The new head honchos at The Classics Club have announced a classics spin for August. https://theclassicsclubblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/cc-spin-18/
To play, you make a list of 20 titles of your own “To Be Read” classics, and post your spin list on your blog before the 1st of August. On that day, they will announce the chosen number between 1 and 20, and players will try to finish the corresponding book on their own list before the end of the month.
In previous spins, I have tried to read all the books on my spin list between 1 and the chosen number to maintain my chronological quest. Obviously there is a risk with a high number chosen that I won’t get the chance to eat, drink, wash or sleep throughout August. Ah well, some things must be sacrificed in the name of literature!
Here is my Spin List. Perhaps I can survive a high number.
- Oedipus by Seneca
- Agamemnon by Seneca
- Apocolocyntosis by Seneca
- Thyestes by Seneca
- The Phoenecian Women by Seneca
- Satyricon by Petronius
- Octavia (wrongly attributed to) Seneca
- New Testament : Matthew
- New Testament : Mark
- New Testament : Luke
- New Testament : John
- New Testament : Acts
- New Testament : Epistles
- New Testament : Revelation
- Natural History [selections] by Pliny
- The Jewish War by Jospehus
- Parallel Lives I (The Rise and Fall of Athens) by Plutarch
- Parallel Lives II (Sparta) by Plutarch
- Parallel Lives III (The Age of Alexander) by Plutarch
- The Kama Sutra
and I am willing to bet now which number my blog followers are hoping for!
I shall make sure my number 20 is good so I can keep my fingers crossed for you…
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Is there a position which requires crossed fingers??
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This is quite an impressive list. Good luck getting what you want!
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Thanks Kay. Any impressiveness comes from most people’s (including my own) unfamiliarity with the ancient classics. With the exception of the Greek philosophers, they are not as daunting in modern translation once you crack one open. Good luck with your spin list and August reading!
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Thanks!
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Your list as always is impressive & I love the old Aussie $20 note you’ve used at the top. Makes me feel very nostalgic!
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Thanks, and congrats on reaching the dizzy heights of CC moderatorship.
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Oh my! You have really added your own “spin” to the spin. Good luck!
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Thanks Readerbuzz, and good luck with your reading.
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Quite the list. Apart from the Biblical choices, and just a bit of Josephus, I’m unfamiliar with most. Enjoy!
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Thanks JE. The New Testament HAS to be a better read than the OT, and anyway it is pretty much required reading for the rest of Western literature. They’ll all be new to me. Good luck with your own spin and congrats on finishing your 100 quest too!!
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I could not choose a favorite from your list. I think Kimmie should weigh in 🙂
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Oops, I mean Kimmy. Sorry, girl.
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Kimmy would probably opt for The Satyricon hoping that amongst all the orgies some food might drop on the floor
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So number 9 it is! Gospel according to St Mark. A necessary read and will spur me on to finish Seneca and get truly stuck into the NT this month. I’ll have to ease up on the 1000+ page Stephen Kings for a while.
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