Angie's Taking on the Buffet

[Angie]

I struck out this year, but I'll give it a whirl anyway.

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
2. The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
3. Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson
1900-1999/New School
4. The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen
5. Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
6. Motel Chronicles by Sam Shepard
My Wild Cards
7. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
8. Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
9. Just Kids by Patti Smith
10. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
11. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
12. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

Alternates
A-1. Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
A-2. The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun
A-3. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

[Angie]

I'll figure this out later.

Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium
TBD

[Angie]

This looks fun.

Challenge #4 - Members Choice
1. 19th Century,
2. 20th Century,
3. 21st Century,
4. A book originally written in a language other than your own,
5. An Author never read before,
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours.
7. Science Fiction/Fantasy,
8. Action/Adventure,
9. Childrens/Young Adult,
10. Nonfiction Memoir/Biography,
11. Mystery/Thriller,
12. Horror or Humor,

[Angie]

And now this one.

Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon with New Authors
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[Angie]

Maybe this one.

Challenge #11 - Old and New Linked Categories

[Angie]

I went on to Amazon today to look up some book prices, and there was a “Continue series you’ve started” with suggestions. I guess the universe is telling me to do this challenge!

Challenge #12 - Series Books – Start, Continue, Complete
Lilian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who..."
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
The Cat Who Turned On and Off
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot
Death in the Clouds
Appointment with Death

[Angie]

I love the idea of this one.

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

[Angie]

I'm definitely doing some rereads this year!

Challenge #14 - Rereading Some do Some don't
1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
5. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

[Angie]

Reserved

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[Angie]

Tis is where I'll list books that catch my interest.

Unsorted books:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Logan's Run by William F. Nolan
Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer
Some Faces in the Crowd by Budd Schulberg
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

[Angie]

Matt wrote: "Good luck on your challenges Angie! Your new and old looks great. Much Ado About Nothing is a great play."

Thank you Matt! I'm looking forward to it!

[Ila]

Wonderful selection! The Hunchback of Notre Dame is beautifully written. All the best!

[Angie]

Ila wrote: "Wonderful selection! The Hunchback of Notre Dame is beautifully written. All the best!"

Thank you! I'm excited to finally reading it! I don't think I've read any Hugo before.

[Sara, New School Classics]

New year, clean slate, Angie. You've got some great things planned!

[Kathleen]

Excellent plans, Angie. I'm reading Goodbye to Berlin right now and really enjoying it. And I think you'll love Just Kids--it's so good. Have fun!

[Terris]

I like your lists so far, Angie! I am glad to see Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who..." books on your Series Challenge! I love that series! I listened to George Guidall read all of them (on cassette!!). To this day I can't listen to him read a book without thinking that there is going to be a cat somewhere in the book! haha!

Hope you enjoy all that you read in 2024!

[Wobbley]

Enjoy your planning and reading! You've got me a bit intrigued about these cat who books...

[Angie]

Thank you everyone! Kathleen, I'm glad to hear good things about those books. I've read one by Patti Smith, but I have never read Isherwood. I do know that the movie Cabaret (which I love) was apparently based on part of Goodbye Berlin. So I'm looking forward to that!

Terris, George Guidall could read me the phone book, and I would love it. I didn't realize he read The Cat Who series. Now I want to check out the audiobooks!

Wobbley, if you like cozy-type mysteries, you should definitely check out The Cat Who series.

[Shaina]

Good luck with your challenge, Angie! I hope you enjoy the Verne and John le Carré. I'm thrilled to know you, too, are a fan of Guidall. I really enjoy his narration and try to listen to as many as I can. I loved him in Don Quixote ( Grossman translation) and The Rabbi Small series.

[Angie]

Shaina wrote: "Good luck with your challenge, Angie! I hope you enjoy the Verne and John le Carré. I'm thrilled to know you, too, are a fan of Guidall. I really enjoy his narration and try to listen to as many as..."

Thanks! I haven't heard of the Rabbi Small series. I'll have to check that out, especially if Guidall narrates it.

I just found a version of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame narrated by Guidall. I was planning to do a print version, but Guidall reading that just sounds lovely.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

An excellent Old and New list, enjoy. I see you are interested in The Winds of War. I started reading it a couple of days ago. I'm loving every page, a great start to my reading year. Happy reading.

[Angie]

Bob wrote: "An excellent Old and New list, enjoy. I see you are interested in The Winds of War. I started reading it a couple of days ago. I'm loving every page, a great start to my reading ye..."

Thanks, Bob! I'm glad to hear that Winds of War is a good read. It's been on my long list for a while.

[Sue]

I love your Old and New too Angie. Too bad Bob started The Winds of War, I was hoping we could get it as a long read. It's been on my list for awhile too. I own it on Kindle .

I loved The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and I have Goodbye to all That on my Best on Goodreads 1929 challenge. Good luck with your challenges!