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I agree with Jean, love your note to self! So easy to get carried away otherwise.
I like above all the "books in translation" challenge. It helps to broaden our literary horizons. I wanted to add something similar to my challenge but the opposite: I want to read at least 10 books in the original language.Good luck, Sandy ;)
Sandy, good luck with Lawrence Durrell. I completed Justine, tried Balthazar but gave up. To make it more difficult the narrator of the audiobook was not to my liking. Gosh he writes differently from his brother. another proof that siblings can be very different.I liked Old Filth best of the series. I don't feel pushed to continue beyond the second book though, but I do want to read more by Gardam. Hope you like her. I think she is very good author but I never get around to picking another.
I love Tove Jansson! For adults and kids.
I need to remember your 'note to self' this is one of my biggest problems, trying to tackle too much at once. I'll be trying to read a larger book next year as well, though perhaps War and Peace for me. Good luck :)
I like the maximum idea as well. I physically don't have time to read as much as I want to but I have many more years of reading ahead!
Experiments are good. I am going to try a mystery series now which is a huge experiment for me....
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Yeah. I have to keep reminding myself. This year, I got way too stressed over all the challenges I was ..."
I did it this year: I reduced fom my over 200 books a year to barely 200. MOre time to family, travel, kids, work - finally I got to a working place I like being into! And less stress to challenges... even if I can do better
I might join you for some of the Forsyte Saga -- I read the first book a while ago and have been meaning to get to the rest of the saga ever since!
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Last year, I read a short story by John Galsworthy about a shoe repair man that was so, so lovely. It was about a simple man and the passing of an era - made me weep outright. Ever since then, I've been wanting to read The Forsyte Saga, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Read it all a couple of years ago in another group. I strongly recomand it, even if you have to like that type of novels - highly victorian
Sandy wrote: "Greg and Leslie - I would love to have some company for The Forsyte Saga if you don't mind spreading it out over three months. It totals about 900 pages, so I think that will be a fai..."Sounds OK to me!
Good luck with you challenges Sandy!
Sandy ,Good luck with your challenge . I'm not disciplined enough to make this kind of a list. Well , I can make the list but would probably not stick to it . I may do what Evelyn has done with her "you bought em , now read em " challenge , so I can get through the over 50 books I have on my kindle.
Kudos you !
Sandy wrote: "BOOK DOMINOES
(Each book must relate somehow to the book on either side of it. In each case, the connection will be noted.)
1 - Bent on Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales - an anth..."
Wow! This seems a difficult challenge!
Sandy wrote: "Dely, maybe so! This sort of progression often happens with my reading. I just thought it would be interesting to keep track of it. I don't have a time-limit. I may end up building on several diffe..."It is very interesting! Good luck with it ;-)
LOL, don't we all? hope you are feeling a little better?
...look for the skinny ones **wink**
Sandy wrote: "One more Bingo - across from B1 to O1B1 - A book with more than 500 pages - The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I1 - A forgotten classic - ..."
Congrats Sandy! How was The Shuttle? I have had it on my tbr for a while now.
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Same opinion! One of my favourite by her!!!!
Sandy wrote: "In my opinion, Leslie, magnificent! It was the best novel I've read in a very long time. I gave it 5 stars and, by comparison, am considering downgrading The Secret Garden to 4 stars."LauraT wrote: "Same opinion! One of my favourite by her!!!!"
Oh good!!
Well done Sandi, just one left for the blackout eh?One of my absolute favourites is The Velveteen Rabbit, it's not on your read list and it's a Christmas children classic. It's such a sweet and heartwarming tale, short too ;-)
The Project Gutemberg link is here
I don't know if the Gutemberg or Librivox audio is any good, but there are also some Youtube versions, like this one
Hope it helps :)
Glad to be of help, I hope you'll like it :-)
Oh, nice choice! And good going Sandy - it sounds like you will be done with the BINGO quite soon!
Sandy wrote: "Finished B5 for two more bingos and a BLACKOUT! (Thanks, Kiwi. You made it easy to sail across the finish line.)"Congrats! And now a few weeks to take it easy before starting again :)
Sandy, I like your year-end summary! And I had a little chuckle about your Read-across-Canada challenge as my Read-the-USA challenge is still undone & I started in 2012! But fingers crossed for for both of us finishing in 2016 :-)And I am very pleased that the BINGO challenge was a good experience for you. Thanks for letting us know!
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Did you liked it? I did, quite a lot!
Sandy wrote: "Finished The Forsyte Chronicles! :-)"Well done!
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The Velveteen Rabbit (other topics)The Shuttle (other topics)
Bent on Writing: Contemporary Queer Tales (other topics)
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Please may I join you with the Moomins books? I'd love to have an excuse to reread those :D