Cindy's Golden Corral of Classics 2022 Buffet Challenge

[CindySR]

For my first Buffet Challenge I'll be going with:

Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge

A: Alcott, Louisa May A Long Fatal Love Chase 1/8/2022
B: Benson, E.F. Miss Mapp 9/21/22
C: Cleaveland, Agnes Morley No Life for a Lady 6/19/2022
D: Delderfield, R.F. Come Home Charlie and Face Them 9/13/22
E: Elwes, Alfred The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! 9/3/22
F: Ferber, Edna Saratoga Trunk 1/28/2022
G: Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South 1/15/22
H: Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small 3/1/2022
I: Innes, Hammond The Wreck Of The Mary Deare 11/4/22
J: Jackson, Shirley Life Among the Savages 9/22/22
K: Kelton, Elmer Wagontongue 10/8/22
L: L'Amour, Louis Sackett's Land
M: Maugham, W. Somerset Liza of Lambeth
N: Ness, Evaline Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
O: Olson, Sigurd F. The Singing Wilderness
P: Pène du Bois, William The Twenty-One Balloons
Q: Quindlen, Anna One True Thing 12/3/22
R: Roberts, Kenneth Arundel 7/30/2022
S: Snyder, Zilpha Keatley The Changeling 10/12/2022
T: Thirkell, Angela High Rising
U: Undset, Sigrid Marta Oulie
V: Vreeland, Susan Girl in Hyacinth Blue 10/12/2022
W: Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence 2/21/2022
X: Xinran Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet 12/20/22
Y: Young, E.H. Miss Mole 12/1/2022
Z: Zusak, Markus The Book Thief 11/11/22

[Lilly]

Golden Corral - what a beautiful name. I'll be really interested to see what you put in there.

[CindySR]

Lilly wrote: "Golden Corral - what a beautiful name."
It's the name of an actual giant buffet style restaurant in my town. I was there once, about 9 years ago. A dangerous place for the waistline! Thank goodness books are calorie free lol.

[CindySR]

Thanks Matt, checking your lists for ideas!

[Lilly]

CindySlowReader#Boosted wrote: "Lilly wrote: "Golden Corral - what a beautiful name."
It's the name of an actual giant buffet style restaurant in my town. I was there once, about 9 years ago. A dangerous place for the waistline! ..."

The restaurant sounds great, I would definitely go there if I were in your area, I love buffets myself. Love that you're using an actual restaurant name!

[CindySR]

omg, I just realized my TBR list can be alphabetized!!!!! I found an author starting with X! It's not a classic but hey, I had one!

[Lilly]

Oh wow, that's impressive. Looks like you got all the difficult letters covered already. : )
I know only a few of your titles, but your list looks interesting.

[CindySR]

Thank you Lilly, I'm having trouble with the letter U, any suggestions would be appreciated. :)

[Lilly]

I can't remember anyone myself, right now. But Goodreads has a list for the letter U, maybe you can find somehing interesting there.

[CindySR]

Lilly wrote: "I can't remember anyone myself, right now. But Goodreads has a list for the letter U, maybe you can find somehing interesting there."
Thanks for that list, it did the trick! I chose the shortest book my library had for that author. Updike and Uris are famous and prolific, but I have no interest in reading either one.

[Lilly]

Glad I could be of help : )
I hope you will enjoy Undset.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

I love Xinran, I discovered her from the A-Z challenge and have now read several books by her. I enjoyed Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet

[CindySR]

Lilly wrote: "Glad I could be of help : )
I hope you will enjoy Undset."

Your tip also helped with letter I.

Katy wrote: "I love Xinran, I discovered her from the A-Z challenge and have now read several books by her. I enjoyed Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet"

Love hearing that! Thanks.

[Lilly]

Oh wow, you're already finished with your list. I don't know most of those books, so I'll be interested to see what your reading experience will be : )

[CindySR]

Lilly wrote: "Oh wow, you're already finished with your list. I don't know most of those books, so I'll be interested to see what your reading experience will be : )"

Some I own, some are at the library (I checked online) and a few are on Gutenberg. I made sure some were quite short so I hope to actually complete the challenge!

[Lilly]

That sounds very promising, especially as you made sure you can get all your books. Good luck with the challenge! : )

[Annette]

Looks like a great list. And it was a really good to make sure you can get the books without breaking the bank. Good luck!

[CindySR]

Thanks! It's my first big challenge.

[CindySR]

16 to go, might not make it. 😬

[Lori]

I just read my first Elmer Kelton novel The Time It Never Rained. It was fantastic! I hope you like Wagontongue - what an interesting name!

You've got plenty of time!!

[CindySR]

Thanks, gonna try! Wagontongue is about an African American cowboy. Reading it next.

[Terris]

I have never heard of Elmer Kelton, and I don't usually read westerns. But Cindy and Lori, you are making this genre look very tempting! I think I'll put these books on my TBR list :)

[CindySR]

In my opinion, Kelton has an authentic edge over L'Amour, but both are tops in the western genre. Can't go wrong with either!

[Lori]

Terris, you might just prepare yourself for a big surprise when you read a great western!! I’ll be excited to hear what you think!!

[Terris]

Lori (on vacation) wrote: "Terris, you might just prepare yourself for a big surprise when you read a great western!! I’ll be excited to hear what you think!!"

I will say that I absolutely loved Lonesome Dove! But that's probably the only real western I've read. So, I'm excited to try Kelton! Should I start with The Time It Never Rained?

[Lori]

That was my first Kelton so I would definitely recommend starting there. 😀

[Terris]

Thank you, both, for the recommendation. I already found it on Hoopla!

[CindySR]

So I over extended myself in my first year doing challenges. So, I am concentrating on my local library's challenge until December 16, which means I won't be able to finish this one. I will be reading the leftovers next year. 2023 will have to go a little slower!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

CindySR wrote: "So I over extended myself in my first year doing challenges. So, I am concentrating on my local library's challenge until December 16, which means I won't be able to finish this one. I will be read..."

I never finish more than 3 or 4 challenges. There are always a couple more that are partially finished. It's all good. It's about the books. Honestly, I have only finished the alphabet challenge once.

[JP]

I've been meaning to start the Lucia and Mapp series. Did you enjoy Miss Mapp? I've put Queen Lucia on my 2023 list.

[Terris]

JP, I've read the first two books in the series, and they are very entertaining and light. I think you'll like them :)

[CindySR]

JP wrote: "I've been meaning to start the Lucia and Mapp series. Did you enjoy Miss Mapp? I've put Queen Lucia on my 2023 list."

I did, my short review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I recently found the The Mapp & Lucia Novels #1-6 in one volume
at a used bookshop 1120 pages! I also have Queen Lucia on my 2023 list, alphabetical titles Q 😁

[CindySR]

19 out of 26 ain't bad! On to 2023!

[Carolien]

Well done! Good luck with 2023!

[Sara, Old School Classics]

I think 19 of 26 is marvelous! See you in the new year.