#ClassicsCommunity 2021 Reading Challenge discussion

You all asked and I think it's an amazing idea: here, you can organise your own readalongs and I'll then make a separate thread for all of you to join in with, once there are more than 3 of you who have agreed to join in.
There unfortunately doesn't seem any better way to do this on Goodreads, but I'm hoping this will work!

Have a book you'd like to read with others? Leave the title here and when you'd like to begin, and then respond if you see someone else's that you'd also love to read!

Israa wrote: "I really want to start reading Dracula before the BBC tv show comes out in 2020!!!!"

Dracula is my favorite I'm in for a buddy read!

I really want to read Dracula too!

War and Peace

War and Peace. I'd love someone to buddy up with!

Among the many I'm considering I'm definitely planning on reading the following:

Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
The Woman in White

I also want to reread 1984

Lemme know if anyone is game for one/multiple

I want to do Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment too. How about starting one of them in January and the other one in March?

I am so in for Dracula and Crime and Punishment...!!!

Jenny wrote: "Among the many I'm considering I'm definitely planning on reading the following:

Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
The Woman in White

I also want to reread 1984

Lemme know if anyone is game for..."

I'm totally in for Crime and Punishment and The Woman in White!

Maria wrote: "I want to do Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment too. How about starting one of them in January and the other one in March?"

I would join you guys! I have been trying to read Crime and Punishment for a year, I think a buddy read would do me good.

Amazing, I'm very busy in January so couldn't commit to that month but any other time would be great.

Jenny wrote: "Among the many I'm considering I'm definitely planning on reading the following:

Lemme know if anyone is game for..."

I'd buddy read The Woman In White with you.

I'd like to read The Brothers Karamazov too.

I'm planning on reading the Hound of the Baskervilles, the Emily of New Moon, and My Cousin Rachel.

Really want to read some Virginia Woolf next year and maybe some Russian Classics! I am all in for making news friends and having buddy reads!

I would like to read The Portrait of a Lady if anyone else would like to join me!

McKenzie wrote: "I would like to read The Portrait of a Lady if anyone else would like to join me!"

That's definitely on my list for next year as well!

Merle wrote: "Maria wrote: "I want to do Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment too. How about starting one of them in January and the other one in March?"

I would join you guys! I have been trying to read Crim..."

February, then? We are four people now, so we are already enough to set up a separate thread for it

I'm happy to read some Virginia Woolf too, I've only read Mrs Dalloway.

Jenny wrote: "I'm happy to read some Virginia Woolf too, I've only read Mrs Dalloway."

Me too

Anyone up for Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, The Trumpet Major by Hardy or The Prime Minister by Trollope?

Brenda wrote: "Anyone up for Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, The Trumpet Major by Hardy or The Prime Minister by Trollope?"

I'm interested in reading The Trumpet Major!

I would love to re-read Dracula and 1984.
And I had already planned on re-reading My cousin Rachel and I'd love to read The woman in white :)

McKenzie wrote: "I would like to read The Portrait of a Lady if anyone else would like to join me!"

I've been wanting to read The Portrait of a Lady too, it's been a while since I've read any Henry James.

Claire wrote: "McKenzie wrote: "I would like to read The Portrait of a Lady if anyone else would like to join me!"

I've been wanting to read The Portrait of a Lady too, it's been a while since I've read any Henr..."

That's great! We now have three people interested in total. Should we figure out when we would like to attempt it?

McKenzie wrote: "Claire wrote: "McKenzie wrote: "I would like to read The Portrait of a Lady if anyone else would like to join me!"

I've been wanting to read The Portrait of a Lady too, it's been a while since I'v..."

Whenever works for you both works for me!

I think I will join in with reading Dracula,started it a few years ago and just never finished it.
Also would anyone like to do a buddy read of either a Jane Austen book or a Bronte sisters book

Adriana wrote: "Really want to read some Virginia Woolf next year and maybe some Russian Classics! I am all in for making news friends and having buddy reads!"

Would like to read a couple of books by Woolf, To the Lighthouse and Orlando. Let me know if you're interested in these!

Alberte wrote: "I really want to read Dracula too!"

Me too. :D

KateADale wrote: "I think I will join in with reading Dracula,started it a few years ago and just never finished it.
Also would anyone like to do a buddy read of either a Jane Austen book or a Bronte sisters book"

I'll be reading Emma and Northanger Abbey, if you're interested in those we could be reading buddies :)

I would definitely like to read Orlando and probably To the Lighthouse.

Dracula is one my favorite books. The audiobook version featuring Tim Curry is really good.

Maria wrote: "February, then? We are four people now, so we are already enough to set up a separate thread for it "

February works for me!

McKenzie wrote: "Claire wrote: "McKenzie wrote: "I would like to read The Portrait of a Lady if anyone else would like to join me!"

I've been wanting to read The Portrait of a Lady too, it's been a while since I'v..."

Yeah sounds good to me :)

Yes February, let's do it!

Yes it is Miriam.

For this year, I'd really like to read these :
- The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Wilde,
- A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens,
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee,
- The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck,
- The sound and the Fury, Faulkner,
- Coming up for Air / Animal Farm / A Clergyman's Daughter, Orwell.

If anyone is up for any of these, I'd love to have a buddy read !

Can we start a new topic some of the books here?

KateADale wrote: "I think I will join in with reading Dracula,started it a few years ago and just never finished it.
Also would anyone like to do a buddy read of either a Jane Austen book or a Bronte sisters book"

I'll be reading Emma and Northanger Abbey, if you're interested in those we could be reading buddies :)




I would love to read those. When would be a good time for you or when are you planning to read them. I can really slot them in anywhere

Claire wrote: "McKenzie wrote: "Claire wrote: "McKenzie wrote: "I would like to read The Portrait of a Lady if anyone else would like to join me!"

I've been wanting to read The Portrait of a Lady too, it's been ..."

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I have started a new thread so that we're able to easily find that. Spencer if you want to head over there as well we can start to figure things out!

I would like to join in a possible buddy read of Dracula, depending on if/when it happens. How exciting that it's going to be adapted into a TV series! I hope I'm able to find a way to watch it.

KateADale wrote: "KateADale wrote: I'll be reading Emma and Northanger Abbey, if you're interested in those we could be reading buddies :)

I would also love to join in a buddy read for "Emma". Any month would work for me.

I also am planning to read "The Woman in White" this year but I was going to save it for the next round of Victober. I'm not committed to that month if anyone wants to read it sooner though.

Here are some of the classics I was thinking of reading this year. If anyone wants to join me please let me know and I'll make a new topic.

I'm open to any month for these books. I also don't mind doing buddy reads lasting more than one month because some of these novels can be long. I put some suggestions in parenthesis next to some of the books.

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
A Simple Story - Elizabeth Inchbald
Love in the Countryside - Duiliu Zamfirescu (June)
The Half Sisters - Geraldine Jewsbury (October)
Zofloya: or The Moor - Charlotte Dacre

I wanted to also read The Tale of Genji at some point but that's a long book. We could possibly read over a period of 3-4 months. I'm looking at the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition by the way.

Marissa wrote: "Here are some of the classics I was thinking of reading this year. If anyone wants to join me please let me know and I'll make a new topic.

I'm open to any month for these books. I also don't mind..."

I'm also interested in The Tale of Genji - and I agree that it would be a good idea do do it over several months.

How about we start a Jane Austen Thread? That way we can read Jane Austen together.

I'm also interested in The Tale of Genji - and I agree that it would be a good idea do do it over several months.

In the unabridged Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, there are 54 chapters. We can keep it light, start at the beginning of the year and aim to read 5 chapters a month (about 100 pages give or take). This will take us until November to complete it. Or we can split it over 5 months and read 12 chapters a month (around 200 pages give or take a month). The 5th month we would end up reading only 6 chapters.

I'm open to other ideas too. Splitting it over the course of the entire year has the advantage that people can join late and it might be easier to catch up. If we want to split it over 5 months we can start later in the year.

I'd like to read Emma next year too! And also My Cousin Rachel

Marissa wrote: "I'm also interested in The Tale of Genji - and I agree that it would be a good idea do do it over several months.

In the unabridged Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, there are 54 chapters. We can k..."
Looks like I have the same edition as you. As for reading speed, I think 5 chapters a month sounds good to begin with, especially since I have no idea what to expect of this book. Maybe I'll change my mind once I start reading it, but 5 chapters is a good place to start.

Meghal wrote: "War and Peace"

I just brought War and Peace today and I want to read this big book in 2020. We love to buddy read it with you :)

I would love to join in with anybody reading a Russian classic! I don't think I have ever tackled one before, and the Anna Karenina one sounds fun.