Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Challenge #1: Old and New TBR
Completed 12/12

Old School
1. Les Misérables-Victor Hugo 04/01/24 ***
2. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling-Henry Fielding 09/03/24 ***
3. A Tale of Two Cities-Charles Dickens 01/17/24 ****

New School
1. An American Tragedy-Theodore Dreiser 05/22/24 2.5*
2. Snow Falling on Cedars-David Guterson 02/10/24 ****
3. Native Son-Richard Wright 04/08/24 2.5*

Wild Cards
1. All the King's Men-Robert Penn Warren 04/20/24 3.5*
2. Cat's Eye-Margaret Atwood 04/13/24 ****
3. Another Country-James Baldwin 04/28/24 2.5*
4. Elmer Gantry-Sinclair Lewis 07/31/24 ***
5. The Jungle-Upton Sinclair 08/10/24 ***
6. Song of Solomon-Toni Morrison 08/16/24 *****

A-1: Wise Blood-Flannery O'Connor 09/04/24 **
A-2: Ragtime-E.L. Doctorow
A-3: Obasan-Joy Kogawa

Challenge #1: Old and New TBR

Completed 12/12

Old School
1. King John 02/05/24 ***
2. Richard II 04/23/24 ***
3. Henry IV, Part I 04/28/24 ****

New School
1. The Lion in Winter-James Goldman 01/31/24 ***
2. A Man for All Seasons-Robert Bolt 08/27/24 ****
3. Anne of the Thousand Days-Maxwell Anderson

Wild Cards
1. Henry IV, Part II 05/03/24 ****
2. Henry V 06/30/24 ****
3. Henry VI, Part 1 07/04/24 ****
4. Henry VI, Part 2 07/08/24 ****
5. Henry VI, Part 3 07/10/24 *****
6. Richard III 07/15/24 ***

A-1: Henry VIII 07/19/24 ***

Challenge #5: Short Stories
Completed 24/24

1. The Blue Hotel -Stephen Crane 05/21/24 ***
2. " The Door in the Wall"-H. G. Wells 06/21/24 ****
3. "The Prophesy"-Anjana Appachana 07/21/24 ****
4. Happy Endings-Margaret Atwood 07/22/24 ***
5. " Family Happiness"-Leo Tolstoy 08/11/24 ***
6. "The Gospel According to Mark"-Jorge Luis Borges 08/13/24 ***
7. Barbie-Q-Sandra Cisneros 08/24/24 ****
8. The Devil-Leo Tolstoy 08/30/24 ****
9. On the Road-Langston Hughes 09/04/24 ****
10. A Family Supper-Kazuo Ishiguro. 09/05/24 *****
11. Girl-Jamaica Kincaid 09/06/24 ***
12. Paul's Case-Willa Cather 10/04/24 ***
13. "The Five-Forty-Eight"-John Cheever 10/21/24 ***
14. Barn Burning-Haruki Murakami 11/01/24 ****
15. " Angel Levine"-Bernard Malamud 11/04/24 ****
16. First Confession-Frank O'Connor 11/05/24 ****
17. Sweat-Zora Neale Hurston 11/07/24 ***
18. The Lady with the Little Dog-Anton Chekhov 11/08/24 ***
19. Shiloh-Bobbie Ann Mason 11/09/24 ****
20. How I Met My Husband-Alice Munro 11/10/24 *****
21. I Stand Here Ironing-Tillie Olsen 11/11/24 *****
22. Snow-Ted Hughes 11/12/24 ***
23. The Mark of the Beast-Rudyard Kipling 11/13/24 ***
24. The Three Strangers-Thomas Hardy 11/14/24 ****

Challenge #6: Group Reads and/or Buddy Reads
Completed 13/12

1. Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power-Louisa May Alcott 01/18/24 ****
2. Quicksand-Nella Larsen 01/22/24 ****
3. The Gentle Spirit-Fyodor Dostoevsky 02/10/24 ***
4. "The Beauties"-Anton Chekhov 02/12/24 ***
5. Swann's Way-Marcel Proust 02/14/24 **
6. Neverwhere-Neil Gaiman 02/15/24 ***
7. The Garden of Forking Paths-Jorge Luis Borges 05/05/05/24 ****
8. The Immortal-Jorge Luis Borges 06/20/24 ***
9. The Eyes-Edith Wharton 07/01/24 ***
10. "A Hunger Artist"-Franz Kafka 06/02/24 ***
11. What the Shepherd Saw-Thomas Hardy 09/30/24 ****
12.The Masque of the Red Death-Edgar Allan Poe 11/15/24 ****
13. Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas Stories-Anthony Trollope 12/04/24 2.5*

Challenge #12: Series Books-COMPLETED

I plan to complete:
"Cannery Row": Sweet Thursday-John Steinbeck 08/19/24 *****
" Asher Lev": The Gift of Asher Lev-Chaim Potok. 08/25/24 *****

I plan to continue August Wilson's "Century Cycle":
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 08/25/24 ***
Seven Guitars 08/29/24. ****
Two Trains Running 09/01/24 ****

Challenge #2: Second Place or Worse
Completed 5/5

New School
Wise Blood-Flannery O'Connor (Poll: February 2018) 09/04/24 **

Old School
1. Sonnets from the Portuguese-Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Poll: October 2020) 09/23/24 ***

Short Story/Novella
1. A Respectable Woman-Kate Chopin (Poll: February 2016) 10/05/24 ***
2. "A Pair of Silk Stockings"-Kate Chopin (Poll: March 2016) 10/25/24 *****

Quarterly Long Read
1. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby-Charles Dickens (Poll: 3rd Quarter 2017) 12/16/24 ***

Challenge #4: Members Choice

Completed: 12/12

1. 19th Century:Sense and Sensibility-Jane Austen 05/26/24 ****
2. 20th Century: Cannery Row-John Steinbeck 02/03/24 ****
3. 21st Century: We Were the Lucky Ones-Georgia Hunter 07/08/24 ****
4. Translated: From the Earth to the Moon-Jules Verne 04/18/24 ***
5. An Author never read before: John Milton (Paradise Lost) 02/27/24 ***
6. Diversity Classic: Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West-Cormac McCarthy 05/19/24 2.5*
7. Science Fiction/Fantasy: The Time Machine-H.G. Wells 01/29/24 *****
8. Action/Adventure: Round the Moon-Jules Verne 04/23/24 ***
9. Children's/Young Adult: The Wind in the Willows-Kenneth Grahame 06/09/24 ***
10. Nonfiction Memoir/Biography: Confessions-Augustine of Hippo 01/19/24 ***
11. Mystery/Thriller: Mary Barton-Elizabeth Gaskell 06/07/24 ****
12. Horror or Humor: The Princess Bride-William Goldman 02/23/24 ***

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Challenge #13: Travel the World One Continent at a Time

Completed 6/6

Africa: Death and the King's Horseman-Wole Soyinka 12/30/24 ***
Asia: The Art of War-Sun Tzu 12/24/24 *****
Australia: In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant-Jules Verne 06/20/24 ***
Europe: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea-Jules Verne 09/17/24 ***
North America: Radio Golf-August Wilson 12/17/24 *****
South America: The Lost World-Arthur Conan Doyle 10/31/24 ****

Enjoy your planning!

Welcome Pat. I hope you have fun with your challenges this year.

I have Les Misérables on my reread list. I have doubts about fitting it in this year. Have fun with the rest of your planning.

I like your lists, Pat! I am glad you are reading The Jungle -- more people should read that one! I am also working on reading August Wilson's Century Cycle. I will be reading Joe Turner's Come and Gone this month.
Enjoy your Buffet :)