Summer time and my thoughts always turn to classics. When I was in high school one of our assignments was to read a classic. Wanting to be able to choose from a large selection I was one of the first in the library to pick a book from the list that the teacher had handed out. Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd sounded really good. I hated it. Hurried back to the library only to find that all the books on her list were checked out. I was stuck with Hardy. And I am so glad. It took me almost to the middle of the book for me to get into it but what a ride. It was great and today I have almost the entire collection of Thomas Hardy books.
From there I decided that every summer I would read at least one classic and except for a few summers when my children were little I have done just that.
So what are you reading this summer?
ReplyDeleteRight now I am reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander. Unfortunately everybody I know has read it before me. As soon as I say I'm reading it I hear, "Have you got to the part where . . ." "Oh, I loved when . . ." "What did you think when . . ." Okay, I haven't reached any of those spots yet so unfortunately there isn't much left in the way of excitement or anticipation for me.
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