Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Challenge #1:
12 + 3 Old & New Classic Challenge

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. Aesop's Fables by Aesop
2. Farthest North by Fridtjof Nansen
3. Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son by Sholom Aleichem

1900-1999/New School
4. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton
5. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
6. Independent People by Halldór Laxness

My Wild Card Six
7.Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim
8. True Grit by Charles Portis
9. Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
10. The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
11. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
12. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

Alternates
A-1. Zemindar by Valerie Fitzgerald
A-2. The Postman by Antonio Skármeta
A-3. Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

Challenge #3 - Century Challenge

Century Challenge

✅ 1910-1919 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
1920-1929 - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
1930-1939 - Independent People by Halldór Laxness
1940-1949 - The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
1950-1959 - Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
1960-1969 - True Grit by Charles Portis
✅ 1970-1979 - Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
1980-1989 - The Postman by Antonio Skármeta
1990-1999 - Possession by A.S. Byatt
2000-2009- Atonement by Ian McEwan

Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge

1. 19th Century,
✅2. 20th Century: - Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie
3. A book originally written in a language other than your own,
4. Current or Past Group Read,
5. An Author not read before,
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours.
7. Science Fiction/Fantasy,
8. Action/Adventure,
9. Childrens/Young Adult,
10. Nonfiction,
✅11. Mystery/Thriller, Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
12. Horror or Humor

Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge
Read 24 short stories. This equates to only two per month for the year. Read them all at once or spread them out, it's up to you.

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Challenge 6 - Group Reads and/or Buddy Reads Challenge


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Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors


✅ 1. Maggie O'Farrell - The Marriage Portrait
✅2. Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie
✅3.Lyanda Lynn Haupt - Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
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Challenge #8 –Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year

10 Book of Interest for 1978
1. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
2. The World According to Garp by John Irving
3. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
4. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
5. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman
6. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
7. The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson
8. The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
9. The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
10. Chesapeake by James A. Michener

2023 Books Read
✅ 1. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
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Challenge #9 – Fiction/Non-Fiction

Imperial Japan
Stolen from Ila
Fiction: Shōgun by James Clavell
Nonfiction: The Nightless City: Or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku by J.E. de Becker

The 14th Century
✅Fiction: World Without End by Ken Follett 9 January 2023
Nonfiction: book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century|568236] by Barbara W. Tuchman

Women of Color
Fiction: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Nonfiction: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge


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C) Thomas C. Cooper - The Roots of My Obsession: Thirty Great Gardeners Reveal Why They Garden
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Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge


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B)A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
C) Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
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Looks like you have a fun year of reading coming up, Katy! Enjoy!

Terris wrote: "Looks like you have a fun year of reading coming up, Katy! Enjoy!"

Thank you.

I didn't try all of the challenges for 2023, but did leave a couple of extra spaces just in case I need to add more. This past year I have mostly ignored my challenges - had some really tough real life problems and issues to deal with - so I'm hoping for a grand year of reading in 2023.

Katy wrote: "I didn't try all of the challenges for 2023, but did leave a couple of extra spaces just in case I need to add more. This past year I have mostly ignored my challenges - had some really tough real ..."

Here's to real life giving you a break so you can have a wonderful reading year in 2023, Katy!

Thank you, December is going well so far.

I read The Westing Game for Bingo a couple of years ago. Others I am familiar with Portis, Follett, Rutherfurd, and Byatt are all good. Enjoy, have fun.

Thank you, the goal is indeed to enjoy the reading.

I have a huge TBR list of books that I own in paper, I keep overthinking on these challenges; do I change to other books or keep what I have. Luckily, except for the Old & New Challenge, I can change up my plans as I go.

Just wondering right now if I should change my Old & New Wildcard selections to some brain candy reading.

Brain candy is the Buffet’s dessert table, is your meal really complete without some dessert?

First book read for the new year, added to the A-Z challenges
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

And, you are off! Great book to start the year with, Katy.

Even though Bjartur frustrated me to the point that I wanted to beat the book on the desk, I really liked Independent People.

Katy wrote: "First book read for the new year, added to the A-Z challenges
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell"

Any book on the Medicis has me interested. How did you find it, Katy?

Ila wrote: "...Any book on the Medicis has me interested. How ..."

It was a good read.