Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

My favorite challenge each year :)

FINISHED September 6th, 2020

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Bingo Challenge 2020
B1: Classic of Asia
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto Read August 2020
B2: Classic Tragedy
Farlige forbindelser by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Read April 2020 4*
B3: A Book Published at Least 200 Years Ago
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (Published 1729) Read February 2020 3*
B4: Memoir, Autobiography, or Biography
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Read January 2020 3.5*
B5: Classic of Europe
Mennesket er en stor fasan i verden by Herta Müller Read February 2020 3.5*

I1: Classic Mystery or Crime
The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie Read January 2020 5*
I2: Group Bingo Participant Pick
Orlando by Virginia Woolf Read February 2020 3.5*
I3: Classic Drama or Play
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen Read January 2020 4*
I4: Book From Group’s 2020 Bookshelf
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (April 2020 Old School Group Read) Read April 2020 3.5*
I5: Classic Gothic or Horror
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu Read September 2020 4*

N1: Book From Group’s Old School Classic Shelf prior to 2020
A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy Read January 2020 4*
N2: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize
Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 1976) Read January 2020 3*
N3: Reader’s Choice
Fiskerne by Hans Kirk Read February 2020 3*
N4: Classic Short Story
Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson Read January 2020 3*
N5: Book From Group’s New School Classic Shelf prior to 2020
Dune by Frank Herbert Read January 2020 3.5*

G1: Classic Science Fiction or Fantasy
With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read March 2020 4*
G2: The Bigger Read List by English Pen
Bliktrommen by Günter Grass Read February-March 2020 3*
G3: Poetry or Essay Collection
Poems of Giosue Carducci: Giosue Carducci and the Hellenic Reaction in Italy and Carducci and the Classic Realism by Giosuè Carducci Read January 2020 3*
G4: Banned Book
Maurice by E.M. Forster Read April 2020 4*
G5: Classic Science or Philosophy
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Read June 2020 3*

O1: Classic of Africa, Antarctica, Australia, or Oceania
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Read June 2020 4*
O2: Classic Western
Honey in the Horn by H.L. Davis Read August-September 2020 3*
O3: Book Published the Year You Were Born
Firestarter by Stephen King Read February 2020 3.5*
O4: Classic Adventure
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Read February 2020 3*
O5: Classic of the Americas
White Fang by Jack London Read May 2020 3.5*

Julie wrote: "My favorite challenge each year :)..."

I'm so glad.

For I2, I have to recommend Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

That's just Perfect Aubrey - I've picked that One for my old&new Classics challenge

Julie wrote: "My favorite challenge each year :).."

It’s the one I can’t resist either :0)

I decided to include my star-rating in my updates - I've had a really enjoyable start of the year with this :)

A managed both a row and a column on my bingo board :)

Third row:
B3: A Book Published at Least 200 Years Ago
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (Published 1729) Read February 2020 3*
I3: Classic Drama or Play
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen Read January 2020 4*
N3: Reader’s Choice
Fiskerne by Hans Kirk Read February 2020 3*
G3: Poetry or Essay Collection
Poems of Giosue Carducci: Giosue Carducci and the Hellenic Reaction in Italy and Carducci and the Classic Realism by Giosuè Carducci Read January 2020 3*
O3: Book Published the Year You Were Born
Firestarter by Stephen King Read February 2020 3.5*

N-column
N1: Book From Group’s Old School Classic Shelf prior to 2020
A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy Read January 2020 4*
N2: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize
Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 1976) Read January 2020 3*
N3: Reader’s Choice
Fiskerne by Hans Kirk Read February 2020 3*
N4: Classic Short Story
Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson Read January 2020 3*
N5: Book From Group’s New School Classic Shelf prior to 2020
Dune by Frank Herbert Read January 2020 3.5*

Favorite so far is not among these - It's The A.B.C. Murders for I1

Congrats! And you have read some nice books. I remember enjoying Dune and have recently read both A Modest Proposal and A Pair of Blue Eyes.

Just one book to go for black out (Classic Western) - I have chosen the book, and hopefully I'll get to it this month :)

Congratulations, Julie. Feels good to be so close, doesn't it!

Well done Julie! Your books are interesting, several of them are new to me.

Congrats, Julie! 2 bingos, 🥳🥳

Finished :)

Maggie wrote: "Well done Julie! Your books are interesting, several of them are new to me."
I love looking through other peoples picks for this and other challenges - always a great way to boost my tbr

Congrats Julie!

Congratulations on blackout, Julie!

Congratulations!

Great job, Julie. You always have the most interesting books 🎉

Woo hoo!
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Congratulations!

Congratulations! I agree with Brina. I saw a few books from other lists, but yours really is a fresh take on the challenge.