Baker’s Dozen III

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
  7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein

Well, I think it’s a classic….

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
  7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
  8. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
  7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
  8. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  9. Dune by Frank Herbert

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
  7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
  8. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  9. Dune by Frank Herbert
  10. Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Every year or two I read something that one should have read years ago, but never got around to. If I made a list there would be a lot of Dickens on it. Now I actually enjoy Dickens, unlike Tolstoy. :slight_smile:

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Actually, I read this after reading Slaughterhouse-Five and I should’ve remembered, since I’ve read the five sequels and the Dune Encyclopedia.

carry on

[quote=“Bayaker, post:4868, topic:970093”]
The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
  7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
  8. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  9. Dune by Frank Herbert
  10. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  11. Ulysses by James Joyce

I couldn’t finish it. Read the first 200 pages and gave up.

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
  7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
  8. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  9. Dune by Frank Herbert
  10. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  11. Ulysses by James Joyce
  12. Foundation by Isaac Asimov

I actually read the Original Trilogy back to back so you could argue the last I read was “Second Foundation”

The Last Classic Novel You Read

  1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  5. Persuasion by Jane Austen
  6. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
  7. Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
  8. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  9. Dune by Frank Herbert
  10. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
  11. Ulysses by James Joyce
  12. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
  13. Inland by Tea Obreht

It’s gonna be a classic, trust me. Terrific novel.

Next up:

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Margorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”
  3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.”

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”
  3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.”
  4. People actually traveled for hours to see that?

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”
  3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.”
  4. People actually traveled for hours to see that?
  5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”
  3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.”
  4. People actually traveled for hours to see that?
  5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler
  6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.”

No, it’s not.

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”
  3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.”
  4. People actually traveled for hours to see that?
  5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler
  6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.”
  7. “It’s fully covered! Wait, no. It just went behind the clouds.”

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”
  3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.”
  4. People actually traveled for hours to see that?
  5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler
  6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.”
  7. “It’s fully covered! Wait, no. It just went behind the clouds.”
  8. “Is it over yet?”

My friend’s bored granddaughter

Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday

  1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly this time either, Mr. Trump.”
  2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!”
  3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.”
  4. People actually traveled for hours to see that?
  5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler
  6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.”
  7. “It’s fully covered! Wait, no. It just went behind the clouds.”
  8. “Is it over yet?”
  9. “Donald saw his shadow. Six more weeks of court trials.”