Kelly H's Blackout Challenge

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

So I missed the Blackout in 2019 by one or two books. Trying again.

B1: Classic of Asia
✅B2: Classic Tragedy
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh 19 Jul 2020
✅B3: A Book Published at Least 200 Years Ago
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe 3 Jul 2020
✅B4: Memoir, Autobiography, or Biography
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 3 Jan 2020
✅B5: Classic of Europe
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 1 Jan 2020

✅I1: Classic Mystery or Crime
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie 6 May 2020
✅I2: Group Bingo Participant Pick
So Big by Edna Ferber 31 Mar 20
✅I3: Classic Drama or Play
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry 10 Jun 2020
✅I4: Book From Group’s 2020 Bookshelf
Stoner by John Williams 10 Jan 2020
✅I5: Classic Gothic or Horror
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson 13 Feb 2020

✅N1: Book From Group’s Old School Classic Shelf prior to 2020
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham 9 May 2020
✅N2: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 13 Jan 2020
✅N3: Reader’s Choice
The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau 7 Jan 2020
✅N4: Classic Short Story
The Long Valley by John Steinbeck 21 Jun 2020
✅N5: Book From Group’s New School Classic Shelf prior to 2020
Riders of the Purple Sage with Biographical Introduction by Zane Grey 3 Jul 2020

✅G1: Classic Science Fiction or Fantasy
The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells 22 Jun 2020
✅G2: The Bigger Read List by English Pen
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov 2 Jan 2020
✅G3: Poetry or Essay Collection
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5 Jun 2020
✅G4: Banned Book
Lady Chatterly's Lover by D H Lawrence 29 Jan 2020
✅G5: Classic Science or Philosophy
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus 17 Aug 2020

✅O1: Classic of Africa, Antarctica, Australia, or Oceania
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers 13 Jul 2020
✅O2: Classic Western
Hondo by Louis L'Amour 17 Mar 20
✅O3: Book Published the Year You Were Born
The Lonely Girl by Edna O'Brien 9 Jan 2020
✅O4: Classic Adventure
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss 2 Feb 2020
✅O5: Classic of the Americas
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck 8 Jan 2020

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B1 Asia

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G5 Classic Science/Philosophy
Utopia (More)
Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu) - DPL audio

[Katy, New School Classics]

Hi Kelly and welcome to the challenge. I hope you enjoy it.

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

Thanks. I have loved it in the past, and love the changes.

[Philina]

Have fun, Kelly!

Tess really is a great book!

[Philina]

Since you're a lawyer like me I recommend Crime and Guilt: Stories for the I2 corner.

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Philina wrote: "Since you're a lawyer like me I recommend Crime and Guilt: Stories for the I2 corner."

Thanks if I can find it!

[Irphen]

Hi Kelly!
Seems interesting. Reading A Vindication of the Rights of Woman seems nice to be combined with Frankenstein I think, as the writers are mother and daugther. Of curse the kind of book is very different however. Oh and I'm currently reading Frankenstein and really enjoying it, so I really recommened it. :-) And I really recommend Animal Farm as well!

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Irphen wrote: "Hi Kelly!
Seems interesting. Reading A Vindication of the Rights of Woman seems nice to be combined with Frankenstein I think, as the writers are mother and daugther. ..."

Yes, I did the mother/daughter thing on purpose

[Rosemarie]

You are making great progress!

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Rosemarie wrote: "You are making great progress!"

Hopefully I can keep it up

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updated 4/24/20

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Column I done!

[Rosemarie]

Congrats, Kelly!

[Katy, New School Classics]

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: "Column I done!"

Congratulations.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: "Column I done!"

Congrats!!

[Terry]

I think you are definitely headed for a black out! Congrats!

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

Anyone able to recommend classics from Australia for me?

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

On the Beach and A Town Like Alice both bt Nevil Shute are set in Australia.

[Liesl]

Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White

[Brina]

From New Zealand, anything by Witi Ihimaera but recommend The Whale Rider. He is excellent.
Or if you want a female author, The Bone People by Keri Hulme.

[Brian]

If you're looking for 19th Century Victorian-type classic, I've read the Australian classic from 1874:
For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke which follows a Brit taken to a penal colony in Tasmania. It was a bit dry at times, but still interesting enough to give one a feel for the Australia as a penal colony experience.
Liesl and Bob have listed some good recommendations.
Both of Peter Carey's books also explore 19th Century Australia, if that interests you. I have had the Kelly Gang hardback for almost 2 decades but have yet to read either book. though I've seen the Oscar & Lucinda movie.
My Brilliant Career gives a good look at rural New South Wales at the end of the 19th Century. I wouldn't waste time on the sequel My Career Goes Bung.
I read A Town Like Alice last month and it was a very good 4+ star read. Part of the book is set in Australia and gives an insight into rural north Australian life post WWII.

[Katy, New School Classics]

I loved A Town Like Alice

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

Thanks everyone! I LOVED A Town Like Alice, and Kelly Gang. Didn't care much about Oscar and Lucinda. I will try one of the others.

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

Column N now complete!

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Looking for an Asian classic. I am not a big fan, so audiobook would be best.

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

Also, looking for tragedies -- on audio.

[Lynn, Revisit the Shelf]

Great job so far. You are making quite a lot of progress. I had though I would use one of the plays by Shakespeare for the tragedy square. Although I have seen stage and film productions of Hamlet I have yet to sit down and read it for myself. It is a book I already own. There is a Librivox version on youtube. I had not tried to listen to it yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Y-t...

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Lynn wrote: "Great job so far. You are making quite a lot of progress. I had though I would use one of the plays by Shakespeare for the tragedy square. Although I have seen stage and film productions of [book:H..."

Thanks! Great idea!

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Column O done!

[Terry]

Wow, you are really getting done! Congrats.

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Terry wrote: "Wow, you are really getting done! Congrats."

thanks! Though I have left a couple that I am not excited about.

[Katy, New School Classics]

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads wrote: "Column O done!"

Congratulations.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Looks like you are close to a blackout, congrats!

[Kelly_Hunsaker_reads]

Column G done. Only Asia to go.

[Lynn, Revisit the Shelf]

Wow! Really great progress. Almost there.