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Task #7: Read a book published between 1900 and 1950
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I'm still in the 1930s for the Completist Christie Challenge, so this will probably be my easiest task of the year.
Stina wrote: "I'm still in the 1930s for the Completist Christie Challenge, so this will probably be my easiest task of the year."I have never read an Agatha Christie novel so I think I am going to go for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd -- the audiobook gets rave reviews.
Last year I read Their Eyes Were Watching God (published 1937) and thought it was great. I also really enjoy the Dorothy Sayers Harriet Vane/Lord Peter Wimsey books, starting with Strong Poison (1930).
If you're in the mood for some gothic romance, Rebecca (1938) is an excellent one. Virginia Woolf would also fit the bill- Mrs.Dalloway is from 1925 and To the Lighthouse is from 1927.
AJ wrote: "If you're in the mood for some gothic romance, Rebecca (1938) is an excellent one. Virginia Woolf would also fit the bill- Mrs.Dalloway is from 1925 and To the Lighthouse is from ..."
That's a great choice, I read it in high school and I loved it. I think for this challenge I'll read one of Sherlock Holmes series, probably The Hound of the Baskervilles
Britt wrote: "The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien"This is what I plan to read as we have it on the shelf at home.
I'm going with 'The naked and the dead' by Norman Mailer (published 1948).
The Forsyth Saga is my choice for this.
Rereading Quicksand by Nella Larsen. If you have not read Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, I highly, highly recommend!
I'm currently reading The Grapes of Wrath and I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs something for this category.
Three books I'm toying with Native Son written in 1940, Brideshead Revisited 1945 and The Souls of Black Folks 1903. I'm sure there will be more options before I select...
Britt wrote: "The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien"Me, too :)
I think I'll read something by Edith Wharton - I read and liked a few of hers when I was in university, but it has been a while.
I've been listening to the new Anne of Green Gables audiobook and plan on continuing the series. It's comforting to revisit childhood classics, but I'm getting so much more of the humor this time around! LM Montgomery is brilliant.
Melissa wrote: "I've never read Rebecca and have been wanting to so 2017 is the year!"That's one of my options for this task as well!
I've never read any Edith Wharton so I'm going to use one of her works for this category.
I'm thinking about a book by Agatha Christie. Perhaps Murder on the Orient Express.
Chris wrote: "I'm currently reading The Grapes of Wrath and I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs something for this category."Right now i'm reading his travelogue Travels with Charley, which is excellent but published too late for this challenge, but may I also suggest Cannery Row? It's a slim volume that'd prob be less daunting for some than Grapes of Wrath, and I really love it.
I'm reading "This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald; according to Google, it was published in 1920.And, oh hey! It qualifies as a debut novel as well!
I just finished reading "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka. It was published first in 1915. It's a wonderful book in my opinion. My very first Kafkaesque reading. :)
Finally, a good excuse for me to read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. It's been on my list forever, but I've never taken the plunge.
I am reading an Agatha Christie book published during that time ( Murder is Announced, 1950). As the first grownup novels I was allowed to read and a major part of falling in love with books for me, she cannot be beat (just following in my mothers footsteps lol) :)
I've somehow made it this far without reading 1984 despite subsisting off of a healthy reading diet of dystopian novels and owning it, so this is the perfect category to give me a reason to finally pick it up.
I'm reading My Man Jeeves and enjoying it.
Katie wrote: "I've somehow made it this far without reading 1984 despite subsisting off of a healthy reading diet of dystopian novels and owning it, so this is the perfect category to give me a reaso..."I'm reading 1984 with my 14 year old son right now, and I think I can count it for this, the book about war, and a book that is banned or frequently challenged. I can't believe I owned this book for like 10 years and never cracked it.
I think I am going to re-read The Maltese Falcon. Read it in college but I have been wanting to pull it out again.
I read Murder on the Orient Express for this category. I enjoyed reading this classic tale by Agatha Christie, even though I had seen the movie years ago and knew how the murder was committed.
I'm going to re-read Of mice and Men for this one. Also counts as my re-read.
I'm thinking I'll read Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell for the first time.
I read The Rasp by Philip MacDonald. First published in 1924 and reprinted in 2015, it was part of the "Golden Age of Detective Novels." Colonel Anthony Gethren reminded me a lot of Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey, the gentleman detective. World War I is over, and one character - a minor one - is suffering from shell-shock (now known as PTSD).
Mrs. Dalloway I think for this. I don't double up, but its also a reread I barely remember from my college days
Yep, thought not jovial by nature I do believe today would have put a smile on Ms. Woolf's face. Women's rights are human rights.
I read The Stranger. It was decent enough, but not really for me, I think. I'm not even sure. In any case, it was originally published in 1942.
I've read Tea Rooms - Mujeres obreras. It tells the story of a group of women in 1934 in Madrid, Spain. It also takes place in my own neighborhood... so double check for me!
Just read Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. Was not as moved as many. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for the first time! It's a shame not having read it yet.
Elyse, I liked And Then There Were None so much, I read it 3 times.
Teresa wrote: "Elyse, I liked And Then There Were None so much, I read it 3 times."It's been on my list for so long, I think I even own multiple copies of it. lol. Heard so much about it and will finally get to it!
I just finished An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, originally published 1925.This book is the basis for the movie "A Place in the Sun" with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor.
It is also based on a real-life murder case from 1906.
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