Susie's 2021 Challenge Buffet

[Susie]

#1 - New and Old

7/12(14)

Before 1899 / Old School:

1. The Black Tulip (1850) -
2. ✔ Villette (1853) -2/25/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. ✔ The Kreutzer Sonata (1889) 12/8/21 ⭐⭐⭐

1900 - 1999 / New School:

4. ✔ The Wife (1921) - 12/18/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. One of Ours (1922) -
6. ✔ The Great Gatsby (1925) - 3/15/21 ⭐⭐⭐

My Wild Card Six:

7. ✔ The Secret Garden (1910) 3/14/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. These Old Shades (1926) -
9. Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) -
10. ✔ The Dream Stalker (1997) 3/6/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (2000)
12. The Trouble with Mirrors (2016)

Alternates:

13. ✔ The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) 5/3/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
14. The Brontë Plot (2015)

[Susie]

#5 - Decade Challenge

6/10


1850 - The Black Tulip,

1851 - The House of the Seven Gables,

1852 - ✔ A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire 12/30/21 ⭐⭐⭐

1853 - ✔ Villette 2/25/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

1854 - Walden,

1855 - ✔ The Song of Hiawatha 12/12/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

1856 - ✔ A Rogue's Life 12/10/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

1857 - ✔ The Life of Charlotte Brontë 5/21/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

1858 - ✔ The Coral Island 6/14/21 ⭐⭐⭐

1859 - The Woman in White,

[Susie]

#7 - Group Reads Challenge

5/12

1. ✔ The Captain's Daughter 1/5/21 ⭐⭐⭐
2. ✔ The Secret Garden 3/14/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. ✔ Don Juan 3/17/21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. ✔ Fathers and Sons 4/17/21 ⭐⭐⭐
5. ✔ The Kreutzer Sonata: 12/8/21 ⭐⭐⭐
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I think I'm set for my buffet and ready to start reading.
Doing the same 3 I did last year as it was more than enough for me!
For the #5 - Decade Challenge, I did 1950-1959 this year, just going back 100 years to 1850-1859 in 2021.
Ready to go!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

I see you already have Wilkie Collins, but if you can live with two he wrote The Dead Secret in 1856.

You have some great choices, enjoy!

[Kathleen]

These look good, Susie. I loved The Wife, and The Great Gatsby is a favorite. Enjoy!

[Fee]

Interesting choices. I also want to read The Black Tulip soon. I added Villette and These Old Shades to my want to read-shelf.

[Ila]

I'm reading The black tulip and The woman in white too this time. The great Gatsby was well, great.

[Sara, New School Classics]

Happy reading for 2021. You have some terrific books on the list.

[Susie]

Kathleen wrote: "These look good, Susie. I loved The Wife, and The Great Gatsby is a favorite. Enjoy!"

I didn't get to The Great Gatsby last year 😉, but with your recommendation I will be reading it sooner rather than later this year!

[Susie]

Fee wrote: "Interesting choices. I also want to read The Black Tulip soon. I added Villette and These Old Shades to my want to read-shelf."

These Old Shades is one of many by Georgette Heyer that are easy and enjoyable reads for me so I try to read at least one of her books every year.
Hope you enjoy as well.

[Susie]

Bob wrote: "I see you already have Wilkie Collins, but if you can live with two he wrote The Dead Secret in 1856.

You have some great choices, enjoy!"

Just saw that The Dead Secret is on my tbr shelf and I have been looking for my 1856 book, so thanks for the suggestion... 2 it is!

[Lynn, Old School Classics]

I am impressed that you are trying 1850s as your Decade Challenge. That is challenging. I hope you enjoy your selections.

[Susie]

Not behind in reading, but definitely behind in updating!
You can check my progress above in the original challenge posts.


Where I stand:

#1 - Old and New -
I'm almost halfway with 5/12(14) read.
My top 2 favorites, so far are The Secret Garden and Villette.

I was really looking forward to The Great Gatsby and while I liked the writing, there was such crushing emptiness and vapidness reflected in so many of the characters that it affected me.
Great writing, I guess?

# 5 - Decade Challenge - 1850-1859
I've only read 2/10, one about Charlotte Brontë and Villette, written by her.

# 7 - Group Reads Challenge -
I'm moving right along with 4/12 read.
Keep them coming!

[Liesl]

Villette is my favourite of Charlotte Brontë's works