Janet's 2016 Bingo Challenge

[Janet]

Tentative list

24/24

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner 10/27/16 *****
B2: Sci-fi or Fantasy Classic The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 1/22/16 ****
B3: Classic of Africa Cry, the Beloved Country 3/15/16 *****
B4: Children's Classic Swallows and Amazons2/2/16/ ****
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary PrizeGood Night, Mr. Tom 1/1/16 ****

I1: Published/Written Before 1600’s The Taming of the Shrew 11/5/16 *****
I2: New-to-You Author Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 8/11/16 *****
I3: Classic PlayThe Comedy of Errors9/17/16 ****
I4: Banned Book Tropic of Cancer11/3/16 **
I5: Published in the 1700's Candide 2/29/16 ***

N1: Classic of the Americas Death Comes for the Archbishop 3/27/16 ****
N2: Short Story Collection Naked Lunch 10/9/16 *
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Poetry Collection Where the Sidewalk Ends 4/6/16 ****
N5: Classic of Europe Brideshead Revisited 7/28/16 ****

G1: Published in the 1600's The Pilgrim's Progress 7/21/16 ****
G2: Book from Le Monde’s 100 Books of the Century Lord Jim 2/26/16 ***
G3: Classic Non-fiction Schindler's List 4/18/16 ****
G4: Classic from School A Farewell to Arms 2/11/16 ****
G5: Published in the 1800's Heidi 1/10/16 ***

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region Ragtime 11/23/16 ****
O2: Gothic Classic Flowers in the Attic 6/21/16 **
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania Kim 3/10/16 ****
O4: Mystery or Crime Classic Double Indemnity 1/25/16 ****
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Song of Solomon 5/31/16 ***

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Glad to have you in the challenge, Janet.

[Janet]

Thanks. Love this challenge. Took me a couple of days to figure out new books I could use out of my TBR list. I had already chosen based on last year's list. I only had to add a couple of new books to my list after some resorting.

[Janet]

My short story selection might be controversial but this is my reasoning. According to wikipedia "The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order"

[Sara, New School Classics]

Nice to have a working list for this. I have one as well. As usual, you have a number of my favorites and a number that I have never heard of. I'll be excited to see how you like them all.

[Janet]

I have completed my tentative list. With the exception of "Naked Lunch" they should all be non-controversial(in every sense of the word since the book itself is rather controversial).

[Janet]

I have finally completed my first Bingo of the year.

G1: Published in the 1600's The Pilgrim's Progress 7/21/16 ****
G2: Book from Le Monde’s 100 Books of the Century Lord Jim 2/26/16 ***
G3: Classic Non-fiction Schindler's List 4/18/16 ****
G4: Classic from School A Farewell to Arms 2/11/16 ****
G5: Published in the 1800's Heidi 1/10/16 ***

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Congrats Janet!

[Sara, New School Classics]

My congrats too.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Way to go Janet -- congrats!

[Janet]

Thanks everyone. Bingos should be coming with almost every book I read now.

[Chris]

Congrats on the first! I've yet to join in those ranks...

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Chris wrote: "Congrats on the first! I've yet to join in those ranks..."

Your time will come

[siriusedward]

congrats Janet...

[Pink]

Well done :)

[[deleted user]]

Congratulations, Janet!

[Janet]

I have now completed several level one Bingos and level two Bingo. Blackout is two books away.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Way to go, Janet!

I still have one book left, before I blackout my board.

[Sara, New School Classics]

Bravo, Janet.

[Janet]

Completed blackout! My favorite book was Cry, the Beloved Country.

[Laurie]

Yea, Janet! Congratulations on finishing. That is a great accomplishment. I checked out your list and you have several with 4 or 5 stars. I am impressed that you gave Absalom, Absalom! 5 stars as I really struggled with it. I have Cry, the Beloved Country on my TBR, so I look forward to reading it. Well done on your blackout.

[Janet]

Laurie wrote: "Yea, Janet! Congratulations on finishing. That is a great accomplishment. I checked out your list and you have several with 4 or 5 stars. I am impressed that you gave Absalom, Absalom! 5 stars as I..."
I find that with Faulkner it really helps to refer to Sparknotes. I did it with The Sound and the Fury as well(that one was even more difficult so I read a section, read Sparknotes and reread the section). It really does enhance my appreciation of these books.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Janet,

I tried "The Sound and the Fury" and ended up CNFing it.

Perhaps I'll try reading it again and follow your strategy of consulting sparknotes.

I felt bad about giving up on that particular book.

[Laurie]

I read The Sound and the Fury in an American Lit class in college, and I remember very little about it. I have it in a personal 20th century classic challenge so I may have to use your strategy when I tackle it again.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Janet wrote: "Completed blackout! My favorite book was Cry, the Beloved Country."

Congrats on the Blackout!

[Janet]

Thanks Kathy.

[Pink]

Congrats on finishing!!

[Chris]

Congrats on Blackout Janet. The Sound and the Fury was a pick for me too this year. I absolutely hated reading it and loathed picking it up. It does reward you in the end though and I consulted the sparksnotes for it when I was done as well. Very much worth the effort but leaves you exhausted :)