The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Let's Have Pie - Books to Read Before You Die
(Boxall's / Guardian / Awards)



Interested in chipping away at the Boxall's or Guardian's lists of books to read before you die? How about exploring award winners?

This challenge combines the themes from the Guardian list with your own particular focus. Choose a list or an award (you can choose more than one award to help fit the categories), and eat some pie to complete the challenge. Complete as many pies as you like.

Themes

1. Comedy
2. Crime
3. Family & Self
4. Love
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy
6. State of the Nation
7. War & Travel

Levels

Level 1: Just a Taste
1.
2.
Level 2: Getting Greedy
3.
4.
Level 3: I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
5.
6.
7.

Some resources to help you choose...

Guardian List:

Complete Guardian List
Comedy
Crime
Family & Self
Love
Science Fiction & Fantasy
State of the Nation
War & Travel

Boxall's List:

Listopia: Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
Books shelved as Boxall on Goodreads

Awards:

(Only winners, not nominees.)

Some popular awards: Pulitzer Prize,
ALA Alex Award, National Book Award,
Man Booker Prize, Orange Prize, Newbery Medal,
Walter Scott Prize, Macavity Award, Hugo Award.

You can also search for awards on Goodreads to find one that interests you.

I am in for this one!

Guardian Pie #1

Level 1: Just a taste
1. War and Travel: Burmese Days by George Orwell
2. Crime: The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

Level 2: Getting greedy
3. Comedy: Topper Takes a Trip by Thorne Smith
4. Science Fiction and Fantasy: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

Level 3: I can't believe I ate the whole thing
5.State of the Nation: Amongst Women by John McGahern
6. Love: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
7. Family and Self: The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

Themes

1. Comedy
2. Crime
3. Family & Self
4. Love
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy
6. State of the Nation
7. War & Travel

Levels

Level 1: Just a Taste
1. The Blue Flower Penelope Fitzgerald 320 p. 2 stars 2 february 2019
2. Fatherland Robert Harris 25 february 2019 400 p. 4 stars
Level 2: Getting Greedy
3. The Turn of the Screw Henry James 176 p. 30 january 2019 3 stars
4. The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad 304 p. 29 january 2019 3 stars

Level 3: I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
5. De tweeling Tessa de Loo 480 p. 1/14/19 3 stars
6. The Good Soldier Švejk Jaroslav Hašek 752 p. 20 january 2019 5 stars
7.The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie 215 p. 5 march 2019 4 stars crime

Renee’s Let’s Have Pie 2019


Themes

1. Comedy
- Piccadilly Jim
2. Crime
- The Murder at the Vicarage
3. Family & Self
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
4. Love
- I Capture the Castle
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy
6. State of the Nation
7. War & Travel

Levels

Level 1: Just a Taste
1.
2.
Level 2: Getting Greedy
3.
4.
Level 3: I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
5.
6.
7.

So far I’ve finished Level 1: Just a Taste. I’m going for the whole pie, eventually. 🥧!

1. Comedy
- Piccadilly Jim
2. Crime
- The Murder at the Vicarage

I finished my first pie, in message 3.

Great! I’m jealous.
I definitely need to focus more on this challenge.

Not having anything to read is not good. 😩

You can access LibriVox through your smartphone. :) it’s what I do.

I usually have the most trouble with Family and Self. I like science fiction.