Pamela’s 2024 Challenge Buffet

[Pamela]

I think I will go for 5 challenges and will only have 1 challenge I’ve done before, the rest will be new to me

Challenge #4 Members Choice Challenge
9/12 complete

Challenge #6 Group Reads Challenge
5/12 complete

Challenge #10 - The Half a Millennium Challenge with a Sour Lemon Twist of Difficult
3/5 complete

Challenge #12 - Series Challenge - Continue
3/12 complete

Challenge #13 - Travel the World One Continent at a Time
4/7 complete

[Pamela]

Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge Choose one book per category/genre for a total of 12 books.

✅ 1. 19th Century Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope (1858j
✅ 2. 20th Century Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (1998)
✅ 3. 21st Century Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2001)
✅ 4. A book originally written in a language other than your own Z by Vassilis Vassilikos (Modern Greek)
✅ 5. An Author never read before Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
✅ 6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours. Quicksand by Nella Larsen
✅ 7. Science Fiction/Fantasy The Passion of New Eve by Angela Carter
8. Action/Adventure
9. Childrens/Young Adult Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome
✅ 10. Nonfiction Memoir/Biography, The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
✅ 11. Mystery/Thriller Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
12. Horror or Humor Symposium by Muriel Spark

[Pamela]

Challenge 6 - Group Reads and/or Buddy Reads Challenge

✅ 1. Quicksand by Nella Larsen - January New School
✅ 2. The Meek One (also called The Gentle Spirit) by Fyodor Dostoevsky - February Short Story
3. Neverwhere - March New School
✅ 4. The Beauties - March Short Story
Read in The Beauties: Essential Stories
✅ 5. Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition - May Old School
✅ 6. The Overcoat - June Short Story
Read in The Diary of a Madman, the Government Inspector, and Selected Stories
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[Pamela]

Challenge #10 - The Half a Millennium Challenge with a Sour Lemon Twist of Difficult

✅ 20th Century - 1960-1969 The Soul Of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor (1964)
✅ 19th Century - 1860-1869 Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope (1867)
18th Century - 1760-1769 A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne (1768)
✅ 17th Century - 1660-1669 The Misanthrope by Molière (1666)
16th Century - 1560-1569 The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1568)

Challenge #12 - Series Books – Continue
If you are currently reading a series and have stalled out and set it aside, here is your chance to get back to it.

I plan to read one book per month - totalling 3 books from 4 of my favourite series as follows…
1. No 1 Ladies Detective Series -
✅ #15 The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café
#16 The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine,
#17 Precious and Grace

2. Inspector Brunetti series -
✅ #19 A Question of Belief
#20 Drawing Conclusions
#21 Beastly Things

3. Rivers of London series -
✅ #4 Broken Homes,
#5 Foxglove Summer,
#6 The Hanging Tree

4. Thursday Next series -
#5 First Among Sequels,
#6 One of Our Thursdays Is Missing,
#7 The Woman Who Died a Lot

[Pamela]

Challenge #13 - Travel the World One Continent at a Time

✅ Africa The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (DRC)
✅ Asia After the Quake by Haruki Murakami (Japan)
Australia True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (Australia)
✅ Europe The Saga of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf (Sweden)
✅ North America Mrs Bridge by Evan S. Connell (USA)
South America
*Antarctica

[Terris]

Nice plans, Pamela, and lots of good books to look forward to! I'll be watching for recommendations from you :)

Happy Reading in 2024!

[Wobbley]

You're really far along in planning your "travel the world" challenge -- I'm impressed! Mine's only a placeholder so far, ha ha.

[Ila]

All the best, Pamela!

[Kathleen]

That Half a Millennium challenge is a tough one, but I love your plans. Have fun!

[Shaina]

Happy reading, Pamela!

[Sara, New School Classics]

Looks great, Pamela. I hope you enjoy The Soul of Kindness as much as I did.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Have a great year, happy reading.