Klowey's 2023 BINGO Challenge

[Klowey]

For this year's BINGO, hoping to overlap some of my personal challenges as well.

B1: I1: N1: G1: O1:

B2: I2: N2: G2: O2:

B3: I3: N3: G3: O3:

B:4 I4 N4: G4: O4:

B5: I5: N5: G5: O5:

[Klowey]

✔ B1: Book Published 1950 to 1999 - The Mousehole Cat 4/12/2023 ****
B2: Classic written in your native language - TBD
B3: Classic of Europe - TBD
B4: Classic involving art - Explosive Acts: Toulouse-Lautrec: Art & Anarchy of the Fin de Siecle (currently reading)
✔ B5: Classic from your bookshelf - The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1 8/16/2023 ****

[Klowey]

✔ I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2023 - Brave New World June 2017 6/7/2023 **1/2
I2: Classic biography - TBD
I3: Classic horror or gothic - TBD
✔ I4: Classic comedy, satire, or humor - The Good Soldier Švejk 4/2/2023 *****
✔ I5: Book from the group’s Favorites of 2022 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4/3/2023 *****

[Klowey]

✔ N1: Classic of the Americas - The Aleph and Other Stories 10/5/2023 *****
N2: Classic Western - TBD
N3: Reader’s Choice -TBD
✔ N4: Classic mystery or thriller - The 39 Steps 1/27/2023 **1/2
✔ N5: Classic of Africa or Oceania - The Invention of Morel 12/3/2023 ****

[Klowey]

✔ G1: Classic from a group poll that lost - The Color Out of Space 4/5/2023 ***
G2: Classic action or adventure - TBD
G3: Classic history or historical fiction - TBD
G4: Class fantasy or science fiction - Roadside Picnic (currently reading)
✔ G5: Book from the Group’s 2023 Bookshelf - If on a Winter's Night a Traveler 5/2/2023 *****

[Klowey]

✔ O1: Book Published before 1900 - Bartleby, The Scrivener. A Story of Wall-Street 8/4/2023 (reread) *****
✔ O2: New-To-You Classic Author - The Summer People 4/4/2023 ****
✔ O3: Classic of Asia - Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination 1/15/2023 ****1/2
✔ O4: Classic in translation - Memories of the Future 3/22/2023 ****
✔ O5: Book Published 1900 to 1949 - The Metamorphosis 9/2/2023 *****

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Great to have you join us again in the Bingo Challenge. Have a great year of reading.

[Klowey]

Katy wrote: "Great to have you join us again in the Bingo Challenge. Have a great year of reading."

Thank you!

[Klowey]

Matt wrote: "Good luck Klowey! You have some great choices here. I especially like The Master and Margarita."

Thanks Matt!

[Cynda]

Hi Klowey. I will be reading here next year and hope to read some José Borges books. Let me know if you would be interested in reading together The Aleph and Other Stories -or- The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory. I would like that.

[Klowey]

Cynda wrote: "Hi Klowey. I will be reading here next year and hope to read some José Borges books. Let me know if you would be interested in reading together The Aleph and Other Stories -or- The Book of Sand and..."

Yes I would love to. I'm reading some of this in preparation for our 2024 Borges buddy reads, and also as part of one of my Personal Challenges, to read Borges.

I'm in a buddy read for The Man Without Qualities for Jan-Mar so for those three months I will be focusing on that and perhaps the Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture. Borges' short stories might fit into that schedule. From April on . . . my reading list time is open for my other Bingo books, including Borges.

[Cynda]

When you start one or the other in 2023, please let me know about 1 week in advance. I go collect book from library then I catchup with you.

[Klowey]

Cynda wrote: "When you start one or the other in 2023, please let me know about 1 week in advance. I go collect book from library then I catchup with you."

Will do.

[Jazzy]

Yummy! Some fab books here, Klowey!

[Klowey]

Jazzy wrote: "Yummy! Some fab books here, Klowey!"

Thanks!!
Lots of variety. :-)

[Ila]

Wonderful selection, Klowey! I'm especially interested in your thoughts on Fin-de-siecle Vienna since it is a theme I've chosen for my challenges too.

[Klowey]

I'll be starting it soon since I'm reading it also in conjunction with our The Man Without Qualities buddy read.

[Leni]

I meant to read The Man Without Qualities with a group last year but it turned out to be too big a commitment for me at the time. I'm still curious about it though.

[Klowey]

We are doing a buddy read right now, Jan-Mar.
Join us. Fed is leading it and is amazing!
There is a lot of good information in the thread about supplementary books to enhance your experience and provide a context for the novel.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Leni]

Klowey wrote: "We are doing a buddy read right now, Jan-Mar.
Join us. Fed is leading it and is amazing!
There is a lot of good information in the thread about supplementary books to enhance your experience and pr..."

Uh... I'm also supposed to read Parade's End this quarter, so maybe a bit much. On the other hand life is too short to read only one big book at the time. I'm tempted. I'll have a look.

[Klowey]

Leni wrote: "Klowey wrote: "We are doing a buddy read right now, Jan-Mar.
Join us. Fed is leading it and is amazing!
There is a lot of good information in the thread about supplementary books to enhance your ex..."

I understand.
By the way, I have wanted to read A Ballad for Georg Henig but cannot find an English version available. I see that you read it. Any ideas where I could find it?

[Leni]

Klowey wrote: "I understand.
By the way, I have wanted to read A Ballad for Georg Henig but cannot find an English version available. I see that you read it. Any ideas where I could find it? "

Oh. I found that in a second hand bookstore in Hay-on-Wye, which is basically used book Mecca in Wales. It has a population of approx 1500 people and over 20 bookstores plus an annual literature festival. Have you tried looking on Abe Books or similar sites?

[Klowey]

😮

I will keep looking. I think I did try Abe, but out-of-print books come and go, so I might find it sometime. And Hay-on-Wye - what a darling name for a village/town. I will have to visit some time.

[Veronique]

I went once to Hay-on-Wye and it is heaven. I need to go back and spend a whole day or two, not just a couple of hours :O)

[Leni]

I went to Hay-on-Way on my 40th birthday on a mission to buy 40 books. A Ballad for Georg Henig was part of that book haul. (I think I managed 32, and then went home and bought 8 more books online.)

[Klowey]

I just googled for Hay-on-Wye. I must find a way to visit!! And it's a good location for a trip.

[Cynda]

You have made some.progress here. I know you are reading and studying Borges. When I catch my breath next month, I wil review The Aleph and continue on a bit more too.

Best of luck with your challenges!

[Klowey]

Cynda wrote: "You have made some.progress here. I know you are reading and studying Borges. When I catch my breath next month, I wil review The Aleph and continue on a bit more too.

Best of luck with your chall..."

No rush. I'm about to skip ahead to The Zahir and then The Aleph.

As for the BINGO, I keep changing my mind. lol.

[Klowey]

This is a challenging BINGO year, however I am absolutely loving the books. Some rereads of favorites and some new authors that have been great and that I look forward to recommending at the year's end.

O Down BINGO

[Wobbley]

Well done on your Bingo. It's great that you're enjoying so many of the books!

[Klowey]

Wobbley wrote: "Well done on your Bingo. It's great that you're enjoying so many of the books!"

Thank you Wobbley.

[Cynda]

Your 0 Down bingo is thought-provoking stuff Klowey! Well done.

[Klowey]

Cynda wrote: "Your 0 Down bingo is thought-provoking stuff Klowey! Well done."

Thank you Cynda. "Memories of the Future" is very unusual. By a 1920s Russian author whose work was banned during his lifetime and kept in archives until the 1970s.

It's a bit of the surreal/absurd, but apparently his political criticism still couldn't remain hidden behind that.

The other 4 are definitely recommended.