LaughingCat Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I read lots of classics as a kid - but have realized lately that disappeared sometime in early adulthood. With the start of the new year, I was thinking that might be a good New Years Resolution -- If you were going to start reading classics as an adult what would you start with? (I know there must be threads on this but I can't seem to find them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I read lots of classics as a kid - but have realized lately that disappeared sometime in early adulthood. With the start of the new year, I was thinking that might be a good New Years Resolution -- If you were going to start reading classics as an adult what would you start with? (I know there must be threads on this but I can't seem to find them) I'd start with SWB's The Well Educated Mind, as a "spine", and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit29 Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I'd start with SWB's The Well Educated Mind, as a "spine", and go from there. I agree. After barely picking up a book when my kids were small, The Well Educated Mind really helped me get back into literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caclcoca Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Another vote for SWB's The Well Educated Mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 WEM is the way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/516671-i-need-a-good-classic-book/ ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I hit this a few years back. I was doing well getting back to something more substantial than Hop on Pop but illness over the last 18 months has taken its toll. What I did previously, and plan to do again this year, is to start with a book I loved as a child. Last time I chose Anne of Green Gables. We even used the audiobook for a read aloud and I was able to share it with my children. There is something absolutely delightful in sharing a book you love and seeing even one of your children connect with it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaughingCat Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 The books I loved I have mostly re-read over the years - but worth it to consider re-reading ones I had read and have neutral to good memories of. Plus I already own a good number of those for the kids lol! I guess I was thinking that I needed to branch out a bit. I also put WEM on hold at the library - but I have gotten it out before so that's not really the advice I was hoping for :001_unsure: Perhaps it will be different since the spark to do something is already there this time. Forget-me-not, that thread just continues the same overwhelmed feeling I already felt - there are just so many classics out there. So where to begin? ETA: I guess another way to ask would be - if someone might only read one classic, what classic would you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaughingCat Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 I decided to join the Book A Week challenge - the monthly author challenge look like just what I need to ease back in to things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Interestingly, I am in much the same boat as you, with a real desire to improve my reading material!! So, I have done two things: I am reading an agreed-upon book with some friends and we will discus it. (The Iliad) I am reading something from my bookshelf - it's there, it's cheap and I'm going to feel REALLY virtuous after I finish reading it! (Persuasion by Jane Austen, which I haven't read yet, since I need an antidote to all the physical mayhem in The Iliad!!) Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I'd start with a book about something you find very interesting. I wouldn't slog through someone else's list of what you should read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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