My To Be Read List is a monthly meme hosted by Michelle at Because Reading. Each month I will make a post with three books from my TBR list. Readers will then vote on which book I should read next. The following Saturday the winning book will be announced. Then on the last Saturday of the month I’ll post a review.
The Candidates
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh, Jeremy Irons
Pages: 12
Published by Hachette Audio UK
Publication Date November 5th 2015
Goodreads
The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Narrator: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Published by HarperAudio
Publication Date February 2nd 2016
Goodreads
The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
Published by Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication Date February 19th 2013
Goodreads
First published as four separate novels (Some Do Not…, No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up, and The Last Post) between 1924 and 1928, Parade’s End explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends into the chaos of war. Christopher Tietjens is an officer from a wealthy family who finds himself torn between his unfaithful socialite wife, Sylvia, and his suffragette mistress, Valentine. A profound portrait of one man’s internal struggles during a time of brutal world conflict, Parade’s End bears out Graham Greene’s prediction that “there is no novelist of this century more likely to live than Ford Madox Ford.”
Vote!
What Should I Read May 2018
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (40%, 4 Votes)
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (40%, 4 Votes)
- Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford (20%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 8
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The Bell Jar sounds very interesting! I am looking forward to seeing which one wins!
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The Bell Jar has been on my TBR for a long while now. I hadn’t considered listening to the audio, but that’s a great idea! I hope you enjoy whichever wins! Have a great week.
I really loved the synopsis of Parade’s End so that’s the one I went with. I hope you enjoy whichever one wins.
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