I chose one classic novel for every month of the year. They may reflect a holiday, season, or mood evoked by that particular month...
JANE-UARY ~ JANE AUSTEN
January is typically a cold snowy month so why not stay inside and read a novel by Jane Austen? I have chosen Pride and Prejudice but really P & P is a book you can read in Spring or the Fall. But then again it would be nice to snuggle by a fire with Mr Darcy...
FEBRUARY ~ L - O - V - E
Henry James' view of love wasn't exactly all hearts and flowers. Washington Square's heroine Catherine Sloper would rather be alone than have a man who wants her only for her money.
MARCH ~ WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Out of Africa is Isak Dinesan's story of being a strong, independant woman trying to run a coffee farm in Africa whilst having an affair with a hunky pilot
APRIL ~ BLACK WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Zora Neale Hurston died a penniless unknown, yet she literally wrote the book that defined life for black women in Jim Crow era America, Their Eyes Were Watching God
MAY ~ LOUISA "MAY" ALCOTT
Little Women is largely seen as a winter book. Instead celebrate Mother's Day with Marmee March, literature's best mom EVER!
JUNE ~ WEDDING BELL BLUES
The Age of Innocence centers around the engagement of Newland Archer and May Welland, but Newland might want to marry someone else...
JULY ~ THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL
F. Scott Fitzgerald was related to Francis Scott Key, writer of The Star Spangled Banner. The Great Gatsby defines a uniquely American era of history
AUGUST ~ IT'S GETTIN' HOT IN HERE
Grace Metallious' racy, steamy pot boiler Peyton Place turned up the heat on 1950s suburbia
SEPTEMBER ~ BOOK LEARNIN'
Go back to school with Jane Eyre, who is supposed to tutor Rochester's ward, but teaches her boss a thing or two about life and love
OCTOBER ~ SPOOOOOKY BOOOOOKS
We Have Always Lived In the Castle tells a creepy story the way only Shirley Jackson can
NOVEMBER ~ IN COLD WEATHER
In Cold Blood tells a bleak story, so why not read Truman Capote's master work during bleak days that stretch on forever like the Kansas plains?
DECEMBER ~ ZU ZU'S PETALS
The classic film It's a Wonderful Life is based on a short story called The Greatest Gift, which is in turn based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
This is a fun idea! I love Little Women so much :)
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I wish Zora Neale Hurston could have been celebrated while she was still alive!
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This is such a fabulous post! Great match ups!
ReplyDeleteI love how you came up with your list. Great job!
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What a good post! People shoudl read Peyton Place--it deserves to not be forgotten. My post: https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/december-3-top-ten-tuesday-freebie-what-i-read-from-my-ttt-tbr-posts-this-year/
ReplyDeleteThis is a really fun list, I love the reasoning behind your picks :) Marmee really is a fantastic mother! I want to read We Have Always Lived In The Castle!
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