Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

This is really awesome - I really enjoyed the varying challenges this year so I'm going to give this a go again next year.

I plan on doing all challenges but #2 ;-)

Challenge #1 - Old & New Classics Challenge
01/01/21 - 07/06/21

Aside from Bingo this is probably one of my favourite challenges each year. The idea of setting a goal of exactly which books to read and then sticking to it really appeals to me.
(and yes, I've had these titles planned for a while)

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. The Iliad by Homer (750BC) Read April 2021
2. David Balfour by Robert Louis Stevenson (1893) Read January 2021
3. King Lear by William Shakespeare (1605) Read January-February 2021
1900-1999/New School
4. True Grit by Charles Portis (1968) Read February 2021
5. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (1922) Read February 2021
6. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (1993) Read April 2021
My Wild Card Six
7. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (2007) Read June 2021
8. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (2015) Read February-March 2021
9. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (2017) Read May 2021
10. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway (1924) Read March 2021
11. Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld (2016) Read January-February 2021
12. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1968) Read February 2021

Alternates
A-1. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (1968) Read March 2021
A-2. Despair by Vladimir Nabokov (1934) Read April 2021

Challenge #3 - Second place or worse
01/01/21 - 27/09/21

I love the idea of this challenge. I often vote for books that do not win. For this challenge I decided the that it would have to be a female author and if possible also 'non-white'.
As Bob suggested I've chosen for each category. Also, since it may be possible that some of these books actually win a pole before the end of 2021, I've included an alternate choice for each category (except Long Read).

New School
1. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich (Dec. 2020, no. 5) Read June 2021
2. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (Oct. 2020 no. 3) Read April 2021

Old School
3. Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani (Dec. 2020, no. 5) Read January 2021
4. A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott (Jan. 2021 no. ?) Read June 2021
5. Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Oct. 2020 no. 5) Read September 2021

Short Story/Novella
6. The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector (Nov. 2020 no. 5) Read January 2021

Long Read
7. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (2019 First Quarter, no. 2) Read April 2021

Challenge #4 - Members Choice Classic/Genre Challenge
01/01/21 - 25/04/21

1. 18th Century or older, King Lear
2. 19th Century David Balfour
3. 20th Century Stjernens time
4. Current or Past Group Read 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. An Author not read before Professor Hieronimus (Amalie Skram)
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
7. Science Fiction Ender's Game
8. Romance Lykkens datter
9. Historical fiction The Warden
10. Nonfiction The Writing of Fiction
11. Mystery/Crime Appointment with Death
12. Horror or Humor Lords and Ladies

Challenge #5 - Pulitzer Century Challenge
01/01/21 -

1910-2010

1910's: His Family by Ernest Poole (1918) Read July 2021
1920's: Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington (1922) Read May 2021
1930's: Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story by Oliver La Farge (1930) Read April 2021
1940's: Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin (1944) Read September 2021
1950's: A Fable by William Faulkner (1955) Read September 2021
1960's: The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor (1962) Read October 2021
1970's: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (1972) Read October 2021
1980's: Ironweed by William Kennedy (1984)
1990's: The Hours by Michael Cunningham (1999) Read February 2021
2000's: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2003) Read March-April 2021
2010's: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (2016) Read August 2021

Challenge #6 - Short Story Challenge
01/01/21 - 13/06/21

1. Stjernens time
2. Songs of Innocence and of Experience
3. Don Juan
4. Misantropen
5. Tartuffe
6. A Good Man is Hard to find (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
7. The River (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
8. The Life You Save May be Your Own (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
9. A Stroke of Good Fortune (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
10. A Temple of the Holy Ghost (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
11. The Artificial Nigger (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
12. A Circle in the Fire (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
13. A Late Encounter with the Enemy (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
14. Good Country People (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
15. The Displaced Person (from A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories)
16. The Writing of Fiction
17. The Story of the Other Wise Man
18. In Our Time
19. 84, Charing Cross Road
20. Studenten (from Om kærligheden)
21. Et skørteregimente (from Om kærligheden)
22. Hustruen (from Om kærligheden)
23. Ariadne (from Om kærligheden)
24. En Anna om halsen (from Om kærligheden)

Challenge #7 - 2021 Group Reads Challenge
01/01/21 - 23/09/21

1. Ender's Game (January 2021 New School)
2. Songs of Innocence and of Experience (February 2021 Short Story)
3. The Warden (February 2021 Old School)
4. Don Juan (March 2021 Old School)
5. Fædre og sønner (April 2021 Old School)
6. Dandelion Wine (May 2021 New School)
7. Gooseberries (April 2021 Short Story)
8. Breve til en ung digter - med brevene fra Franz Xaver Kappus (June 2021 Short Story)
9. Goblin Market (July 2021 Short Story)
10. Far Goriot (July 2021 Old School)
11. The Necklace (August 2021 Short Story)
12. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (September 2021 Old School)

Challenge #8 - Expand Your Horizons Challenge
01/01/21 -

AKA my yearly Nobel Laureate Challenge - where each year I choose one author per decade who have won the Nobel Prize for Fiction - and who I have not read before.

1900's: José Echegaray (1904) Mariana: an original drama in three acts and an epilogue Read June 2021
1910's: Rabindranath Tagore (1913) Gitanjali Read March 2021
1920's: Grazia Deledda (1926) Den åbne dør Read October 2021
1930's: Eugene O'Neill (1936) Lang dags ferd mot natt Read October 2021
1940's: ALL DONE with this decade
1950's: Winston S. Churchill (1953)
1960's: Mikhail Sholokhov (1965) Fortellinger fra Don Read October 2021
1970's: Odysseus Elytis (1979) Eros, Eros, Eros: Selected & Last Poems Read May 2021
1980's: Czesław Miłosz (1980) En hund ved vejen Read September 2021
1990's: José Saramago (1998) En fortælling om blindhed Read March 2021
2000's: Imre Kertész (2002) De skæbneløse Read February 2021
2010's: Peter Handke (2019) Målmandens angst ved straffespark Read March 2021

Challenge #9 - A-Z Author Challenge
01/01/21 -

24/26

A - Margaret Atwood
B - Tom Buk-Swienty
C - Orson Scott Card
D - Philip K. Dick
E - Katrine Engberg
F - Ken Follett
G - Robert Galbraith
H - Lotte og Søren Hammer
I - John Irving
J - Steffen Jacobsen
K - Michael Katz Krefeld
L - Liliuokalani
M - Torben Munksgaard
N - Celeste Ng
O - Flannery O'Connor
P - Morten Pape
Q - Lucy Quinn
R - Jason Reynolds
S - Robert Louis Stevenson
T - Anthony Trollope
U
V - Jeanette Varberg
W - Edith Wharton
X - Diana Xarissa
Y
Z - Anne Zenon

Challenge #10 - A-Z Title Challenge
01/01/21 -

12/26 (+2/4)

A - Argumenter imod kvinder
B - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
C - The Conference of the Birds
D - David Balfour
E - Det ensomme hjerte
F - Fandens forår
G - Guds bedste børn
H - Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
I - Isola
J - Jalousimanden og andre fortællinger
K - King Lear
L - Lords and Ladies
M - Murder on the SS Rosa
N - Nattens udyr
O - The Other Wise Man (The Story of the Other Wise Man)
P - Professor Hieronimus
Q
R - Rook
S - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
T - Den tavse enke
U - Ulvesommer
V
W - The Warden
X
Y
Z - Zofloya

Bonus:
Æ
Ø
Å - Den åbne dør
# - 2001: A Space Odyssey

All set up :)

Time to go 'hunting' in the old group polls for ideas for challenge #3

Nice to see your twist on Challenge #3, Julie. I find it's those extra little efforts that make challenges like these really rewarding.

You have the best ideas , Julie. Your three new school books are some of my favorites ever, well at least the authors are some of all time favorites. I hope you enjoy these. I keep meaning to read Hawaii’s Story, I think you have given me the push to.

Thank you Aubrey and Brina :-)

You have put together a great challenge. I especially like what you have done with #5 & #8.

Yes, very nice. I have thought about reading Winston Churchill before. I think that would be interesting. Good luck with your challenges.

On this last day of the year I'm really excited to start these challenges. I've set them all up in my bullet journal to help me keep the focus on these and the Bingo Challenge

I love that you have turned your century challenge into a Pulitzer challenge as well. I really should do that and help myself with progress on the Pulitzers. Happy reading, Julie.

Updated my challenges. They are really well under way. The best books so far have been Ender's Game and Professor Hieronimus. Two very different books but says a lot about my ecclectic taste.

You are flying through these challenges Julie. I'm not big on Sci-fi but love certain ones and everyone seems to love Ender's Game so I hope to get to it.

Your century Pulitzer challenge has 5 of my favorites on it. I think I have His Family on one of mine for this year.

You are moving along nicely. I agree Enders Game is a special book, quite unique.

Well life came in the way of updating this regularly.
But updating today I can tell that I'm very well on the way to finishing my challenges by the end of the year. This is what I still have to do:

Titles: Q, V, X, Y (have 3 of 4 of these planned)
Authors: U, Y (have both of these planned)
One book to go for my pulitzer challenge (Ironweed)
One book to go for my nobel laureate challenge (Winston Churchill)

Wow, Julie, you have really put away some superb reading this year! Finishing is going to be a breeze for you. Congrats.

Wow, that's amazing Julie, I'm way behind with way less challenges :D. You have great lists!

You've read some very interesting books, Julie and congratulations with your progress!