Modern Classics

[close] "From illicit Bible studies to Revolution-era French salons, antebellum black women's reading groups to Oprah's Book Club, women have been gathering to discuss literature—and fight the status quo—for centuries." - Kristin Hunt (https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/a-history-of-radical-thinking-how-women-created-book-clubs)

[close] ✦ ─── ⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆ ─── ✦ 𐙚 welcome, readers ♡ this is a nook for hopeless romantics, ya lovers, and romantasy obsessed girlies who cry over fictional men, and romanticize life with playlists & cozy blankets. if you’ve ever felt more at home in a book than real life—you belong here. ✧ ✧₊ ⊹ what you’ll find here ⊹ ₊✧ ﹒✦ late-night book chats & tbr swaps ﹒♡ monthly themed reads & cozy challenges ﹒✧ playlists, aesthetics, & quotes from fav ya novels ﹒★ safe space to rant, spiral, & fangirl together 𐙚 ˚ ₊ ✦ goal: ambitious but maybe 2.5k by October? ♡ ✦ ─── ⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆ ─── ✦ ｡･:˚:✧｡ enjoy and have a good time!｡✧:˚:･｡ xoxo ayah ♡

[close] A book club in which we will attempt to read a book from every single country in the world (and discuss them). Exposing ourselves to different kinds of literature is one of the best ways to gain a deeper understanding of the world.

[close] As suggested by Anna Bonet (iPaper January 2025). This list is suggested for readers with limited time and don’t wish to be bogged down with just a few classic books. In other words, if you’re struggling to show decent shelf numbers for the year, consider these. Animal Farm by George Orwell Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Stranger by Albert Camus Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf Passing by Nella Larsen We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka The Awakening by Kate Chopin Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad