Classics of 2020 so Far
I am continuing with pursuing my goal to read more classics this year. I have read up 7 classics this year if I counted right. The first classic I read is O Pioneers by Willa Cather, and I currently have My Antonia by her thanks to my sister. It is a pretty good book with a simple plot during the time of the American Frontier during the early 1900s. A young woman sacrifices her personal life to take of the family farm and family, but her brothers do not think she should be the one running it. It's not a long story and has an accessible writing style. I listened to the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time on audio book. It is a bit strange since I only know the story via the movies. After O Pioneers, I read Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. The writing was good but something that happens to children was a bit too much for me to read. I started the Barsetshire series by Anthony Trollop by reading The Warden in February. I enjoyed it and it is a very quiet book with