Dave's 2016 Classic Bingo Challenge

[Dave]

This is going to be fun,

01/24
Challenge in List Form
To help you keep track of your own progress

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Sci-fi or Fantasy Classic At the Earth's Core. Edgar Rice Burroughs
B3: Classic of Africa Mating. Norman Rush
B4: Children's Classic The Tower Treasure. Franklin W. Dixon
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize - The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. Joël Dicker. Finished 01/08/16

I1: Published/Written Before 1600’s
I2: New-to-You Author 600 Hours of Edward. Craig Lancaster finished 01/14/16
I3: Classic Play
I4: Banned Book
I5: Published in the 1700's

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Poetry Collection The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1/23
N5: Classic of Europe The Stranger. Albert Camus 01/18/16

G1: Published in the 1600's
G2: Book from Le Monde’s 100 Books of the Century
G3: Classic Non-fiction The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard. Stephen Jimenez
G4: Classic from School
G5: Published in the 1800's

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region The Moviegoer National Book Award 1962 1/23/2016
O2: Gothic Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania Kings In Grass Castles by Mary Durack 2/16
O4: Mystery or Crime Classic This Dark Road to Mercy. Wiley Cash finished 01/15/16
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author - The House on Mango Street. Sandra Cisneros finished 01/03/16

[Dave]

O5: Prize-Winning Female Author - The House on Mango Street
By Sandra Cisneros, won Americam Book Award from Before Columus Foundation in 1985 Read 01/02- 01/03 2016.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the challenge Dave -- I do hope you have fun with it and congrats on getting a book read too.

[Dave]

Thanks Kathy, this game is going to pair nicely with my 2016 Women Writers Challenge and my personal 2016-2020 Sea to Shining Sea Challenge.

[Susie]

Sea to Shining Sea challenge sounds interesting...I will have to go check it out...

[Dave]

Susie, you need to check it out on the Goodread's website, not the App. At least on my iPad App the alignment is all messed up and I can't edit it. But it is fine on the website.

[Susie]

No problem...I don't use the app...I prefer the website, reguardless of the device I'm using...

[Dave]

I-2 New to me Author 600 Hours of Edward. Craig Lancaster finished 01/14/16

[Dave]

O-4 Mystery or Crime This Dark Road to Mercy. Wiley Cash. Finished 01/15/2016

[Pink]

Looking good so far, it's great to pair books for multiple challenges isn't it!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

You are moving right along with your challenge. Nice work.

[Dave]

Finished The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard. Stephen Jimenez for slot G3. Lengthy review posted to Goodreads and Amazon. This also fills Wyoming slot on my Sea to Shing Sea Personal Challenge.

[Dave]

Finished The Stranger today for slot N5.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

I also finished The Stranger today. I haven't decided where to place it on my bingo board. Either Classic of Africa, the Le Monde’s 100, or Classic from School. By the way I enjoyed The Stranger, but I don't really know why, intriguing character, good writing?

[Dave]

Finished The Tower Treasure (B4) The first Hardy Boys Book. This series was the first books I checked of the Public Library 57 years ago. I read this for nostalgia but I was suprised to find how entertained I was.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Dave wrote: "Finished The Tower Treasure (B4) The first Hardy Boys Book. This series was the first books I checked of the Public Library 57 years ago. I read this for nostalgia but I was suprised t..."

Fun -- haven't thought about those for years. So nice to know that they have staying power.

[Dave]

I started Angle of Repose for O1 today. This was going to be my Idaho book for C2C but I decided its retrospection and multiple locale was not a good fit for my C2C criteria.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Dave wrote: "I started Angle of Repose for O1 today. This was going to be my Idaho book for C2C but I decided its retrospection and multiple locale was not a good fit for my C2C criteria."

I found this book last year while researching books for a challenge. I thought it sounded interesting, I will be interested in hearing what you think.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

My F2F group is starting Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson for our "Idaho" book this year. (We live in Idaho). Just in case you want a different suggestion Dave.

[Dave]

Kathy, on review of Housekeeping it was first published in 1981 (a decade I already finished in Women Writer Challenge). Thanks for the invite and keep me in mind for future reads.

[Dave]

Finished The Moviegoer today For O1 and LA in C2C.

[Dave]

Read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Samuel Taylor Coleridge for N4 Not a poetry collection, but I have never read poetry collections, I keep a book of poems by my chair and read individual poems when the mood is right. If this does not fill the spirit of the requirement let me know and I'll take it off. I read the free Kindle version and listened to a great Audible narration by Richard Burton, Ralph Richardson, and John Neville. It also had an interesting music soundtrack. First audiobook I remember with a soundtrack. I rate it 5 stars.

[Dave]

Finished At the Earth's Core for B2 ((Sci Fi/Fantasy. Another book from my childhood. Amazing I can remember so much of the story 55 years later.

I've set my eye next on Dante's Divine Comedy for N1 (before 1600) specifically for bingo. That will take awhile. I will probably get some incidental bingo boxes as I work on other challenges.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Dave wrote: "Finished At the Earth's Core for B2 ((Sci Fi/Fantasy. Another book from my childhood. Amazing I can remember so much of the story 55 years later...."

About a year ago I read A Princess of Mars, it was my first book by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was a ton of fun to read. I plan of reading Tarzan of the Apes some day.

[Dave]

Yes, I bet I would also enjoy Burrough's Mars series Bob. I got a kick out of the recent John Carter of Mars movie.

[Dave]

Finished Kings In Grass Castles, put it on O3, book of Asia or Oceana. The eleventh book in my bingo. I'd be doing a lot better if this was classic twister. Eleven books and no bingo, :-(

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Wow!

Eleven books!

You got some good momentum.