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

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

If I finish the A-Z challenge, it most likely go all the way to December. Some of the letters are very difficult to fine good reading for. We still have time!

Welcome to the challenge, enjoy.

Welcome France!

Welcome Phrodtick!!

Looks like you are close to a blackout, congrats!

Laurie wrote: "It looks like you can use The Talented Mr. Ripley for winner of a foreign literary prize. It won a French award for best international crime novel."

Yes, yes, yes! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now I have incentive to finish it.

Sara wrote: "It does get harder as you get toward the end, but geez how amazing is it that you have 16/25 on a SECOND card."

I'm looking forward to your second card, bet you have more squares filled than you think.

No square in six weeks. I will have to start seeking books using my still needed squares. In the last six weeks I’ve read-
2BR02B
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Casino Royale
The Country of the Blind
Scenes of Clerical Life
The Arabian Nights
The Short Forever
And All the Earth a Grave
Mr. Spaceship
I'm half way through with The Talented Mr. Ripley
and 85% finished with Moll Flanders

And nothing fits a needed square, from here on out this gets much harder.

Still holding at 16/25 on my second card

Maggie wrote: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

I wondered why this is one of Agatha Christie's most famed mysteries. I wonder no more. I've always liked Agatha Christie's stories, b..."

I always enjoy Christie, and sometimes a book really stands out from the rest of her work, this is one of those. Whenever in doubt about what to read or in a slump, just grab something written by her.

Welcome Manish,

Here are a few non-fiction that might be considered classic
Ten Days in a Mad-House
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
The Story of My Life
84, Charing Cross Road
Farewell to Manzanar
Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Things are slowing down, but still plugging along.


Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Clean-up - 10/12 Complete, currently reading #11
Challenge #2 - The Year You Were Born and 100 Years Earlier - 6/10 Complete
✔️Challenge #3 Your Birth Year Top 10 Best Sellers - N/A
✔️Challenge #4 - Members Choice Classic/Genre - Completed
Challenge #5 - Decade/Century Challenge - 7/10 Complete, currently reading #8
✔️Challenge #6 - Short Story Challenge - Completed, have read to date 97
✔️Challenge #7 - 2020 Group Reads Challenge - Completed
Challenge #8 - A-Z Author Challenge - 21/26 Complete, need letters I, Q, U, X, & Y
Challenge #9 - A-Z Title Challenge - 20/26 Complete, need letters J, Q, U, X, Y, & Z

I have two books on order from my local library, fingers crossed. If the books transport from their current location to my library, I'm supposed to get a email notification for curbside pick up. For some reason I have doubts, perhaps I'm just being cynical.

Welcome Shaina, we have plenty of detective classics.

The worst is reading a book and not being able to find a place for it on any challenge. It's terrible to just set it aside all alone, every books needs to have a challenge spot of its very own.

Sometimes bingo is elusive, checking off squares and nothing. The good thing is that after a while, every square checked is a bingo.

You are quickly checking books off your list and some really goods ones too. Thanks for the lead for Australia, will have to check out Bill Bryson.

Looks like a blackout is inevitable, congrats.

Welcome Mimi, glad you are with us.

Congrats, and I agree with Sara, A Modest Proposal definitely counts. Its to good not to.

Joseph wrote: "O1: Cry, the Beloved Country"

This has been on my shelf for years, perhaps I should plan to read it rather than continue just looking at it. Enjoyed the review

Ash and Quill, Quill and Ash, if it works it works. Q is always a tough letter.