Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

It's November with two months left in the year. My remaining books to finish my challenges are purchased and waiting. Perhaps this time I can read them without any last minute changes! What are you planning?

November challenge books to cross the finish line!!

1. "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffman translated from the German by Major Alex Ewing, London, 1908. anthology or Rachel Louis Lawrence version (2018)
2. The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
3. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (1995)
4. Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
5. "Before the Party" by W. Somerset Maugham

I intend to continue the books I have begun since last month:-

- Chronicles of Barsetshire
- This is Vegan Propaganda
- Carrie Soto Is Back
- The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

Luffy wrote: "I intend to continue the books I have begun since last month:-

- Chronicles of Barsetshire
- This is Vegan Propaganda
- Carrie Soto Is Back
- [book:T..."

How are you liking This is Vegan Propaganda? It gets super high reviews. Are you vegan by chance?

Focusing on Personal Challenges and Group Reads

Read:
1961. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Abridged Version
2009. Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country About True Sustainability by David Owen
1968. Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2011. Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century by Daniel Hernandez
1939. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
1819. The Vampyre by John William Polidori
1993./traditional. Big Men, Big Country: A Collection of American Tall Tales retold by Paul Robert Walker
2022. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
2020. The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power byDeirdre Mask
1983. The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 by Inge Scholl
1934. Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen

Planning: Classic Literature
* Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
* The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe
* And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
* Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth
* Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr..
* Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Planning: Nonfiction November
* Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country About True Sustainability by David Owen
* The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask
* Contagious City: The Politics of Public Health in Early Philadelphia by Simon Finger
* Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century by Daniel Hernandez
* River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
* Religion in the Handmaid's Tale: A Brief Guide by Collete Tennant
* How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City by Joan DeJean
* Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre by Jack D. Zipes
* The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

Klowey wrote: "How are you liking This is Vegan Propaganda? It gets super high reviews. Are you vegan by chance?"

I am not vegan. But from what I have read, the book is making a compelling case.

Cynda wrote: "Focusing on Personal Challenges and Group Reads..."

Very nice selection, both fiction and nonfiction. Thanks for sharing!

Klowey wrote: "...Are you vegan by chance?"

I am, in a non militant way. How about you, Klowey?

Fed wrote: "Cynda wrote: "Focusing on Personal Challenges and Group Reads..."

Very nice selection, both fiction and nonfiction. Thanks for sharing!

Klowey wrote: "...Are you vegan by chance?"

I am, in a non..."

I would like to be. I still eat fish. But I have several semi-serious health problems, so I must be sure I"m getting adequate nutrition (other than B12, which is easy to get in supplements). The reviews on that book make me want to pursue once again.

my core 8 for November:
The Death Of The Heart Bowen, Elizabeth 1938
A Legacy Bedford, Sybille 1956
The Prose Edda Anon 1220
No Longer Human Dazai, Osamu 1948
The Manuscript Found In Saragossa Potocki, Jan 1810 (first half)
Beloved Morrison, Toni 1987 (re-read)
Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Marias, Javier 1994
Lanark Gray, Alasdair 1981 (first half)

My overly-hopeful plans are to
Finish:
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books, Hilary Mantel
Ironweed, William Kennedy
Music & Silence, Rose Tremain
Start and Finish:
The Woodlanders, Thomas Hardy
A View of the Harbour, Elizabeth Taylor
Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford
Hopefully start:
Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham
Pavilion of Women, Pearl S. Buck
And maybe keep drawing this little gem out:
A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living

Challenge reads this month:

Start and finish:
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry
The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwarz-Bart

Continue:
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt

Maybe start:
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson

RJs NOVEMBER 2022 READS

Will finish

A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Might finish

The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Alexandre Dumas
To Die in California by Newton Thornburg

Will read but won't finish

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Intensity by Dean Koontz
The Road to Amber by Roger Zelazny
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Asimov's Chronology of the World by Isaac Asimov

Since I am under-achieving these days, my November goals are modest.

Finish:
The Witching Hour by Ann Rice
The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Audiobook)

Read:
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
A Cry of Angels by Jeff Fields
Good Old Boys by Elmer Kelton (Audiobook)

If I have time: (who am I kidding?)
Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb
Some other audiobook — this may be more feasible

Too many books, but that is half the fun!
Middlemarch (part 4) by George Eliot - Everyone Has Read This But Me group

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May - Miranda Mills' Comfort Book Club for her YouTube channel Miranda Mills

My Father as I Recall Him by Mamie Dickens for Dickensians!

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll - Everyone Has Read This But Me

The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Catching Up On Classics-Old School Classics

The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf - Catching Up On Classics-Short Story

Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne - Everyone Has Read This But Me

The House Between Tides by Sarah Maine - in-person book club

Birdie by Tracey Lindberg

Janice wrote: "...Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times..."

I've been eyeing this book, please let me know how you like it.

a rare "complete completion" of my "Core 8" this month:

The Death Of The Heart Bowen, Elizabeth - finished - 2.5 Stars
A Legacy Bedford, Sybille - finished - 4
The Prose Edda Anon - finished - 2.5
No Longer Human Dazai, Osamu - finished - 3.5
The Manuscript Found In Saragossa Potocki, Jan (first half) - going well, so far looking like 3.5-4
Beloved Morrison, Toni (re-read) - finished - 5
Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Marias, Javier - finished - 3.5
Lanark Gray, Alasdair (first half) - going well, so far looking like 3.5-4

Darren wrote: "a rare "complete completion" of my "Core 8" this month:

The Death Of The Heart Bowen, Elizabeth - finished - 2.5 Stars
A Legacy Bedford, Sybille - finished - 4
The Prose Edda Anon - finished - 2.5..."

Way to go Darren!

Darren wrote: "a rare "complete completion" of my "Core 8" this month:

The Death Of The Heart Bowen, Elizabeth - finished - 2.5 Stars
A Legacy Bedford, Sybille - finished - 4
The Prose Edda Anon - finished - 2.5..."

Congrats, and glad to see you liked Beloved!

Hmm somehow I never did the end-of-the-month report here. Goodread is acting strange - the add book/author button is not currently working so I will just type.

1. Therese Raquin by Emile Zola (1867) 4*
2. How to Stop Being Toxic: Step-by-step Guide on How to Stop Being an Emotional Vampire by Antony Felix (2022) 3*
LOL this book was an attempt to make sure I was as nice as possible to my relatives at Thanksgiving.

3. " Kreutzer Sonata" by Leo Tolstoy (1889) 4*
4. "Babette's Feast" by Isak Dinesen (1958) 5*

Lynn wrote: "Hmm somehow I never did the end-of-the-month report here. Goodread is acting strange - the add book/author button is not currently working so I will just type.

1. Therese Raquin by Emile Zola (186..."

That's hilarious with the toxic book Lynn! Thanksgiving can be a challenge with the inevitable mix of personalities? How did it go? Was the book useful? Maybe I should read it before Christmas. :D

Greg wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Hmm somehow I never did the end-of-the-month report here. Goodread is acting strange - the add book/author button is not currently working so I will just type.

1. Therese Raquin by Em..."

LOL Well...... It wasn't the best book ever, but it did force me to evaluate my own behavior through other people's eyes. What little things (or big) might I do that could be annoying?

I enjoyed our Thanksgiving and believe everyone else did too. We had six adults and two teenagers so it was a manageable group. The very young grandchildren went to the other grandparents this year. That was OK. It was nice to have grown-up conversation.
Anyone who was unhappy was polite enough not to say it out loud!