It’s time for another Classics Club “Spin!” Here’s how it works:
At your blog, by April 19, 2020,, create a post that lists twenty books of your choice that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list.
This is your “Spin List.”
You have to read one of these twenty books by the end of the spin period.
Try to challenge yourself. For example, you could list five Classics Club books you have been putting off, five you can’t WAIT to read, five you are neutral about, and five free choice (favourite author, re-reads, ancients, non-fiction, books in translation — whatever you choose.)
The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by 1st June, 2020.
My record for finishing my Spin books for the Classics Club isn’t great, but I always like to give the book a try! This time, being in the middle of our period of self-isolation for Covid-19, I am in need of comfort reading. I’ve picked a few from my list that fit that description and am listing them numerous times so that one will be chosen for sure.
So here I go again with a list of books from my 50 books to read before March, 2022. Please check back here to see which of these books I will be reading for the new Spin!
UPDATE: The spin number chosen was 6 !
- Rose in Bloom, by Louisa May Alcott
- Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
- The Solitary Summer, by Elizabeth von Arnim
- Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
- The Story of an African Farm, Olive Schreiner
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Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym
- The Solitary Summer, by Elizabeth von Arnim
- Rose in Bloom, by Louisa May Alcott
- Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
- The Solitary Summer, by Elizabeth von Arnim
- Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
- The Story of an African Farm, Olive Schreiner
- Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym
- The Gaucho Martin Fierro, by Jose Fernandez
- Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
- The Solitary Summer, by Elizabeth von Arnim
- Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
- The Story of an African Farm, Olive Schreiner
- Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym
- The Solitary Summer, by Elizabeth von Arnim
A Fondness For Reading 
I hope the book you read for this spin gives you some comfort and escape.
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Thank you, Chris! I’m very happy with the one that was chosen today! I get to read Excellent Women, by Barbara Pym!
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Nothing but comfort reads sounds like the perfect way to go. I’ve been reading some Pym’s and Thirkell’s lately for the same reason.
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Thanks, Brona! I’m so happy that I’ll be reading Barbara Pym! Enjoy your spin choice, too!
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You’ve got a ton of cozy reads on your list! Good luck on your challenge 🙂
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Thank you, Fariba! I’m excited with my choice for this spin! I know I’ll enjoy reading Barbara Pym. Enjoy your reading, too!
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I’m reading Pippi Longstocking right now! My favorite comfort read is The Shellseekers by Rosamunde Pilcher. It always helps me!
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Marlo, I’ll enjoy Pippi soon! And I recently bought the audiobook of The Shell Seekers, so that’s coming up soon, too. It is such a lovely, comforting read, so I hope I enjoy listening to the audio version as much as I’ve enjoyed all my rereadings of the book. It will help a lot, I agree!
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I hope you get The Solitary Summer, I haven’t read it but it sounds perfect!
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Thanks, Jane. I had Barbara Pym’s, Excellent Women, listed for the number that was chosen. I know I’ll love reading Pym, so I’ll have to read The Solitary Summer soon. It’s been calling to me for some time now!
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That’s good, I love Pym too!
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Excellent Women is an excellent book – enjoy!
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Thanks, Jane! I’m sure I will enjoy it, as I have done with all the Pym’s I’ve read! Can’t wait to start on it, although I’m finishing up a couple of other books, first.
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