Faithr Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I've been working on this list and I just feel like sharing it with somebody! This is for next year. This year has been a mess. Not that we haven't been learning and reading, but I am hoping to be a little more on top of things next year. These are the book selections I've picked to read together next year. We'll meet once a week to discuss them and the kids will write an essay (draft and then rewrite for final draft) once a month. They'll also have other writing assignments as well but probably not in connection with these books. I am doing mostly 20th century except every year we read a Shakespeare play. Lord of the World – Robert Hugh Benson (September - 4 weeks) If you know anything about Pope Francis, this is his favorite novel. It's a dystopian written around the turn of the last century. Brilliant, dark, weirdly prophetic and very Catholic. My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell (3 weeks – 1st part of Oct) I have not read this for a while but I remember thinking it was really funny and well written. 20th century stuff gets so dark. Animal Farm – George Orwell (2 weeks – last part of Oct.) Shakespeare Pick – (4 weeks – all of November) The Man Born to be King -radio play by Dorothy L. Sayers (Advent/Christmas season) I wanted to read this this year but we had a sudden family death that swallowed up December, sadly. P.G. Wodehouse pick (January - 2 weeks) Which one? Lord of the Flies – William Golding (Finish up January -2 weeks) The Man Who Was Thursday – G. K. Chesterton (February - 3 weeks) Our Man in Havana – Graham Greene (Feb/March - 3 weeks) I haven't read this for a while. I don't think there is sex in it, unlike most of Greene's other novels. A biography of a 20th century saint – (Last two weeks of Lent/Easter week) Perhaps Edith Stein? Need to hunt a short bio up. Ray Bradbury pick – (April - 3 weeks) Just because I have a fondness for Bradbury. Til We Have Faces – C. S. Lewis (May - 4 weeks) Agatha Christie pick (end by mid June) Which one? I am kind of pleased with myself. Our literature and history are out of sync. Long story that, but I think this list makes an interesting line up and will be favorably received by the kids. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Your list looks great! I decided to post mainly just to mark the thread. ;) For Christie I would probably read one of the popular ones.....Orient Express is my favourite of those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Oh, do read The Importance of Being Earnest, if you have not already, just because it is such a clever play. (It is late 19th century so pretend it sneaks in under the wire.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liza Q Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Which Wodehouse? Read The Code of the Woosters! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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