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I am going to try and read a classic a month. Some of these I may regret.

1. Gone with the Wind (finished 2/7/2022)
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. Rebecca
4. The Color Purple
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (finished 2/8/2022)
6. Beloved
7. The Secret Garden
8. The Woodlanders
9. The Great Gatsby
10. Little Women
11. North and South
12. A Christmas Carol

My +4 choices:

1. As I Lay Dying
2. Sarah's Key
3. The Optimist's Daughter
4. Jane Eyre

Great challenge. I've enjoyed Jane Eyre, Rebecca, The Secret Garden, Little Women. Enjoy your selections.

Lots of great choices on your list! My favourites being Pride & Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, Little Women, North & South, Jane Eyre, Christmas Carol & The Secret Garden.
Good luck with your challenge :)

These classics are really good; so you should enjoy them.

Rebecca is my favorite.

Good luck and happy reading

I tried to get caught up on classics for over the past ten years or so, and I think you've picked some winners. The books I haven't read yet are The Woodlanders and The Optimist's Daughter. My favorite is probably North and South, but so many of the books on your list rated highly for me. Hope you have the same experience on those, and a completely different experience on As I Lay Dying, which is the only book on your list that didn't click for me. Hope you enjoy all, including that one!

We read As I Lay Dying in college English class. I wasn't wild about myself, but Faulkner is a terrific writer. Impressive list - good luck!

This is an awesome list - hope you enjoy your 2022!

I enjoyed Little Women and Jane Eyre. Good luck with your challenge.

WOW! Such an impressive list! Enjoy your reading.

Hope you enjoy your list!

I don't always enjoy classics, but I think you have some winners here. Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, The Color Purple, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, A Christmas Carol, Sarah's Key are all excellent. My favorite of the bunch is Rebecca. Good luck and happy reading!

I've read 10 of the 16 on your list. You have some great reading ahead this year!! Enjoy!!

Great list!! Please share when you;ve read them, I'd love to hear your thoughts!! Did you start any of them yet?

I started Gone With the Wind (pg. 160). It is a little slow as this book has pretty little print. So far I am enjoying it, she is just getting to Atlanta.

Nice list. I keep thinking I’d like to read more classics but somehow only one or two usually make my challenges. Too many shiny new books for me, I get distracted.

I have read several on the list, Gone with the Wind, The Color Purple, Beloved, The Secret Garden, The Great Gatsby, Little Women, Jane Eyre, I Know Why a Caged Bird Sings and Rebecca. The last two are my favorites. Looking forward to what you think about them. Enjoy :)

I read Gone With The Wind when I was 16, but only in the last couple years did I start reading others so I'm interested in your thoughts as you go through this list.

I thought Rebecca was so good I would read it again

Missy wrote: "I started Gone With the Wind (pg. 160). It is a little slow as this book has pretty little print. So far I am enjoying it, she is just getting to Atlanta."

That book is so good, and its a hoot. I, like Kim, read it when I was a teenager. Had some very spirited conversations in school about this book.

Finished last night. It was sooo good. Scarlett is quite the selfish little thing I will say. But I can see a lot of thinking, manners, and ideas still alive living in Deep South Mississippi today. After growing up in the North (Iowa) - yes I am what they call a Damn Yankee because I have now lived here 17 years - it definitely shows me a different perspective. Very interesting, entertaining, comical, and sincere. Enjoyed it very much.

Congratulations, Gone with the Wind is quite the long read! I agree about Scarlett, she's such a strong and selfish character. But, mealy mouthed Melanie wields her own sort of strength and is far shrewder than Scarlett in some ways. It's such an interesting book, I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Missy wrote: "Finished last night. It was sooo good. Scarlett is quite the selfish little thing I will say. But I can see a lot of thinking, manners, and ideas still alive..."

I read this many years ago, before living in US, so a lot of nuances were lost on me, I'm sure. Maybe I should re-read it, with new eyes. I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

I listened to this book, narrated by the author. It was a story of her shuffling homes starting at 5, the strong women in her family, in her life, and the determination she had to break the barriers in her life.

In all 3.5 stars.

Missy wrote: "Finished last night. It was sooo good. Scarlett is quite the selfish little thing I will say. But I can see a lot of thinking, manners, and ideas still alive..."

One of my favorites; and I agree; Mississippi has not changed. They fight progress with every inch of their fiber. My dad lived there and my mom is still there. Anyway; the story is well written and actually nicely paced.