but the Finnegans Wake happened!