Janet's Challenge Buffet

[Janet]

Challenge #1 Old and New 12/2 Plan

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. Inferno
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth
3. Five Weeks in a Balloon

1900-1999/New School
4. Rabbit, Run
5. The Sirens of Titan
6. Nickel Mountain

My Wild Card Six
7. Revolutionary Road
8. The Godfather
9. Suttree
10. Another Country
11. The Good Soldier
12. The Poisonwood Bible

Alternates(My annual Shakespeare quotient)
A-1. Twelfth Night
A-2. Troilus and Cressida

[Janet]

Challenge #1 Old and New 12/2

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. Inferno 10/14/20 *****
2. Journey to the Center of the Earth 1/7/20 ****
3. Five Weeks in a Balloon 2/22/20 **

1900-1999/New School
4. Rabbit, Run 5/25/20 *****
5. The Sirens of Titan 4/30/20 ***
6. Nickel Mountain 1/23/20 ****

My Wild Card Six
7. Revolutionary Road 8/19/20 ***
8. The Godfather 7/14/20 ***
9. Suttree 11/21/20 ****
10. Another Country 6/21/20 ****
11. The Good Soldier 8/28/20 **
12. The Poisonwood Bible 11/11/20 ****

Alternates(My annual Shakespeare quotient)
A-1. Twelfth Night 5/7/20 ****
A-2. Troilus and Cressida 5/18/20 ***

[Janet]

Challenge #4 - Members Choice Classic/Genre Challenge List and read 12 books for each of the following categories. Provisional choices

18th Century or older - Inferno 10/14/20 *****
19th Century - Journey to the Center of the Earth 1/7/20 ****
20th Century - Nickel Mountain 1/23/20 ****
Current or Past Group Read - Twelfth Night 5/7/20 ****
An Author not read before - Revolutionary Road 8/19/20 ***
Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours - A Fine Balance 12/7/20 ****
Science Fiction - The Sirens of Titan 4/30/20 ***
Romance - Frost Burned 2/28/20 ****
Historical fiction - Lonesome Dove 8/10/20 *****
Nonfiction - The Diary of a Young Girl 6/11/20 ****
Mystery/Crime - The Godfather 7/14/20 ***
Horror or Humor - The Cask of Amontillado 1/1/20 ***

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Janet, good luck on your challenges, you have some great selections. By the why, at least for me there is no question, The Cast of Amonatillado, is horror, and a really good one. Enjoy!

[Janet]

Bob - I forgot to take the question mark off after I questioned you on the appropriate length for these choices. Since you answered me and said that there was no length requirement I should have already done that.

[Ryan]

I'll be curious to hear what you thought of Suttree. I think McCarthy is a great contemporary author. I've read The Crossing and Blood Meridian and Suttree is high on my TBR list.

[Janet]

Completed my Old and New 12/2 Challenge today. None will be my one of my lifetime favorites but it certainly was an interesting, varied selection of books.

[Carolien]

Congratulations on completing your challenges!

[Janet]

Thank you Carolien :)

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Congratulations

[Janet]

Thanks Bob!

[Janet]

Completed my genre challenge today with A Fine Balance for the category of Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours. A Fine Balance met all four qualifications for a diversity classic.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Well done, see you next year?

[Brina]

Great job, Janet. I’m so excited to read A Fine Balance next summer.

[Sara, New School Classics]

Well, you finished that one with a terrific book! Great year of reading, Janet.

[Janet]

Thank you Bob, Brina and Sara. Yes, A Fine Balance was very good. It really highlighted some of the abysmal conditions in India. I imagine some of these problems have been taken care of but I am sure that with their massive population many of these conditions still exist. I think my only complaint about the book was its reliance on coincidence which seemed excessive. Yes Bob, I will be joining several challenges in the 2021 challenge buffet as well as Bingo.

[Sue]

Congratulations Janet. Lonesome Dove and A Fine Balance are among my all time favorites. I'm glad to see you loved Rabit Run. I want to get to that near the end of 2021 if I can fit it in. I won Suttree and the Poisonwood Bible and need to fit them in.

[Lynn, Old School Classics]

Nice job finishing your challenges! Congratulations.