30 Goals: Classic Books
Classics I have read between 2017 and now: Classics I read in 2016:
Golden Compass - Philip Pullman Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Anthem - Ayn Rand
Dune - Frank Herbert Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Catcher and the Rye - J.D. Salinger The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
I know I started the 30 before 30 list in 2017, but wanted to include all the ones I read in 2016 because there are almost just as many! The sad part is I don't remember much of them. So they obviously didn't make a huge impact on my reading and I didn't care to thoroughly analyze them since I didn't have to!
The ones I've really enjoyed include Flowers for Algernon, The Outsiders, and The Alchemist. Which is a bit funny because those are some of the shortest books on this list. Goes to show all the poetry and eloquent detail some of these authors add is not always worth it. They can be fun and pleasing to read or quote them, but for me they didn't add much to the overall story. Or, I just didn't care about the plots in general and had trouble even getting into them.
Will I continue to read some classics? Sure! But I probably won't waste too much time trying to finish all of the books if they're not going to really entertain me or inspire me. At this point, there are so many other books with similar plots or story lines that I would much rather read.
Feel free to comment about some of the classics you've read that you love!
Golden Compass - Philip Pullman Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Anthem - Ayn Rand
Dune - Frank Herbert Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Catcher and the Rye - J.D. Salinger The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
I know I started the 30 before 30 list in 2017, but wanted to include all the ones I read in 2016 because there are almost just as many! The sad part is I don't remember much of them. So they obviously didn't make a huge impact on my reading and I didn't care to thoroughly analyze them since I didn't have to!
The ones I've really enjoyed include Flowers for Algernon, The Outsiders, and The Alchemist. Which is a bit funny because those are some of the shortest books on this list. Goes to show all the poetry and eloquent detail some of these authors add is not always worth it. They can be fun and pleasing to read or quote them, but for me they didn't add much to the overall story. Or, I just didn't care about the plots in general and had trouble even getting into them.
Will I continue to read some classics? Sure! But I probably won't waste too much time trying to finish all of the books if they're not going to really entertain me or inspire me. At this point, there are so many other books with similar plots or story lines that I would much rather read.
Feel free to comment about some of the classics you've read that you love!
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