January 1st I rolled a 2, telling me to read a 20th Century Classic. I read The Trapp Family, not because it fit the category, but because I kept on being reminded about it.
Then - having read the book early, I rolled a 7 - a Very Long Classic. But hunting for a long book, I stumbled upon Seven years in Tibet, a book I always wanted to read. It was not super long, but fit category 10 - Classic From Africa, Asia, or Oceania (includes Australia).
I then followed my own rule of rolling the die whenever I had read a book, and written about it. The die showed me a 1, a 19th Century Classic. Hunting for such a book, I found instead Three Hearts and Three Lions by Paul Anderson. Once again not suitable for the chosen category, but for another one. Classic From a Place You've Lived as parts of the book is placed in Elsinore.
Today, following my new rule, I rolled a 4 - Classic in Translation. Maybe the category it's easiest to find a book for. Now I'm off to search, I'm curious as to what I'm going to find this time.
-- 📚 -- updated list -- 📚 --
1. 19th Century Classic: Alice in Wonderland
2. 20th Century Classic: READ - Trapp Family Singers.
3. Classic by a Female Author: ?
4. Classic in Translation: ?
5. Classic Comedy: Don Quijote
6. Classic Tragedy. The Odyssey or The Iliad.
7. Very Long Classic: ?
8. Classic Novella: ?
9. Classic From the Americas: Huckleberry Finn or Tom Sawyer.
10. Classic From Africa, Asia, or Oceania (includes Australia): READ - 7 Years in Tibet
11. Classic From a Place You've Lived: READ - 3 Hearts and 3 Lions
12. Classic Play: Jedermann.
I am looking forward to seeing where your wanderings take you.
SvarSletI often wonder how much of the original is 'lost in translation' but my linguistically ignorant self will never know.
The last translated book i read was Dante's Divine Comedy. Hope you find something you really enjoy!
SvarSlet