Jeff's 2018 Bingo Challenge

[Jeff]

Looking forward to giving this challenge a shot!

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate -- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
-- Finished 06/17/18 -- ****

B2: Children’s Classic -- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
-- Finished 1/11/18 -- *****

B3 Government Banned Book -- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
-- Finished 2/19/18 -- *

B4: Classic Made into a Film/TV -- The Postman Always Rings Twice
-- Finished on 3/14/18 -- ****

B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize -- The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy (Deutscher Krimi Preis for 1. Platz International (1989))
-- Finished 5/13/18 -- **

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I1: 20th Century Classic -- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
-- Finished 3/9/18 -- *****

I2: New-to-You Author -- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
-- Finished 4/23/18 -- ****

I3: Mystery or Crime Classic -- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
-- Finished 8/22/18 -- *****

I4: Classic of More than 500 Pages -- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
] -- Finished 4/7/18 -- *****

I5: 18th Century or Earlier Classic -- Candide by Voltaire
-- Finished on 3/30/18 -- ****

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N1: North American Classic -- The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
-- Finished 9/12/18 -- ****

N2: Classic Short Story -- Eve's Diary by Mark Twain
-- Finished 7/16/18 -- ****

N3: FREE SPACE -- The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
-- On deck

N4: Classic Play -- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
-- Finished 9/16/18 -- ****

N5: African Classic -- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
-- Currently reading 9/22/18

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G1: 19th Century Classic -- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-- On deck

G2: Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith & Editors) -- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
-- On deck

G3: Adventure or Action Classic -- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Finished 7/10/18 -- **

G4: Group Read -- The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
-- Finished 7/28/18 -- *

G5: 21st Century Potential Classic -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
-- On deck

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O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region -- The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré (Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award)


O2: Lesser known book by a famous author -- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
-- Finished 7/15/18 -- *****

O3: Australia, Antarctica, or Oceania Classic -- Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden


O4: A Classic that you have put off reading -- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier


O5: Classic written by a Female Author -- Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

[Zoe]

Cool list!

[Veronique]

Nice list, Jeff!
Some titles I wouldn’t mind reading too
Good luck with it

[Rosemarie]

I like your list. Good luck on your challenge.

[Katy, New School Classics]

Now that is excellent planning Jeff. Enjoy your challenge.

[Jeff]

Thank you Zoe, Veronique, Rosemarie and Kate! That is so kind!

I'm so glad that I found this challenge. These are titles and authors that I've always wanted to read, so the challenge is what I needed.