Remember when we talked about the classic novels you can't stand? Well, Erica and I have started a book club for the classics, and you'll be happy to know, there is not a single work by Melville or Steinbeck on the list. For our new book club, we'll be focusing on reading and re-reading some kickass modern classics. First up is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the coming-of-age story of young, idealistic Francie Nolan in turn-of-the-century Williamsburg. As someone pretty familiar with the hipster/yuppie Brooklyn enclave circa 2010, I can't wait to read about the neighborhood as it was in the last century.
Erica and I would love, love, love it if you'd read along with us. And if you visit The Olive Reader now, you can enter to win your own copy. Our tentative schedule is after the jump. What do you think? Any of these you're dying to read?
Jan- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Feb – Brave New World
March – The Poisonwood Bible
April – Daughter of Fortune
May–TBD
June –So Big
July – The Sheltering Sky
August –One Hundred Years of Solitude
September – The Golden Notebook
October – Native Son
November – The Unbearable Lightness of Being
December – Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Posted by: Kathy R (Bermudaonion) | January 08, 2010 at 01:14 PM
My favorite edition of Huxley's BNW is the 2005 Harper Perennial paperback that paired it with Huxley's non-fiction look back, "Brave New World Revisited", and included a wonderfully witty Christopher Hitchens introduction. It's like taking a university class for seventeen bucks.
Posted by: Andrew Shaffer | January 08, 2010 at 02:43 PM
Hello, I'm new to the blogging world and I recently stumbled onto your blog (love the name by the way!). Great selection of modern classics! I've been meaning to read several of these titles.
Posted by: Annie | January 08, 2010 at 04:45 PM
I love this idea! I've read some of those, but a few - like January's pick - I've been meaning to. I'm joining in!
Posted by: Lauren | January 08, 2010 at 06:48 PM
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Posted by: Marie | January 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM
Oh I won it at Olive Reader and have dived in and am loving it. I'd love to have a tree enshrouded fire escape (or tree house!) to sit and read and eat peppermint candies. I'm definitely joining in. There's some I've read and love and many I've never read. Great choices!!
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