Well, my plans for the year didn't work out as well as I'd wanted. I'd intended to read five classics in 2012, and I didn't read a single one of them. I'd thought reading would be a New Year's resolution that I could actually achieve, but I guess not!
So I'm going to try again in 2013. I'll roll these five titles over into the new year's list, plus add a couple more titles (to the end of the list).
Here is my revised list for 2013:
I've been meaning to read The Professor by Charlotte Bronte for years. I'm a Bronte enthusiast and I've read all the sisters' other published books and even a little of their poetry and unpublished work. The Professor is the only one I have left, with the exception of the first few chapters of Charlotte's unfinished final book. Hopefully this year I can finally read this one!
This also falls under the "Bronte enthusiast" reading list. I've read bits and pieces of this book, and I know (from my other research) how biased it is, but I still want to be able to say I've read it!
I'm not a huge Jane Austen fan, but I've read far too few of her books to be able to say I have an opinion! Emma is one of the books I still haven't read.
I read bits and pieces of Moby-Dick in my English classes in college, but never the whole thing. I feel like this is one of the books that any self-respecting English Literature major ought to be able to say they've said, though. I earned my degree eight years ago, but it's never too late, right?
My husband had to read Heart of Darkness for a college course a few years ago, and it sounded like something I ought to read -- so I'm going to! (Hopefully.)
I probably should have started this already, but in light of the new movie adaptation, I think I should finally read Les Miserables. I've seen the older movie version but never read the book. I do want to try to find a version of the book that isn't abridged, though (the Barnes & Noble edition is). I take after my mom in that I don't like reading abridged versions of anything!
I do realize that I probably should have read Peter Pan years ago, but somehow I never actually managed to read J.M. Barrie's classic. In book club however we read (or were supposed to read -- I didn't) a modern horror version of Peter Pan, so I want to read the original (and then go back and read the book club selection I never actually read).
So there you have it, my book goals for 2013! Do you have any books -- classics or otherwise -- that you are planning on reading in the coming year?
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