December 2020 Group Challenge
Conversazioni1001 Books to read before you die
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1JayneCM
Christmas treat!
Choose a book from your favourite era of the list.
The 1001 list in the published book is divided into:
Pre-1800s
1800s
1900s
2000s
Either use these divisions or you could narrow it down further. For example, books from the Victorian era or books from the 1960s.
Your choice - it's your Christmas treat!
Choose a book from your favourite era of the list.
The 1001 list in the published book is divided into:
Pre-1800s
1800s
1900s
2000s
Either use these divisions or you could narrow it down further. For example, books from the Victorian era or books from the 1960s.
Your choice - it's your Christmas treat!
2puckers
My particular soft spots are the long winded novels of Victorian Britain. I’ve finished all the Dickens and Trollopes, but note that Hardy’s The Woodlanders is still on the TBR shelf so I might make that my port/slippers/armchair treat for Christmas.
3JayneCM
>2 puckers: That sounds wonderful! That is my sweet spot too!
It will probably be stinking hot in Australia though, so I need an air conditioner/icy cold drink kind of read!
It will probably be stinking hot in Australia though, so I need an air conditioner/icy cold drink kind of read!
4gypsysmom
I've been saving Martin Chuzzlewit to read in December so I think that will fit right into this theme because I too love the writers of the later 1800s.
>2 puckers: I read all the books written by Thomas Hardy for a readalong a few years ago and I thought The Woodlanders was very good. I particularly liked all the descriptions of the surrounding woodland which doesn't really exist in England any more.
>2 puckers: I read all the books written by Thomas Hardy for a readalong a few years ago and I thought The Woodlanders was very good. I particularly liked all the descriptions of the surrounding woodland which doesn't really exist in England any more.
5DeltaQueen50
As a child of the 1960s, I enjoy reading about that era so I am going with Play it As It Lays by Joan Didion and if that one is too depressing, I am also going to be reading Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, set, I believe in the late 1950s.
6JayneCM
>4 gypsysmom: I think I will choose Dickens too, with (predictably) A Christmas Carol.
>5 DeltaQueen50: Mrs. Harris is lots of fun, perfect relaxing read for this busy time.
>5 DeltaQueen50: Mrs. Harris is lots of fun, perfect relaxing read for this busy time.
8DeltaQueen50
I have finished reading both Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion and Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico. Play It As it Lays was a pretty depressing read so I definitely preferred the charm of Mrs. 'arris Goes to Paris.