Never too Late to Read Classics discussion

This selection will be offered as once every "TWO Months" or 6X a year. 50 years or older

January-February: A Collection of Essays or Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
March-April: Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847
May-June: Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee
July-August: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
September-October: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
November-December: West with the Night by Beryl Markham

Samantha, Benard, Mark and Carol

Please re-list your ideas here please. So sorry for the change.

No big deal, Lesle. I found a few NF titles on my own classics TBR list, as I sifted through it this weekend. I’ll be sure to list them here, when I open my laptop again maybe tomorrow.

Thank you Samantha.

The earliest I can try to include what was already discussed will be next weekend.

Here are a some suggestions of varying topics:

Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings by none other than Laura Ingalls Wilder -- needs to be added to our group shelf.

A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe -- the longer editions seem to have illustrations, from what I can tell.

Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

Voodoo in New Orleans by Robert Tallant -- also could be added to the group shelf. Obviously, I have an interest in this one, being from Louisiana myself, but it could be fascinating for others as well.

Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales by Lyle Saxon I read this one early last year and loved it. The book gives a strong insight into old Louisiana culture. It's a little long but intriguing for those who are interested in the strange kind of tales.

Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable. I also read this one last year. It can be obtained through Project Gutenburg.

Edit: All but the Defoe book & Gumbo Ya-Ya look to be about 200 - 400 pages long, not too bad I think.

Also, I would be happy to lead discussion of any books that are chose from my list, whether I have already read it or not.

I'd be interested in reading Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847

Thank you Kathy!

In Consolation to His Wife Plutarch

An interesting memoir is West with the Night by Beryl Markham

I would like to recommend My Family and Other Animals (1956) by Gerald Durrell

I would like to recommend Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West

I would like to second reading West with the Night by Beryl Markham suggested above by Rosemary,

I recommend Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt.

The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood - Elspeth Huxley

A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising - Miron Białoszewski

Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition - Czesław Miłosz

Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen

Two Under the Indian Sun - Jon Godden

Hiroshima - John Hersey

Jazzy, we are reading Hiroshima next November in our YA thread since it is often read in North American high schools.

Rosemarie wrote: "Jazzy, we are reading Hiroshima next November in our YA thread since it is often read in North American high schools."

ah you should have a Great War book for November, nu? Everyone is wearing their poppies, but as usual, the pin has come out of mine and I lost it somewhere. My eldest son was born on the anniversary of Hiroshima, 6 August.

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 - Michihiko Hachiya

Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee

Sean O'Casey - Autobiographies - Seán O'Casey

I just like naming great books.

I second Cider With Rosie.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman or A Room of One's Own

Seconding "Black lamb and grey falcon". Lots of goodies here!

Jacquie wrote: "I would like to second reading West with the Night by Beryl Markham suggested above by Rosemary,"

I second West with the Night above, but maybe my long sentence made it not so clear. thank you!

We are set for next year! Thank you everyone for your suggestions, some interesting reads for this coming year!

I would like to read Out of Africa by Karen Blixen