Classics for Beginners discussion

I may be a little slow, as there are many non-classics I want to read, but I am trying to add some classics in there as well!

1. - took forever and some of the language was hard, but a good book. I could have done without the rants on farming and such.
2. - Amazing! I read it every year. Short and sweet.
3. - Quick and fun read. Nothing like the movie. A Great adventure
4. - This is one I pretended to read in high school. This time I actually read it and was surprised by how short it was and how dramatic. Glad I revisited it.
5. - Really liked it! Glad I finally read this book as people have raved about it!
6. - I did enjoy this and Anne as a character. Not as much as P&P though.
7. - This was looooong but it was interesting and different style that the classic novel.
8. - I love Sherlock! This was a fun collection of interesting mysteries.
9. - The 1st Sherlock mystery. Really good!
10. - Loved it, even though I didn't like any of the characters!
11. - It was okay. WAY WAY too long with too many characters.
12. - This was a decent book, but very bleak and drags a long a bit by the end. Interesting characters.
13. - Bathsheba was a silly, but likable character. Periods of drama and periods of boring description. I feel very in-between about this book.
14. . This one took a little to get into, but then I enjoyed it. Poor Lucy has a dark life and suffers from depression. That mood is reflected in the story.

I too love a Christmas carol and the hobbit. :) they were both fun reads.

Me too! And I really enjoy almost all movie creations of The Christmas Carol.

I'm planning to read The Christmas Carol this year. Saw it on my bookshelf staring at me the other day. A short book, true, but I have't read it yet.

I hope you like it!

I have read more classics so far this year than I have in many years combined in the past!

Sounds like you're on a good roll then :) I need to dig into more