I have been busy reading Twilight, loaned to me by an co-worker, very excited that our book group has included this. So here's the question we can ponder when we discuss it--will Twilight make it into the annals of classic children's (or teen) literature?
But, what I really want to know--what should we consider reading as our classic pick. It's a little bit overwhelming to consider one book from among the classics. At our last meeting, I was pretty vocal about what I don't want to read: anything by Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy or James Joyce. But that's pretty unfair of me (maybe some of you are huge fans of these authors!). I do think we need to narrow this in some way: say, by gender (female versus male author), century (19th, 20th), length (!). Other ideas?
We could choose from some arbitrary list of "best classics" like this one: http://www.essortment.com/all/literaturenotes_rdlb.htm
I'm going to throw out a few titles I'm interested in:
The Great Gatsby
Of Human Bondage
Madame Bovary
Rabbit, Run
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