2015 Decade Challenge

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Monique, I enjoyed The Woman in White immensely! :)

[Danielle]

I would like to join this challenge, Renee. I suppose it is okay for me to add the books I read since the beginning of this year....

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Its completely okay to do that, Danielle :)

[Danielle]

Thanks Holly

[Danielle]

1800-1809
1810-1819: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
1820-1829
1830-1839
1840-1849
1850-1859: Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev
1860-1869
1870-1879
1880-1889
1890-1899: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
1930-1939: Burmese Days by George Orwell
1940-1949: The Third Man by Graham Greene
1950-1959: The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
1960-1969: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
1970-1979: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
1980-1989
1990-1999: Every Living Thing by James Herriot
2000-2009: What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra
2010-2015: The Kept by James Scott

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Seconding Holly. I hope anyone joining will backfill books they've read this year. :)

[Monique]

Just past the half way stage for this challenge which has been great for me to get some classics read, am sure it's helped others on this challenge too! Nice one Renee!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

So glad you've been inspired,Monique. That's exactly what is great about this group! :)

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I'm down to my last three decades! Woohoo!

1830-1839
1840-1849
1930-1939

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Iasa wrote: "I hate when you come to the thread all excited to fill in a decade only to realize you already have a book for that spot!"

Argh! I know!

[Melissa]

You are booking on some these big challenges, Renee! Way to go!

[Tracey]

It's interesting when I look at my list and I find that I don't have a 1990s book yet. I would have thought I'd have filled that slot up almost immediately.

[Monique]

Well impressed, I have found a book that covers both the decade challenge, Rainbow challenge and my round the world challenge I'm doing in another group - a hat trick - woohoo!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Lol. I love when that happens.

[Jean San]

1800-1809
1810-1819: Pride and Prejudice
1820-1829: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1830-1839: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
1840-1849: Jane Eyre
1850-1859: A Tale of Two Cities
1860-1869: The Woman in White
1870-1879: Middlemarch
1880-1889: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1890-1899: The Picture of Dorian Gray
1900-1909: The Hound of the Baskervilles
1910-1919: The Metamorphosis
1920-1929: The Sun Also Rises
1930-1939: After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
1940-1949: 1984
1950-1959: Lord of the Flies
1960-1969: A Single Man
1970-1979: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
1980-1989: The Remains of the Day
1990-1999: Bridget Jones's Diary
2000-2009: Atonement
2010-2015: Before I Go To Sleep

I'm really not sure what to read for the 1800s, any recommendations?

[Camille]

Jean San wrote: "1800-1809
1810-1819: Pride and Prejudice
1820-1829: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1830-1839: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
1840-1849: [book:Ja..."

"Zofloya" is the idea I have for my challenge for 1800-1809.

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I did Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. It was a group of short stories written to get children interested in Shakespeare's plays. It was an easy read and kinda funny to think about the layers of time between Shakespeare/the Lambs/the children they were writing for/modern readers.

But if you scroll through you'll see what other members are doing with that category.

[Melissa]

Thanks to a recommendation by Renee, I have another decade deleted off my list. Now 9 to go!

1940-1949 - Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton; Published 1948; READ 6/10/15

[Tracey]

1800-1809 Castle Rackrent
1810-1819 Persuasion
1820-1829 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater & Other Writings
1830-1839 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
1840-1849 Jane Eyre
1850-1859 A Tale of Two Cities
1860-1869 War and Peace
1870-1879 Middlemarch
1880-1889 The Canterville Ghost
1890-1899 Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1900-1909 The Monkey's Paw
1910-1919 The Secret Garden
1920-1929 A Passage to India
1930-1939 Gone with the Wind
1940-1949 The Lottery
1950-1959 The Fellowship of the Ring
1960-1969 The Golden Notebook
1970-1979 The Women's Room
1980-1989 Cujo
1990-1999 The Secret History
2000-2009 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2010-2015 The Magician's Lie

Finally finished mine!

[Camille]

Well done, Chase!

[Melissa]

Marvelous!!! Bravo to you Chase!!!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Woohoo! Nice going!

[Sam F]

Sam F - Decade Challenge:

1800-1809
1810-1819
1820-1829
1830-1839
1840-1849
1850-1859
1860-1869
1870-1879
1880-1889
1890-1899
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929 – The Mysterious Affair at Styles
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969 – Slaughterhouse-Five
1970-1979 – Rumble Fish
1980-1989 – Love in the Time of Cholera
1990-1999 – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2000-2009 – A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad
2010-2015 - The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Glad to have you join us, Sam. :)

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Nicholas Nickleby is the last book I need to complete this mini!! Am listening to Mil Nicholson on Librivox. Really just awesomeness!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

Finished last night during the readathon! Woohoo!

[Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge]

I just opened the thread for the 2016 Decade Challenge, so I'm moving the 2015 Decade Challenge to the Mini-Challenge Archive. Please feel free to update there as you have the opportunity. Although the year is over, members may need time to finish recording their data. And of course we want to celebrate every completed challenge!