The Classics Challenge - Wrap up

I joined this challenge because some time ago, after having kept lists of read books for a while, i noticed that allthough i read quite a lot, none of it seemed like the type of thing i'd reccomend to a friend, or be proud of having read (though all enjoyable). It started with me finally getting back to reading gone with the wind (which id read the first 200-300pages of when i was in year eight - about 12-13yrs old- but stopped part way through) i picked it up again during the easter hols and was suprised by how much i enjoyed it, and it was this that led me to search the net for more classic ideas, and i think thats how i came upon the whole blogging thing.

Persuasion followed, a bit of a drag, but still fun. After this (and as part of the once upon a time challenge)i read a midsummer night's dream - my first shakespeare! and it was fantastic! The language had the lovely poetry-ish feel that made it perfect for unwinding before bed.
After this i lost momentum for a while, and went on binges of my usual easy reading, before finishing pride and predudice, a handmaid's tale and animal farm in quick sucession. Pride and predudice and a handmaid's tale were both read during my frees at college, and as some friends were reading the latter for their english lit course we were able to have discussions about it. Animal farm was read whilst waiting for my mum in the library one afternoon when i'd walked into town.

My last book, To kill a mockingbird, has probably been one of my favourites, also read in college, (with a louise rennison series at home, and nightly doses of emma before bed) i had loads of people telling me how amazing it is. After taking a while to get into it - it tends to be distracting reading in college - i really started to enjoy the story, although unfortunately i've not finished it yet (Busy half term spent gutting my room, followed by a weekend at st.deniol's library) i hope to soon.

So despite not finishing the challenge, i feel i have done enough to have achieved something personally. Six classics to some people may not mean much at all, but to me, who has never been able to stick at anything respectable, its meant a lot. I feel better about myself, and have the added bonus of being able to talk about books that other people might actually have read ;P But not only this, I now have the confidence to try more books of a similar genre, and not pass them by with the assumption that i'd never read it, never get into it, or just abandon it after the first chapter.

If i'm still on the blog, i will definitely have another go at this challenge next year :D
Thankyou very much for hosting such a worthwhile and entertaining challenge :)