Janet's 2021 Challenge Buffet

[Janet]

Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Challenge


1899 and earlier/Old School
1. The Portrait of a Lady
2. The Mysterious Island
3. Oliver Twist

1900-1999/New School
1. The Last Hurrah
2. Trustee from the Toolroom
3. It Can't Happen Here

My Wild Card Six (3 Old, 3 New)
1. Robinson Crusoe
2. Hunger
3. A Doll's House
4. The Man With the Golden Arm
5. We the Living
6. Master and Commander


Alternates - My annual Shakespeare quota)
1. All's Well That Ends Well
2. Measure for Measure

[Janet]

Challenge #4 - Members Choice Classic/Genre Challenge

1. 18th Century or older - Robinson Crusoe 3/23/21 ***
2. 19th Century - The Portrait of a Lady 3/16/21 ****
3. 20th Century - Trustee from the Toolroom
4. Current or Past Group Read - Oliver Twist
5. An Author not read before - The Last Hurrah
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours -Disgrace 1/30/21 ****
7. Science Fiction - Second Foundation 5/7/21 ***
8. Romance - The Rainbow
9. Historical fiction - Oscar and Lucinda
10. Nonfiction - Who Moved My Cheese?
11. Mystery/Crime - The Man With the Golden Arm
12. Horror or Humor - At Swim-Two-Birds

[Janet]

My Century Challenge, Authors-Some Old Some New

1910-1919 The Rainbow - *D.H. Lawrence, 1915
1920-1929 Point Counter Point - *Aldous Huxley, 1928
1930-1939 It Can't Happen Here - *Sinclair Lewis, 1935 6/22/21 ****
1940-1949 The Man With the Golden Arm - Nelson Algren, 1949
1950-1959 The Last Hurrah - Edwin O'Connor, 1956
1960-1969 Trustee from the Toolroom - *Nevil Shute, 1960
1970-1979 Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian, 1970
1980-1989 Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey, 1988
1990-1999 Trader - *Charles de Lint, 1997
2000-2009 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Díaz, 2007

*Authors I've read before

[Janet]

Challenge #8 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors

1. The Man With the Golden Arm - Nelson Algren
2. The Last Hurrah - Edwin O'Connor
3. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian
4. Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey
5. At Swim-Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien
6. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe 3/23/21 ***

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Good luck Janet. I look forward to watching your challenge unfold.

[Janet]

Bob wrote: "Good luck Janet. I look forward to watching your challenge unfold."

Bob - Today I took a lot of the mystery out of how my challenge will unfold.

[Janet]

Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Challenge


1899 and earlier/Old School
1. The Portrait of a Lady 3/16/21 ****
2. The Mysterious Island 6/11/21 ****
3. Oliver Twist

1900-1999/New School
1. The Last Hurrah
2. Trustee from the Toolroom
3. It Can't Happen Here 6/22/21 ****

My Wild Card Six (3 Old, 3 New)
1. Robinson Crusoe 3/23/21 ***
2. Hunger 1/13/21 ****
3. A Doll's House 1/8/21 ***
4. The Man With the Golden Arm
5. We the Living
6. Master and Commander


Alternates - My annual Shakespeare quota)
1. All's Well That Ends Well 3/28/21 ***
2. Measure for Measure 3/31/21 ****

[Shaina]

Nice list, Janet. I'm am looking forward to your reviews.

I loved A Doll's House. The group discussion thread added so much to my understanding of the play.