Shawn H's 2023 Challenge Buffet

[Shawn]

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
Challenge #2 - Second Place or Worse
Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium
Challenge #4 - Members Choice
Challenge #6 - Group Reads and/or Buddy Reads
Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors
Challenge #12 - A-Z Author
Challenge #13 - A-Z Title

[Shawn]

Challenge #1: New and Old TBR

1899 and earlier/Old School

1. Far From the Madding Crowd (1874)
2. The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
3. The Turn of the Screw (1898)

1900-1999/New School

4. The Call of the Wild (1903)
5. Our Man in Havana (1958)
6. Jamaica Inn (1936)

My Wild Card Six

7. Dandelion Wine (1957)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
9. The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry (1966) (1.20.23)
10. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino (1979)
11. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (1844)
12. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1596)

Alternates

A1. Lolita
A2. Lady Chatterley's Lover
A3. The Right Stuff

[Shawn]

Challenge #2 - Second Place or Worse

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[Shawn]

Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium

I've chosen the The Century Challenge:

1900: The Call of the Wild (1903)
1910: Ethan Frome (1911)
1920: A Farewell to Arms (1929)
1930: Jamaica Inn (1936)
1940: As I Lay Dying (1949)
1950: Our Man in Havana (1958)
1960: The Last Picture Show (1966) (1.20.23)
1970: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979)
1980: Lonesome Dove (1985)
1990: Memoirs of a Geisha (1997)

[Shawn]

Challenge #4 - Members Choice

1. 19th Century, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
2. 20th Century, Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
3. A book originally written in a language other than your own,
4. Current or Past Group Read, Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (1.21.23)
5. An Author not read before, The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry (1.20.23)
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours. Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck
7. Science Fiction/Fantasy, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
8. Action/Adventure, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
9. Childrens/Young Adult, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
10. Nonfiction, The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
11. Mystery/Thriller, The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon (thriller)
12. Horror or Humor, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (horror)

[Shawn]

Challenge #6 - Group Reads and/or Buddy Reads

1. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (1.21.23) January Short Story
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[Shawn]

Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors

1. James Fenimore Cooper
2. Daphne du Maurier
3. Larry McMurtry (1.20.23) [The Last Picture Show]
4. Victor Hugo
5. Vladimir Nabokov
6. Edith Wharton



Challenge #8 –Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year

Year: 1962

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
2. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
3. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
4. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
5. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
6. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
7. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
8. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
9. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
10. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov



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[Shawn]

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[Shawn]

Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge


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[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Who knew that 1962 was such a good year for books. Your new authors are all good, McMurtry is a favorite of mine. Enjoy the rest of your planning.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Marvelous list, Shawn. Two of my favorite authors on your new author list--du Maurier and Wharton.

[Shawn]

Finished my first book of the buffet - The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry. I used the book for a number of different tasks.

I really enjoyed this book. It reminded me of a number of other coming of age books I have read, but had a unique feel and voice. This was my first McMurtry and I genuinely enjoyed his writing.

Great book to start my year off with. I look forward to checking a few more off the list. This one makes me want to read Lonesome Dove - which has been on my TBR for ages.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

I read my first book by McMurtry back in 1991. I was on a job and away from home for a few months and picked up a book called Anything for Billy. Right after that I read Lonesome Dove, I have been hooked ever since.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

It's nice to get the first book under you belt. You have some very nice book lists. I hope you have fun with your challenges this year.

[Sue]

I can't wait until you get to Lonesome Dove, Shawn. It's the best book.

You have so many great books on your lists. Turn of the Screw is amazing. I normally don't like books with a supernatural element but that book does it so well.

I've wanted to get to A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Right Stuff for a long time but I always procrastinate on books when I've seen the film first. Maybe this year I'll get to one of those.

Have fun!