Something Old challenge

[fred_mouse]

My challenge for April is "Something Old". If you want to join in, let us all know what you are going to call 'old' in this case, and what you are hoping to achieve.

Is it the book itself that has to be old -- one that has been on that shelf so long the top is dusty? Something 'published before I, the reader, was born'? Could it be books you've had long enough that you don't remember acquiring them?

Or do you want to use the topic to define age? Have you acquired a history book that you are just raring to read? A Regency romance? Maybe, like a recent entertaining read -- The Thursday Murder Club -- you want older protagonists (and yes, if you like murder mysteries and chaotic neutral characters, there are worse choices).

Or!--and this is one I'm going to include--is it a reread of an old favourite?

Looking forward to hearing about your various choices!

Comments

[peaceful_sands]

I've made myself 3 lists of 10 books - the first is of books that are on my TBR pile and were written before 2000 (even if I've only recently acquired them), the second is of books that have been on my TBR pile for 5 or more years and the final list is of non-fiction books where the subject matter is historical. A couple of books appear on more than one list and just to be clear from the start, I don't for an instant intend to try and get through all of the listed books. These are just a starting point for me to dip between lists and find a few books easily that might fill the 'old' theme in some way.

I'm starting with 'The River King' by Alice Hoffman which according to my record was both written pre-2000 and acquired in 2011 or earlier. When that's finished, I'll probably move to a historical non-fiction 'Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore' by Emma Southon.

[fred_mouse]

I really like the idea of having multiple lists to narrow down the choices. I'm not familiar with either of those, so will be interested in hearing how you go.