It’s here! Finally after all of the pairing down and vote taking, it’s here! I just want to take a minute and thank all of you who consistently read with me. I have so much fun discussing these books with you, and (as I’ve said before), get infinitely more insight out of them than if I was reading them alone. I’m looking forward to reading in the new year with all of you; veterans and newbies alike!
Disclaimer: I admit that I’m hesitant about reading two Jane Austen books this year. However, it was by surprisingly strong demand that we are doing so – so I will look forward to many people participating in those read-a-longs (since so many of you voted for those two titles). I tried to space them out enough that we won’t feel Austen-inundated, and I since they both only take a month to read, I’m hoping that those of you who are not thrilled about this prospect will not be discouraged.
As always, I will officially post the schedule on the Read-a-Long page as soon as we finish The Hobbit. If you are not signed up for Read-a-Long alerts (an e-mail that is sent before the sign-ups go up for each new Read-a-Long), and would like to be, you can find the link to that on the page as well. You can also “like” or bookmark Unputdownables Facebook page, which posts updates for our Read-a-Longs. One last note: For all classics, I typically read out of Barnes and Noble Classics editions. I find them the most thorough in their footnotes and translations (in some older books, other languages are used and many editions do not translate). I also like the fact that the notes are on the same page as the reading, so you do not have to flip to the back of your book to look up items that are being written about. The exception to this (this year) is for Persuasion. I will be trying out the Annotated Persuasion by Knopf/Doubleday (they offer all of Jane Austen’s, and apparently only her, books in this format).
Without further ado, here is the…
Reading schedule for 2013:
January: Persuasion by Jane Austen
February, March, April: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
May: The Hounds of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
June, July, August: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
September: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
October: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
November, December: Zelda by Nancy Milford
Great list! Looking forward to reading and discussing with you all next year, maybe Les Mis will make the list for 2014?
Awesome. Northanger Abbey is so different from Persuasion that it might not even feel like the same author! From this list, I’ve only read the Austen’s so it should be interesting!
Top list, though I do want to believe that Agnes Gray is about Dorian’s hitherto unknown sister, and what of Jane Austen’s book about cats, Northanger Tabby?
Will definitely be along for the read on at least 3, possibly more.
Dear Santa, I have been a very good girl this year (well, pretty good) and I would like the following books for Christmas.
Whoop whoop! Looking forward to another amazing year of amazing reads with amazing people!
Love the list! I’m excited about the Austen books – I’ve had my set of Austen books forever, so I’m glad to finally be reading them
Looking forward to the 2013 Read-a-Longs!
Veeeeeeeery excited! Can’t wait to read-a-long with you all!!!
I love the line up! This will be my year to do a read-a-long!
This is just great reading all-year long! Thanks for hosting, looking forward to reading with the rest of the group!
The Austen ones gives me an excuse to get the pretty Penguin editions. I’m going to try to do most of them next year.
Do you already have The Hounds of the Baskervilles in the BN edition? Is it in one of the Complete Sherlock Holmes volumes?
Great list. I look forward to actually joining in next year rather than just watching from the sidelines.
I am thinking that I will be on for probably 4 or 5 of them.
I just bought a copy of Crime and Punishment to read in thew new year. Maybe I’ll join you!
I was kind of bummed that Les Miserables didn’t make the cut, but this looks like a great group of books. Several I have been wanting to get to. Looking forward to it!
I’ve read 4 of these, so probably won’t join for Gaskell/Bronte, but I cannot resist re-reading Austen–Persuasion is one of my favorite ways to start off a year. Excited!
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What a great list. I have spent the past week slogging my way through the first 90 pages of Crime and Punishment and I think I really need some encouragement/discussion to get any further. So I will shelve it until Feb! And you’ve managed to pick about the only Bronte novel I’ve never read, so that’s perfect!
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I’m excited! This will be my first one! Just started reading this blog a few months ago – found it through Googling “reading goals”. Clearly you guys are my people!
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