What’s in a name? (August 2022 challenge)

[Tr1sha]

For the August challenge, read one or more classic books where the title includes the name of a character.
Examples include
Silas Marner, Mrs. Dalloway, The Hand of Ethelberta, Ethan Frome

[Jazzy]

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
~William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597)

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August 2022 Challenge
What's In A Name?
1/8/22 - 31/8/22
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What's in a Name?

✅ Annette
✅ Cosmic
✅ Jazzy
✅ Karin
✅Kathy
✅ Michaela
✅ Nidhi
✅Nike
✅ Rosemarie
✅ Shaina
✅ Trisha
✅ Vicky
✅ Vit

[Jazzy]

I'm going for one book this time! Thanks, Trisha x

August 2022 Challenge
What's In A Name?
1/8/22 - 31/8/22
1/1

✅ 1. Naomi (1924) - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Read 7/8/22

[Tr1sha]

I’ll probably read one book too, Jazzy.

August 2022 Challenge
What's In A Name?
1/8/22 - 31/8/22
2/2

🔸Thank You, Jeeves - P.G. Wodehouse, finished 8/12/22
🔸The Hand of Ethelberta - Thomas Hardy, finished 8/24/22

Change of plan - I read 2 books!

[Annette]

What’s in a Name? August Challenge
I’ll start with a goal of just one book.
2/1 (Although not the one I first listed.)

1. Still reading Beowulf
✓ 2. Uncle Vanya
✓ 3. Oedipus Rex

[Rosemarie]

I hope to read at least 2 books for the challenge.

What's in a Name? August 2022

1.Knulp by Hermann Hesse✅
2.Geschwister Tanner by Robert Walser ✅
3. Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers ✅
4. The Twymans a Tale of Youth by Henry Newbolt ✅
5. Der Weg zum Glück 2 Der Silberbauer by Karl May✅
6. Nordenholt's Million by J.J. Connington✅
7. Mathias Sandorf by Jules Verne✅

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[Vicky]

August 2022 Challenge
What's In A Name?
1/8/22 - 31/8/22
4/5

1.Peter PanbyJ.M. Barrie
✔5/8/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
2.Henry VIIIbyWilliam Shakespeare
✔31/7/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
3.ChockybyJohn Wyndham
✔31/7/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
4.Cardinal WolseybyMandell Creighton
✔6/8/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
5.Salar the SalmonbyHenry Williamson
✔15/8/22 ★ ★ ★ ★

Completed 15/8/22

[Jazzy]

Yummy and you're all linked! x

[Kathy]

Rosemarie wrote: "I hope to read at least 2 books for the challenge.

What's in a Name? August 2022

1.Knulp by Hermann Hesse
2.Geschwister Tanner by Robert Walse..."</i>

Thanks for the idea, Rosemarie. I'm going to try [book:Knulp also.

[Kathy]

August 2022 Challenge
What's In A Name?
8/1/22 - 8/31/22
3/3

✅1. Knulp: Three Tales from the Life of Knulp by Hermann Hesse

✅2. Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress by Frances Burney (might not finish this one in August. I'm 30% into this 1004 p. book)

✅3. Abigail by Magda Szabó

[Karin]

Romeo and Juliette again

[Karin]

I'll get back if I can do this--busy month up ahead!

1/1
Mary Wollstonecraft by Eleanor Flexner

[Vit]

August is a name of the Roman emperor – Augustus…
There are myriads of names and there are myriads of fates…
Camilo José Cela - The Family of Pascual Duarte 1942
Emmanuel Bove - Armand 1927
Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca 1938
Andrei Bely - Kotik Letaev 1919
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 1965
Machado de Assis - Dom Casmurro 1899
Dezső Kosztolányi - Kornél Esti 1934

[Jazzy]

All 8 of us are linked! xx
Some great choices there :)

[Nike]

I'm in and I will read Mrs. Dalloway =).

[Shaina]

An interesting challenge! Thank you, Trisha & Jazzy.

I'm listing potentials for this month but will read only 3 titles.

August 2022 Challenge
What's In A Name?
1/8/22 - 31/8/22
7/3

📌1. Oedipus Rex
📌2. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
📌3. Lolly Willowes
4. Giovanni's Room
📌5. Cecilia
📌6. Charlotte's Web
📌7. Antigone
📌8. Electra

[Nidhi]

August 2022 Challenge

What's In A Name?

1/8/22 - 31/8/22
7/4

1. Maud by Alfred Tennyson Finished 4 stars

2. Flush by Virginia Woolf Finished 4 stars

3. Albert Savarus by Honoré de Balzac Finished 5 stars

4. Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope Finished 4 stars

5. Molloy by Samuel Beckett Finished 3 stars

6. Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter finished 5 stars

7. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. by Novalis finished 2 stars

[Jazzy]

Trisha is the mastermind behind the challenges!
I'm so happy that you like them, thank you!

[Jazzy]

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Ballet dancers Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park rehearsing on stage for 'Romeo and Juliet' at he Opera House, Covent Garden, London, October 26th 1967. (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)


LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: Paris Fitzpatrick as Romeo and Cordelia Braithwaite as Juliet in Matthew Bourne's "Romeo And Juliet" at Sadler's Wells Theatre on August 9, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images)


Vladimir Shklyarov as Romeo and Alina Somova as Juliet in the Mariinsky Ballet's production of Leonid Lavrovsky's ballet "Romeo and Juliet" at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. (Photo by robbie jack/Corbis via Getty Images)

[Nike]

I looked at my 2022-reading-list(s) and discovered several classic books with a name in/as the title! So I will read one (or more) of those:

Mrs. Dalloway
Carol
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Madame Bovary
Nana
Gösta Berling's Saga
Albert Nobbs
Mademoiselle de Scuderi
Prinsessan de Clèves
Njal's Saga

[Karin]

Could you remind me how we define classic here (aka how old?)

[Rosemarie]

This group considers any books originally published before 1972 to be a classic for doing the various challenges.

[Karin]

Rosemarie wrote: "This group considers any books originally published before 1972 to be a classic for doing the various challenges."

Thanks, that's what I thought. I'm safe since it turns out it was first published in 1971. For some reason I misremembered it as 1973.

So, I'll do at least one, maybe two.
I'm sure to finish, but am still reading
DONEThe Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

1/1

I'm not sure if I'll finish this one in time or not.
Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography and Other Writings

[Jazzy]

I met Corrie when she was older at a screening of the film x

[Cosmic]

Will try for 3 books:
The Journal of John Woolman: And a Plea for the Poor finished 8/7/22

Maud Finished 8/4/22

Alice in Wonderland: The Complete Collection Finishes 08/28/22

[Karin]

Jazzy wrote: "I met Corrie when she was older at a screening of the film x"

[Jazzy]

Awwwww!

[Jazzy]

Fab Cosmic! Two down already!

[Michaela]

I´ll read The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy. About a quarter in...

[Jazzy]

And I finished mine yesterday :)

[Vit]

Different names… Different stories… Dissimilar heroes…
Coldblooded murderer… Unlucky lover… Loving wife… Little boy… Mad millionaire… Jealous husband… Writer’s alter ego…
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Camilo José Cela - The Family of Pascual Duarte 1942
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Emmanuel Bove - Armand 1927
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca 1938
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Andrei Bely - Kotik Letaev 1919
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater 1965
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Machado de Assis - Dom Casmurro 1899
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dezső Kosztolányi - Kornél Esti 1934

[Rosemarie]

Fantastic challenge, Vit!

[Jazzy]

Wow, brilliant Vit! x

[Lynn]

I am late to start but I read one play on the theme.

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (1893). Sorry no links because I am on the phone app at the moment. I enjoyed the play. 4**

[Lynn]

Nope Uncle Vanya was published in (1897).

[Jazzy]

Well done, Lynn! x

[Rosemarie]

Good choice, Lynn. That's my favourite Chekhov play.

[Vit]

Jazzy wrote: "Wow, brilliant Vit! x"
Rosemarie wrote: "Fantastic challenge, Vit!"

Thank you, Jazzy and Rosemarie, the books were very interesting.

[Karin]

Okay, so it looks like it will be a 1/1 month for me, and I updated my post :)

[Nidhi]

Finished and updated my challenge in message 17. i aimed for 4 books but read 7. Enjoyed the challenge very much.

[Jazzy]

Well done Karin and Nidhi!

[Rosemarie]

Congrats, Karin!

Way to go, Nidhi!

[Nidhi]

Thanks Jazzy and Rosemarie 😄

[Rosemarie]

I read seven books for the challenge. I finished Knulp today and will update my message when I have a better internet connection.
We’re on holiday and the hotel connection only works on my iPhone.

[Michaela]

I finished my "challenge" yesterday with The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy. Not typical for him but rather humorous and sometimes odd. 3 stars.

[Jazzy]

Fab fab fab! Well done xx

ooh holiday!!!

[Rosemarie]

We’re in Bremen, Germany.

[Nike]

And I will finish Mrs Dalloway in time 🙂

[Jazzy]

oh wonderful Rosemarie!

Very happy Nike xx

[Cosmic]

I finished 3/3. Comment 25

These are great challenges!!