Bob Overstuffed at the Buffet, but Just can’t Resist Playing Bingo, BLACKOUT 6/16/23

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

After consuming so much at the Buffet I thought management was going to ask me to leave. I just couldn’t pass by the Bingo parlor without stopping in to try my luck. When it comes to Challenges Resistance is Futile!!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Completed Books
25/25
BLACKOUT 6/16/23

✔️B1: Book Published 1950 - 1999 1994 Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
✔️B2: Classic written in your native language Sunset Pass: A Western Story
✔️B3: Classic of Europe The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
✔️B4: Classic involving art The Moon and Sixpence
✔️B5: Classic from your bookshelf The Cider House Rules

✔️I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2023 King Solomon's Mines, March '22
✔️I2: Classic biography/autobiography or memoir Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
✔️I3: Classic horror or gothic Dracula, a reread
✔️I4: Classic comedy, satire, or humor Little Big Man: A Novel
✔️I5: Book from the group’s Favorites of 2022 The King's General, Sue's message #30

✔️N1: Classic of the Americas So Big
✔️N2: Classic Western The Ox-Bow Incident
✔️N3: Reader’s Choice The Lost Apothecary
✔️N4: Classic mystery or thriller Stamboul Train\Orient Express
✔️N5: Classic of Africa or Oceania The Far Country

✔️G1: Classic from a group poll that did not win Goodbye, My Brother - September 2022
✔️G2: Classic action or adventure The Return of Tarzan
✔️G3: Classic history or historical fiction The Crystal Cave
✔️G4: Classic fantasy or science fiction The Forgotten Door
✔️G5: Book from the Group’s 2023 Bookshelf The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, Jan '23

✔️O1: Book Published before 1900 The Red and the Black
✔️O2: New-To-You Classic Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - The Yearling
✔️O3: Classic of Asia - Shogun
✔️O4: Classic in translation Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories
✔️O5: Book Published 1900 - 1949 - 1948 No Highway

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Book Covers


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[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Author Photos


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NOTE: B3 R.A. Dick, pseudonym Josephine Leslie, goodreads has no image

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

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[Terris]

We're so glad that you are joining us in the Bingo parlor, Bob! But we're not surprised -- we knew you couldn't resist! ;)

I'm also going to be reading Nevil Shute's The Far Country, I love his books so much! And you'll have to let me know about No Highway, I haven't heard of that one.

Have a good reading year, Bob, but with the ones you've picked so far I think that goes without saying! :)

[Annette]

Welcome, Bob! We will enjoy your company! Have fun!

[Susie]

Bob wrote: "After consuming so much at the Buffet I thought management was going to ask me to leave. I just couldn’t pass by the Bingo parlor without stopping in to try my luck. When it comes to Challenges Res..."

So funny...so true!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Bob wrote: "After consuming so much at the Buffet I thought management was going to ask me to leave. I just couldn’t pass by the Bingo parlor without stopping in to try my luck. When it comes to Challenges Res..."

So glad you are joining the Bingo Challenge. There is no such thing as too many books.

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Consider this a little exercise after all that food! Glad you are playing. I'm already looking forward to getting your views on some of your choices.

[Kathleen]

So true that resistance is futile, and I'm glad you gave in. Hoping especially that you go with The Winter of Our Discontent and So Big. Have fun!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Matt wrote: "Nice list Bob. Good luck!"

Thanks Matt, God didn’t bless me with the ability to read fast, so I will take all the luck I can get.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Sara wrote: "Consider this a little exercise after all that food! Glad you are playing. I'm already looking forward to getting your views on some of your choices."

Sara, if the planning wasn’t so much fun, I think I would find a pleasant shade tree to sit and digest my large buffet meal. I too, am looking forward to several of your reviews. Take care and Merry Christmas!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Kathleen wrote: "So true that resistance is futile, and I'm glad you gave in. Hoping especially that you go with The Winter of Our Discontent and So Big. Have fun!"

Kathleen, both have been screaming from my bookshelf pick me, pick me for years. This year knock on wood will be the year.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Very nice Bob. I also have Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven on my list. I am trying to read books from 1977 for the buffet challenge. It all looks good. I hope you have fun.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Lynn wrote: "Very nice Bob. I also have Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven on my list. I am trying to read books from 1977 for the buffet challenge. It all looks good. I hope you have ..."

Thanks Lynn, I have been neglecting my science fiction and non-fiction. I need to increase both of those genres. Science fiction was a square, but I squeezed two non-fictions into my challenge. Fingers crossed I’m ready for January 1.

[Jazzy]

Bob we've got this!

[Leni]

The Bingo parlor always sucks me in too. I wouldn't call it an addiction, because I am able to resist Bingo in other groups, but Classics Bingo is just so much fun. lol

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Look at you!!!! Tell me how you liked Shogun.

[Cynda]

You did Bob! You did it. Gimpel the Fool sounds like a folktale name. I will see if I can find a copy.

[Lori]

Fantastic job! Congrats, Bob! So many great books!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Congratulations.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

NIce job Bob! Congratulations.

[Wobbley]

Amazing! Well done.

[Laurie]

Congrats, Bob!

[Terris]

Woohoo! Great job, Bob!! :)

[Annette]

Congratulations, Bob! Not surprisingly, I added a few to my Mt TBR. Which were your favorites?

[Ila]

Congrats, Bob!

[Janelle]

Well done, Bob !!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

I want to say thanks to all of you who have taken the time to acknowledge my completing my challenge, it means a lot, Thank You All.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Sara wrote: "Look at you!!!! Tell me how you liked Shogun."

Sara, thanks for your encouragement about how good a book Shogun is. I can’t consider it a bucket list book, just one I was aware of and had some curiosity about. Now, it has become a favorite and one I will gladly recommend. It is a marvelous story. One I will never forget. Thank You!!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Cynda wrote: "You did Bob! You did it. Gimpel the Fool sounds like a folktale name. I will see if I can find a copy."

Cynda, I believe you would like the story. I have it in one of my short story anthologies, I checked, and it is readily available on-line. It is short enough that reading it on the computer screen should not be a pain, it is also short and doesn’t take long to read.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Matt wrote: "Congratulations on the blackout.

Enough time to do another BINGO board Bob! : )"

Matt, I did two bingo cards a few years ago. It was fun, but not something I will try again.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Terris wrote: "Woohoo! Great job, Bob!! :)"

Thanks, Terris. I noticed in an earlier post that you also planned to read Shute’s The Far Country. If you haven’t gotten to it yet, move it up on your list, it is typical of Shute’s books, it’s really really good. You also asked me to let you know about No Highway, get a copy, it is excellent, perhaps slightly better than Far Country.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Annette wrote: "Congratulations, Bob! Not surprisingly, I added a few to my Mt TBR. Which were your favorites?"

Annette, if you listed all 25 from my bingo card, I can’t warn you off any of them. This year has been an exceptional reading year and I have been lucky to read so many great books. The only one that while good that didn’t live up to what I expected based on past reads by the author was Sunset Pass by Zane Grey

[Terry]

Congrats, Bob! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Terris]

Bob wrote: "Terris wrote: "Woohoo! Great job, Bob!! :)"

Thanks, Terris. I noticed in an earlier post that you also planned to read Shute’s The Far Country. If you haven’t gotten to it yet, move it up on your ..."

Thanks so much for the info, Bob! I will definitely move The Far Country up on the list and ADD No Highway to the list. Can't wait to read more Nevil Shute! Glad they added enjoyment to your Bingo challenge :)

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Glad to know No Highway is top notch. I have it on the Kindle, so maybe I will push it up to the next Shute spot.

[Annette]

Thanks for the recommendations, Bob! I particularly like Shute- all of his books are so different from each other- but I’ll check out all of the books.

[JenniferAustin]

You got me curious about Josephine Little aka R.A. Dick.

I found a photo! Her estate's literary agency has posted this:
https://www.watsonlittle.com/client/r...

[Kathleen]

Congratulations, Bob! I'm also glad to hear how much you enjoyed Shōgun, and The Crystal Cave, which I've recently started (and it is oh, oh, so good!).

[Cynda]

Bob yes I will like Gimpel the Fool and other Stories. I joined KU at least for awhile again. I read the first page of Gimpel and had to put down. I will read one story each morning to put a smile on my face.

Loving it.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

I am glad you had such a satisfying year this year Bob. Congrtulations