Shrouk's very ambitious first attempt

[Shay]

Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Challenge


1899 and earlier/Old School
1. Dr. Thorne
2. Little Women
3. The Heir of Redclyffe


1900-1999/New School
4. Ethan Frome
5. Dune
6. Hear the Wind Sing


My Wild Card Six
7. The Pillars of the Earth
8. Homegoing
9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
10. Katherine
11. Jude the Obscure
12. Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alternates
A-1. Gone with the Wind
A-2. The Once and Future King
A-3 Oliver Twist

[Shay]

Challenge #2 - Second Place or Worse

New School
1. No Longer Human (July 2021 New School Classic Poll)
2. The Big Sleep (August 2021 New School Classic Group Read Poll)


Old School
1.Poor Folk (November 2021 Old School Classics)
2.Uncle Silas (October 2021 Old School Classics)

Short Story/Novella
1. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (November Short Story/Novella Poll)
2. The Lady in the Looking Glass (August 2021 Short Story/Novella Poll)

Quarterly Long Read
1. Roots: The Saga of an American Family (3rd Qtr 2020 Long read poll July-Sept)

[Shay]

Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium Challenge

My Century Challenge, Authors-Some Old Some New
1850-1859 Dr. Thorne by Anthony Trollope , 1858
1860-1869 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky ,1866
1870-1879 Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy,1874
1880-1889 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1880
1890-1899 Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy , 1895
1900-1909 The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter , 1901
1910-1919 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton , 1911
1920-1929 The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie, 1924
1930-1939 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, 1937
1940-1949 The Pearl by John Steinbeck, 1945

[Carolien]

Good luck, Shrouk! Dr Thorne may just be my favourite book of 2021, enjoy!

[Kathleen]

I just love your challenge, Shrouk. Ethan Frome, Homegoing, The Once and Future King are all great reads. Enjoy!

[Sara, New School Classics]

Marvelous choices. You've got some of the best ahead for 2022!

[Shay]

Carolien wrote: "Good luck, Shrouk! Dr Thorne may just be my favourite book of 2021, enjoy!"

Thanks Carolien. I'm really looking forward to reading it.

[Shay]

Jillian ❀‿❀ wrote: "What a great list! I really need to read Roots. And I spy Little Women and Gone with the Wind -- two of my favorites. Best wishes with this!!"

Thanks Jillian. Roots has been on my TBR for ages. We can buddy read it if you want to.

[Shay]

Kathleen wrote: "I just love your challenge, Shrouk. Ethan Frome, Homegoing, The Once and Future King are all great reads. Enjoy!"

Thanks kathleen. I'm so excited about them. Wish you a wonderful reading year as well.

[Shay]

Sara wrote: "Marvelous choices. You've got some of the best ahead for 2022!"

Thank you Sara. I'm super excited about this challenge.

[Shay]

Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge

[Shay]

Challenge #6 - 2022 Group Reads Challenge

[Shay]

Challenge #9 – Fiction/Non-Fiction

World War I
Fiction - A Farewell to Arms
Non-Fiction - The Guns of August

Sea Travels/Adventures
Fiction - Moby-Dick or, the Whale
Non-Fiction - In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex


ww2
Fiction- Slaughterhouse-Five
Non-Fiction- The Second World War