Angie's Buffet 2023 - Just a Bite or Two

[Angie]

2022 was a terrible year for reading and health, so I'm going to take it a bit easier in 2023.

Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Challenge

Old
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (reading)
2. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
3. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

New
4. The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
5. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
6. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

Wild Card Six
✔ 7. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (8/5/2023) ★★★★
✔ 8. Joyland by Stephen King (1/7/2023) ★★★★★
9. The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
10. Never Look at the Empty Seats: A Memoir by Charlie Daniels
11. Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
✔ 12. Smith of Wootton Major by J.R.R. Tolkien (1/7/2023) ★★★★

Alternates
A1. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
A2. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
A3. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

[Angie]

Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium Challenge

Sticking to fun, low-stress genre-type reads for this one.

1871: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
1883: Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
1897: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
1905: The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan by Beatrix Potter
1915: The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
1924: The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany
1936: The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie
1947: In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
1951: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
✔ 1966: Smith of Wootton Major by J.R.R. Tolkien (1/7/2023) ★★★★

[Angie]

Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors

1. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun (8/7/2023) ★★★★
2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, reading
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[Angie]

Challenge #8 –Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year

10 Books of Interest for 1979
1. The Right Stuff
2. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
3. The Long Walk
4. The Neverending Story
5. Enemy Mine
6. A Bend in the River
7. Bunnicula
8. Amadeus
9. The Drowning Season
10. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

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[Angie]

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[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Of the few I have read. I think you will enjoy Oliver Twist and especially The Neverending Story. Looking forward to the rest of your choices. Happy reading.

[Angie]

Bob wrote: "Of the few I have read. I think you will enjoy Oliver Twist and especially The Neverending Story. Looking forward to the rest of your choices. Happy reading."

Thank you! Both of the books you mentioned have been on my list for a while. I'm excited to get to them.

[Angie]

Little by little, I'm getting this filled out. I still have some time to change my mind based on availability and other factors. I'm thinking of adding one more challenge but haven't decided what.