Sunday 6 October 2013

Anybody want to read Dickens with me?

Basically what it says in the title. I've been transferring all my TBR books onto a list on the blog and while doing that I got stuck for an unearthly length of time listing all the Dickens that I own but haven't read. Also I have put a fair few Dickens novels on my list for The Classics Club and it's really time I did some reading for that again. However, last year I tried to read Bleak House on my own and failed miserably and I know from previous Dickensian experiences that it would be really helpful to have some moral support during the first half (at least) of the book, so I wondered if anybody would be interested in reading along with me? 

The books I have on my Classics Club list are thus: 

  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • Nicholas Nickleby
  • Oliver Twist
  • The Pickwick Papers
If you'd be at all interested in my hosting a readalong for any of the above, please let me know in the comments along with which you'd prefer to read! :-) And spread the word, because let's face it, the more the merrier for the first bit while he's talking about what the smoke looked like and how miserable everyone was.

5 comments:

  1. I'd be interested in this, for any BAR Oliver Twist as I read that once and don't really feel the desire to do so ever again. My book of choice would be A Tale of Two Cities, but I'd be up for any :)

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  2. I'd like to read A Tale of Two Cities!

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  3. You must read Tale of Two Cities, it's awesome.
    I'd love to join in if you choose Oliver Twist, it's been sitting on my Classics Club list and I need some motivation/coercion in order to pick it up!

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  4. I would be interested in reading A Tale of Two Cities too, it's on my Classics Club list and I gotta get through some day (:

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  5. Looks like it's going to be A Tale of Two Cities then! :-) I'll organise it for December I think as I've got looooads going on in November and I'll get the sign up post up in a week or two :-)

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