Pip's 2016 Classics Bingo Challenge

[Veronique]

Pip wrote: "I just finished The Color Purple by Alice Walker for the Prize-Winning Female Author category (she won the Pulitzer fiction prize for this book..."

That is one amazing novel!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Pip wrote: "Finally finished another book on the classics list! It's been a while but it's good to be back :) The Abyss by Marguerite Yourcenar was really good, I found it quite sim..."

That one sounds really good. And nice to see you moving through the challenge.

[Pip]

Just finished The Lais of Marie De France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French in the Published/Written Before 1600s category (my copy dates it at 1160).

This was great! It's easy to read - my copy was a prose translation of the original Old French verses - and is an awesome example of Medieval literature. My favourite lai was Bisclavret, which is probably also the most famous one, about a werewolf who is betrayed by his treacherous wife.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Wow! Reading a book in old French! Very impressive.

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Veronique wrote: "Pip wrote: "I just finished The Color Purple by Alice Walker for the Prize-Winning Female Author category (she won the Pulitzer fiction prize for this book..."

That is o..."

I agree, The Color Purple was one of the most moving books I ever read. And, the movie was pretty awesome, too!

[Pip]

It's been a long break of reading things that don't fit the categories but I just finished Watership Down in the Children's Classic category. This book was so, so good!

I read it when I was little and loved it but if anything I think I appreciate it even more now - I definitely got more out of the epigraphs at the beginning of each chapter.

Looking forward to the upcoming new tv adaptation next year!

[Terris]

Pip wrote: "It's been a long break of reading things that don't fit the categories but I just finished Watership Down in the Children's Classic category. This book was so, so good!

I read it when..."

I didn't read it till I was 28 but I loved it also! I'll be watching for the TV adaptation!