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Challenge #3 - Decade Challenge*Completed*
1970: The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers
Read in March, 4 stars
1971: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Read in March, 4 stars
1972: The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Read in March, 4 stars
1973: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Re-read in February, 4 stars
1974: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
Read in March, 3 stars
1975: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Read in March, 4 stars
1976: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Re-read in February, 5 stars
1977: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Read in March, 4 stars
1978: Night's Master by Tanith Lee
Read in March, 4 stars
1979: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Read in March, 4 stars
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Challenge #3 - Century Challenge*Completed*
1900-1909: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton
Read in March, 4 stars
1910-1919: Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Read in March, 4 stars
1920-1929: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Read in March, 3 stars
1930-1939: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Read in January, 4 stars
1940-1949: The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Read in March, 4 stars
1950-1959: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Read in January, 4 stars
1960-1969: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
Read in March, 3 stars
1970-1979: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Re-read in February, 4 stars
1980-1989: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
Re-read in January, 5 stars
1990-1999: Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss
Read in January, 4 stars
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Great list, Rora! I chose the same Decade for my Decade Challenge. Happy to see some options I missed and some books in common. Good luck with your challenge.
Glad to see that you liked Perfume. All the best!
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Thank you for your comments. I completed challenge 2 today, Le Morte D' Arthur was definitely a "long read".
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Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge *Completed*
1. 19th Century
Lilith by George MacDonald
Read in February, 4 stars
2. 20th Century
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
Read in March, 3 stars
3. A book originally written in a language other than your own
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Read in March, 4 stars
4. Current or Past Group Read
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Read in January, 4 stars
5. An Author not read before
Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote
Read in January, 4 stars
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours.
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Read in March, 3 stars
7. Science Fiction/Fantasy
Night's Master by Tanith Lee
Read in March, 4 stars
8. Action/Adventure
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Re-read in February, 4 stars
9. Childrens/Young Adult
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Read in March, 4 stars
10. Nonfiction
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Re-read in February, 5 stars
11. Mystery/Thriller
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Read in March, 4 stars
12. Horror or Humor
The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers
Read in March, 4 stars
Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge*Completed*
The Persephone Book of Short Stories by various authors (30 stories)
Read in April, 4 stars
Challenge #6 - Group Reads Challenge*Completed*
1. The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Read in January, 4 stars
2. Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote
Read in January, 4 stars
3. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Read in March, 4 stars
4. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Read in March, 4 stars
5. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Re-read in April, 4 stars
6. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Re-read in April, 4 stars
7. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins
Read in April, 3 stars
8. Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Read in April, 3 stars
9. Electra by Sophocles
Read in April, 3 stars
10. The Praise of Folly by Erasmus
Read in April, 2 stars
11. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Read in April, 3 stars
12. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allen Poe
Read in April, 3 stars
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Congrats on completing 2 challenges, Rora! You had some interesting books in there!
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Thank you for your comments. It helps that some books are fitting in more than one challenge.
Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors*Completed*
1. The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Read in March, 4 stars
2. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton
Read in March, 4 stars
3. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Read in March, 4 stars
4. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Read in March, 4 stars
5. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Read in March, 3 stars
6. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
Read in March, 3 stars
Challenge #8 –Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year (1926)*Completed*
1. The Castle by Franz Kafka
Read in May, 3 stars
2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Read in April, 4 stars
3. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Read in May, 5 stars
4. These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Read in May, 4 stars
5. Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirless
Re-read in April, 5 stars
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*Completed*
New School
1. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov from December 2021
Read in January, 4 stars
Old School
1. Lilith by George MacDo..."
Nice job on your Challenges so far. You have completed 6!! That's fast. I always have trouble knowing what to read for the Long Read in this category. I think your choice of Arthur tales looks like a good possibility.
Lynn wrote: "always have trouble knowing what to read for the Long Read in this category. I think your choice of Arthur tales looks like a good possibility. The jousting parts were dull for me, but I enjoyed the rest of it. It was one of those books that I always meant to read since I like Arthurian legends, but never got around to it.
Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge*Completed*
A. Lysistrata by Aristophanes - Read in April, 2 stars
B. The 39 Steps by John Buchan - Read in May, 3 stars
C. Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell - Read in May, 3 stars
D. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen - Re-read in May, 3 stars
E. Adam Bede by George Eliot - Read in April, 4 stars
F. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Read in May, 3 stars
G. Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Read in May, 3 stars
H. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - Read in May, 3 stars
I. The Cider House Rules by John Irving - Read in January, 4 stars
J. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson - Read in May, 2 stars
K. The Castle by Franz Kafka - Read in May, 3 stars
L. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis - Re-read in April, 4 stars
M. Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters - Read in May, 2 stars
N. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov - Read in June, 3 stars
O. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy - Read in May, 4 stars
P. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton - Read in May, 4 stars
Q. The Crime of Father Amaro by Eca de Queiros - Read in August, 3 stars
R. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - Re-read in February, 5 stars
S. The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone - Read in April, 3 stars
T. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle - Re-read in February, 5 stars
U. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Unset - Read in November, 4 stars
V. Candide by Voltaire - Read in June, 3 stars
W. Summer by Edith Wharton - Read in May, 4 stars
Below Only One Letter Needed for Successful Challenge
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Z. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin - Read in August, 3 stars
Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge*Completed*
A. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte - Re-read in May, 4 stars
B. Beowulf by unknown - Read in May, 2 stars
C. The Complete Essays of Michel de Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne - Read in May, 3 stars
D. The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West - Read in May, 4 stars
E. Eugénie Grandet by Honore de Balzac - Read in May, 4 stars
F. First Love by Ivan Turgenev - Read in June, 3 stars
G. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Re-read in June, 3 stars
H. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - Re-read in June, 4 stars
I. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - Read in June, 3 stars
J. Jamaica Inn by Daphne de Maurier - Read in August, 4 stars
K. The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers - Read in March, 4 stars
L. Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens - Re-read in June, 4 stars
M. The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck - Read in May, 3 stars
N. Night's Master by Tanith Lee - Read in March, 4 stars
O. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon - Re-read in June, 3 stars
P. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene - Read in June, 3 stars
Q. The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis - Read in July, 3 stars
R. The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers - Read in June, 3 stars
S. The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - Re-read in June, 4 stars
T. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - Re-read in June, 3 stars
U. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Read in March, 4 stars
V. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - Re-read in November, 4 stars
W. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Re-read in June, 5 stars
Below Only One Letter Needed for Successful Challenge
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Y.
Z. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis - Read in July, 3 stars
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Almost forgot about this, but completed the author and title challenges with Vanity Fair and Kristin Lavransdatter. Thank you for the challenge.
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Well done -- you've read so much! I hope you really enjoyed your challenges!
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*Completed*
New School
1. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov from December 2021
Read in January, 4 stars
Old School
1. Lilith by George MacDonald from October 2022
Read in February, 4 stars
Short Story/Novella
1. The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish from March 2023
Read in February, 3 stars
Quarterly Long Read
1. Le Morte D'Arthur (The Death of Arthur): All Volumes by Thomas Malory from January 2022
Read in February, 4 stars