Bob’s Comments (group member since Jun 22, 2011)

Bob’s comments from the Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) group.

I’m also going to try Picnic at Hanging Rock and Haunted Hotel. I thought Angle of Repose was excellent, enjoy.

I'm going to try Haunted Hotel also. It's hard to beat Collins. Happy reading!

Thanks Carolien, I will be on the lookout for a copy of So Long a Letter. I have a copy of The King’s General, I’m always on the hunt for authors I like.

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Completed Books
25/25
BLACKOUT 6/16/23

✔️B1: Book Published 1950 - 1999 1994 Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
✔️B2: Classic written in your native language Sunset Pass: A Western Story
✔️B3: Classic of Europe The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
✔️B4: Classic involving art The Moon and Sixpence
✔️B5: Classic from your bookshelf The Cider House Rules

✔️I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2023 King Solomon's Mines, March '22
✔️I2: Classic biography/autobiography or memoir Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
✔️I3: Classic horror or gothic Dracula, a reread
✔️I4: Classic comedy, satire, or humor Little Big Man: A Novel
✔️I5: Book from the group’s Favorites of 2022 The King's General, Sue's message #30

✔️N1: Classic of the Americas So Big
✔️N2: Classic Western The Ox-Bow Incident
✔️N3: Reader’s Choice The Lost Apothecary
✔️N4: Classic mystery or thriller Stamboul Train\Orient Express
✔️N5: Classic of Africa or Oceania The Far Country

✔️G1: Classic from a group poll that did not win Goodbye, My Brother - September 2022
✔️G2: Classic action or adventure The Return of Tarzan
✔️G3: Classic history or historical fiction The Crystal Cave
✔️G4: Classic fantasy or science fiction The Forgotten Door
✔️G5: Book from the Group’s 2023 Bookshelf The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, Jan '23

✔️O1: Book Published before 1900 The Red and the Black
✔️O2: New-To-You Classic Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - The Yearling
✔️O3: Classic of Asia - Shogun
✔️O4: Classic in translation Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
✔️O5: Book Published 1900 - 1949 - 1948 No Highway

After consuming so much at the Buffet I thought management was going to ask me to leave. I just couldn’t pass by the Bingo parlor without stopping in to try my luck. When it comes to Challenges Resistance is Futile!!

Nice dishes, good luck and enjoy your planning.

You have some excellent choices. I hope you pick “Old Yeller” as one of your five choices for challenge #8, it’s worth it. Happy reading, enjoy!

It has been a while.

December 4, 2012 - 21/47 = 45%, 26 books unread
April 24, 2014 - 45/84 = 54%, 39 books unread
April 6, 2015 - 66/105 = 63%, 39 books unread
April 4, 2016 - 100/142 = 70%, 42 books unread
April 13, 2017 - 134/180 = 74%, 46 books unread
April 9, 2018 - 180/217 = 82.9%, 37 books unread
April 5, 2019 - 212/256 = 82.8%, 44 books unread
April 2020 - Oops
April 29. 2021 - 276/333 = 82.9%, 57 books unread
December 11, 2022 - 324/399 = 81.2% 75 books unread

My Unread Group Books

Welcome back to the Buffet, there is always a table waiting. I read Kristin Lavransdatter, individually this year. I started with The Wreath for Bingo and couldn’t resist continuing with the other two. Enjoy

I like your idea of a personal challenge.

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

Wow, some really great selections, enjoy!

Your selections for #8 are great. For what it is worth I can speak highly for The Handmaid’s Tale, Ender’s Game, and Lonesome Dove. Happy reading,

Current Status - Please Check of Errors

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét, 48 pages, 1937
Emmy - Paula W, Lynn, Heather L,

What I Believe by Bertrand Russell, 48 pages, 1925
J_BlueFlower - Klowey, Luffy, Carolien,

The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges, ? pages, 1947
AiK - J_BlueFlower, Jessica, Dave, Marilyn,

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, 120 pages, 1981
Darya Silman - Greg, AiK, Laurie,

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron, 84 pages, 1990
John Dishwasher - Sue, Kimberly,

The Offshore Pirate by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 48 pages, 1920a
Sue - Tina,

The Verger by W. Somerset Maugham. 6+- pages, 1928
Terris - Kathleen, Sara,

The 39 Steps by John Buchan, 100+- pages, 1915
Kimberly -

I second The Last Picture Show

Blackout!! I didn't think I would make it.

Klowey wrote: "Bob wrote: "Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Challenge

Do the 3 alternatives need to match the first 3 categories:

A-1. "Old school"
A-2. "New School"
A-3. any time period

Or can all three alternatives be any time period?..."

While this is a great idea, yes. The alternates can be anything you want of read. This one is about reducing our personal TBR's. I for one can get so focused on reading group books, I end up ignoring what is on my shelf.

I could probably get up from this laptop and round up 40+ books all published after 1999. Most of those books I call "brain candy." They are not literature and will never be considered classic. They are, for me just fun reads by authors like. Nevada Barr, Stuart Woods. Lee Child, Clive Cussler, and several others.

This Buffet challenge allows one to participate in a group activity and get credit for eating a lot of deserts.