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Wayne's Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

Old School
1.The League of Youth****
2. The Lady from the Sea (Planned)
3.The Book of the Courtier (Planned)

New School
4. Candida(Planned
5. Madame Curie: A Biography(Planned)
6. Wrath of the Lion (Planned)

Wild Card
7. The Shelters of Stone (Planned)
8. The Switch (Planned)
9. Tree Frog. (Planned)
10. Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry****
11. Come Back Geordie(Planned)
12. Restless Nation: Making Sense of Troubled Times (Planned)

Alternates
1. Conversations with My Sons and Daughters(Planned)
2. Two Brothers (Planned)
3. Day of Judgment (Planned)

Challenge #2 - Second Place or Worse


New School
1. All Quiet on the Western Front(Planned)
2. A Town Like Alice (Planned)

Old School
1. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (Planned)
2. Hester (Planned)

Short Story/Novella
1. Waiting for Godot (Planned)
2. The Upper Berth (Planned)

Quarterly Long Read
1. Shogun: A Novel of Japan**** (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4388657...)

Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium Challenge

The Decade Challenge:

1965: The Source (Planned)
1966 : The Jewel in the Crown****
1967: The Outsiders (Planned)
1968: The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia(Planned)
1969: Slaughterhouse-Five (Planned)
1970: A Clubbable Woman (Planned)
1971: Kane & Abel (Planned)
1972: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Planned)
1973: Gravity's Rainbow (Planned)
1974: The 158-Pound Marriage (Planned)
1975: Blott on the Landscape (Planned)

The Decade Challenge:
1990 - 1999: The Shipping News (Planned)
1980-1989: The Sign of the Beaver (Planned)
1970-1979 : The Silmarillion****
1960-1969: No Longer at Ease The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Planned)
1950-1959: Exodus (Planned)
1940-1949: The Diary of a Young Girl (Planned)
1930-1939 : The Good Earth*****
1920-1929 : Winnie-the-Pooh**** (www.goodreads.com/review/edit/2065398)
1910-1919: The Secret Garden (Planned)
1900-1909: Claudine at School (Planned)
1890-1899: The Time Machine (Planned)
1880-1889 : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ****

The Millenium Challenge:

20th Century: A Gathering of Old Men (Planned)
19th Century: Madame Bovary (Planned)
18th Century: Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. (Planned)
17th Century: Tartuffe (Planned)
16th Century: Utopia (Planned)
15th Century: The Divine Comedy (Planned)
14th Century: The Tale of the Heike (Planned)
13th Century: Egil's Saga (Planned)
12th Century: The Romance of Tristan (Planned)
11th Century: The Pillow Book (Planned)

Challenge #4 - Members' Choice Challenge.

1. 19th Century: Dr. Thorne (Planned)
2. 20th CenturyThe Sheep Pig: (Planned)
3. 21st Century Potential Future Classic: Life of Pi****
4. Current or Past Group Read: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Planned)
5. An Author not read before:The Bethrothed: (Planned)
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours: Stories From Central & Southern Africa
7. Science Fiction: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Planned)
8. A book originally written in a language other than your own: Eugénie Grandet (Planned)
9. A Banned Book: The Song Of The Red Ruby (Planned)
10. Nonfiction: The Seed Is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985*****
11. Mystery/Crime: Poirot Investigates****
12. Horror or Humor: The Portable Door (Planned)

Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge (1/24)
1. A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Planned)
2. Flowers for Algernon(Planned)
3. An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge(Planned)
4. The Yellow Wallpaper(Planned)
5. To Build a Fire(Planned)
6. Rip Van Winkle(Planned)
7.The Legend of Sleepy Hollow(Planned)
8. The Turn of the Screw(Planned)
9. The Awakening(Planned)
10. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde(Planned)
11. The Death of Ivan Ilych(Planned)
12. The Nose***
13. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(Planned)
14. The Pearl****
15. A Nervous Breakdown(Planned)
16. Of Mice and Men(Planned)
17. The Boarded Window(Planned)
18. Ward No. 6 (Planned)
19. The Man and the Snake(Planned)
20. The Minister's Black Veil(Planned)
21. God Sees the Truth, but Waits(Planned)
22. A Pair of Silk Stockings (Planned)
23. The Monkey's Paw (Planned)
24. Waiting For Leila: Ravan Writers Series(Planned)

Challenge #6 - 2022 Group Reads Challenge

1. The Razor's Edge****
2. Carmilla***
3. King Solomon's Mines**

Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors

1. Victor Hugo -Les Misérables: Volume 1****
2. Alessandro Manzoni -The Betrothed (Planned)
3. Paul Scott - The Jewel in the Crown****
4. Honoré de Balzac Eugénie Grandet (Planned)
5. Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey (Planned)
6. Mary Henrietta Kingsley - Travels in West Africa**** (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)

Challenge #8 – Does the Passage of Time Make a Difference?

1980
1, The Bourne Identity**** (www.goodreads.com/review/show/4116285301)
2, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe(Planned)
3, Cosmos (Planned)
4. The Covenant (Planned)
5. Monk's Hood*****
6. The Ninja (Planned)
7. The Samurai (Planned)
8. A Falcon Flies (Planned)
9. The Sedleigh Hall Murder (Planned)
10. Fables (Planned)

25 years earlier - 1955
1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Planned)
2. The End of Eternity*** (www.goodreads.com/review/show/1380041...)
3. The Ginger Man (Planned)
4. Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Planned)
5. The Ten Thousand Things*****
6. 79 Park Avenue (Planned)
7. Proud Beggars (Planned)
8. Bus Stop (Planned)
9. Death in Berlin (Planned)
10. The Ragazzi (Planned)

Challenge #9 – Fiction/Non-Fiction

A fiction and non-fiction pairing based on on my To-be-Read Bookshelf from 2015

Mexico
Like Water for Chocolate (Fiction, on shelf) (Planned)
Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone (Non-fiction, on shelf) (Planned)

Exmoor
Lorna Doone (F, on shelf) (Planned)
The Lynmouth Flood Disaster (NF, added) (Planned)

China
The Good Earth*****
In Xanadu: A Quest (NF, on shelf) (Planned)

New England
The Wapshot Chronicle (F, On shelf) (Planned)
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea (NF, added) (Planned)

Iraq
A Sky So Close: A Novel (F, added) (Planned)
Baghdad Without a Map and Other Misadventures in Arabia (NF, on shelf)****

Challenge #10 - The Half a Millennium Challenge with a Sour Lemon Twist of Difficult

1970s
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest****

1870s
Anna Karenina (Planned)

1770s
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides****

1670
The Imaginary Invalid (Planned)

1570s
The School of Abuse, Containing a Pleasant Invective Against Poets, Pipers, Players, Jesters, &c. (Planned)

Challenge #11 - Old and New Linked Categories

West African Travels
Travels in West Africa**** (www.goodreads.com/review/show/2441574...)
Journey Without Maps (Planned)

Yorkshire
Wuthering Heights****
The Secret Garden (Planned)

Independent Women Travellers
UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN (Planned)
In Ethiopia with a Mule*****

Epidemic
The Bethrothed: (Planned)
The Plague (Planned)

Fictional Detectives
A Study in Scarlet****
Poirot Investigates****

Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge


A : Agatha Christie - Poirot Investigates
B : Christianna Brand - Death in High Heels
C : James Clavell - Shogun: A Novel of Japan
D : Assia Djebar - Children of the New World
E : Elizabeth Lemarchand - Death of an Old Girl
F : J. Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla
G : Georges Simenon - The Late Monsieur Gallet
H : Henrik Ibsen - The League of Youth
I : Isaac Asimov - The End of Eternity
J : John Irving - Setting Free the Bears
K : Mary H. Kingsley - Travels in West Africa
L : Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice: A Novel of Suspense
M : A A Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh
N : Eric Newby - Slowly Down the Ganges
O : George Orwell - Homage To Catalonia
P : Ellis Peters - Monk's Hood
Q
R : Robert Ludlum - The Bourne Identity
S : Albie Sachs - The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
T : Thomas Mann - Doctor Faustus
U
V : Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa - Indaba, My Children: African Tribal History, Legends, Customs and Religious Beliefs
W : Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth
X
Y
Z

Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge


A : Awakening
B : The Bourne Identity
C : Children of the New World
D : Death in High Heels
E : The End of Eternity
F : The Firm
G : Slowly Down the Ganges
H : Homage To Catalonia
I : In Chancery
J : The Jewel in the Crown
K
L : The Late Monsieur Gallet
M : Monk's Hood
N : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
O
P : Poirot Investigates
Q
R : The Razor’s Edge
S : Setting Free the Bears
T : Travels in West Africa
U
V : Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
W : Winnie-the-Pooh
X
Y : A Widow for One Year
Z

Wow, I have not read a single one of your O&N choices. I will be excited to see what you think of them.

On your Second or Worse, though, you have one of my all-time favorite books, Shogun. Happy reading!

Sara wrote: "Wow, I have not read a single one of your O&N choices. I will be excited to see what you think of them.

On your Second or Worse, though, you have one of my all-time favorite books, Shogun. Happy ..."

Hi Sara, I will certainly let members know how I get on with my reads. I have just finished setting it up, but suspect I will have to change a couple who might be too modern in terms of the definition.

A late forced change. Finished reading No Longer at Ease today (03/01/2022), but not eligible for inclusion because I started it on 30 December 2021.

Finished my first book in this year's Challenge Buffet. Agatha Christie's Porot Investigates. Here is a link to my remarks. www.goodreads.com/review/show/4388729...

Book 2, The End of Eternity, the first in Challenge #8 done. Here's a link to my comment
www.goodreads.com/review/show/1380041...

Wayne wrote: "Book 2, The End of Eternity, the first in Challenge #8 done. Here's a link to my comment
www.goodreads.com/review/show/1380041..."

Wow, an Asimov on the Hugo Award list. I have not read this one. It sounds so good, but I'm sorry it was only 3* when read. Still I love Science Fiction.

Q1 Update: Herewith an update on progress thus far. Last year I fared very poorly even though I read 217 books during 2021. This year I have already read 60 out of 150 planned but only a small number of Challenge picks. I am doing better this year but still far below what is needed.

Challenge 1: Read 1/12. No alternative read.

Challenge 2: Read 1/7

Challenge 3 - Decade : Read 0/11
Challenge 3 - Century : Read 2/12
Challenge 3 - Millennium : Read 0/10

Challenge 4: Read 1/12. Currently Reading 2

Challenge 5: Read 1/24.

Challenge 6: Read 3/12.

Challenge 7: Read 1/6. Currently Reading 2

Challenge 8 - 1980: Read 2/10.
Challenge 8 - 1955: Read 1/10.

Challenge 9: Read 0/10.

Challenge 10: Read 0/5. Currently Reading 1.

Challenge 11: Read 3/10.

Challenge 12 : Read 20/26

Challenge 13 : Read 15/26

Sara wrote: "Wow, I have not read a single one of your O&N choices. I will be excited to see what you think of them.
"

Yeah, same! Even the Ibsen. (Although I have at least heard of those.)

Very excited to see the Madame Curie biography. I had no idea her daughter had written one. Need to add that to my list of books I want to read.

Q2 Update: Herewith an update on progress thus far. For the year thus far have read 111 books out of 150 planned to read.

Challenge 1: Read 2/12. No alternative read.

Challenge 2: Read 1/7

Challenge 3 - Decade : Read 1/11
Challenge 3 - Century : Read 4/12
Challenge 3 - Millennium : Read 0/10

Challenge 4: Read 3/12.

Challenge 5: Read 2/24.

Challenge 6: Read 3/12.

Challenge 7: Read 3/6.

Challenge 8 - 1980: Read 2/10.
Challenge 8 - 1955: Read 2/10.

Challenge 9: Read 2/10.

Challenge 10: Read 2/5.

Challenge 11: Read 5/10.

Challenge 12 : Read 21/26

Challenge 13 : Read 21/26

You're making good progress on the A-Z challenges!

Carolien wrote: "You're making good progress on the A-Z challenges!"

Yep, and I try to stick to books published before 2000