Lorraine Second Try at Buffet

[Lorraine]

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
Challenge #2 - Members Choice
Challenge #3 - New Authors
Challenge #4 - Short Story
Challenge #5 - Decade/Century
Challenge #6 - Group Reads, Buddy Reads, Moderators Run Amok
Challenge #7 - Series Books – Start, Continue, Complete
Challenge #8 - Travel the World One Book at a Time
Challenge #9 – Rereading - Some do. Some don't.
Challenge #10 - Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year
Challenge #11 - Future Classics
Challenge #12 - Fiction/Non-Fiction
Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked Categories
Challenge #14 - Genre Locked? Neglecting Your Favorite Author?
Challenge #15 - Award Winners
Challenge #16 - Terry's Book Chain
Challenge #17 - The Year You Were Born and 100 Years Earlier
Challenge #18 - A-Z Author
Challenge #19 - A-Z Title
Challenge #20 - No Challenge Here. A Place to List Your 2026 Impulse Reads

[Lorraine]

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

1914 and earlier
1. The House of the Seven Gables 1851
2. Cranford 1853
3. O Pioneers! 1913

1915-2006/New School
4. La Grosse Femme d'à côté est enceinte 1978
5. Cannery Row 1943
6. Vol de nuit 1931

Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors
7. The Bell 1958
8. The Call of the Wild 1903
9. Absalom, Absalom! 1936
10. Le Premier Jardin 1988
11. La ville et les chiens 1962
12. La promesse de l'aube 1960

Alternates
A-1. The Warden 1855
A-2. Notes from Underground 1864
A-3 Rashômon et autres contes 1915

[Lorraine]

Challenge #2 - Members Choice

1. 18th Century or Older -
2. 19th Century -
3. 20th Century -
4. 21st Century -
5. A book of interest from another diner's buffet -
6. Members Choice Genre -
7. Members Choice Genre -
8. Members Choice Genre -
9. Members Choice Genre -

Some Genre Choices-
Fiction - Science Fiction. Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Suspense, Young Adult, Poetry, Plays, Romance, etc.
Nonfiction - History, Biography, Memoir, Politics, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Sports, Travel,
Self Help, etc.

[Lorraine]

Challenge #3 - New Authors
Seek out at least four (4) authors that you have never previously read, from any genre or era you want.

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[Lorraine]

Challenge #4 - Short Story
Read 16 short stories.

[Lorraine]

Challenge #5 - Decade/Century

Century Challenge
1900-1909 Le Mystère de la chambre jaune by Gaston Leroux-1907
1910-1919 O Pioneers! by Willa Cather-1913
1920-1929 La grande peur dans la montagne by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz 1925
1930-1939 Vol de nuitby Antoine de Saint-Exupéry-1931
1940-1949 Cannery Row by John Steinbeck 1943
1950-1959 The Bellby Iris Murdoch
1960-1969 La ville et les chiens by Mario Vargas Llosa
1970-1979 La Grosse Femme d'à côté est enceinte by Michel Tremblay 1978
1980-1989 Le Premier Jardin by Anne Hébert-1988
1990-1999 Le Dieu des petits riens by Arundhati Roy 1997

[Lorraine]

Challenge #6 - Group Reads, Buddy Reads, Moderators Run Amok
The challenge is to read 10 total books/stories from this year's selected group reads. Your reads can come from this year's poll winners, the Buddy Read Requests, or the new Moderators Run Amok! There should be plenty of choices.

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[Lorraine]

Challenge #7 - Series Books – Start, Continue, Complete

Start:
I am starting the Chronicles of Barsetshire in January. I hope to read the series in 2026.
1. The Warden

Continue:
I've started to reread the Charlie Parker series by John Connolly. I hope to continue in 2026
1. The Whisperers

Complete:
I want to complete the Emigrants series by Vilhelm Moberg.
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[Lorraine]

Challenge #8 - Travel the World One Book at a Time

[Lorraine]

Challenge #9 – Rereading - Some do. Some don't

[Lorraine]

Challenge #10 - Most Popular Goodreads Books Listed by Year

[Lorraine]

Challenge #11 - Future Classics

[Lorraine]

Challenge #12 - Fiction/Non-Fiction

[Lorraine]

Challenge #13 - Old and New Linked Categories

[Lorraine]

Challenge #14 - Genre Locked? Neglecting Your Favorite Author?
Part A - Are you stuck in a Genre Rut? Reading to many romance novels or God forbid to many classics? Break out of that rut by picking a couple of different genres, any two genres will do.

Genre Selected - Book Chosen
1. Biography: Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs or John Adams by David McCullough
2. Short Stories :

Part B - Who have you been neglecting the most? Has your favorite author slipped away from you because life is hectic or other books get in the way? Think about your favorite author or authors, who haven't you read in a while?

Neglected Author - Book Chosen
1. Ernest Hemingway
Other Neglected Authors - Book Chosen - Not a requirement
2. Iris Murdoch
3. Christian Bobin

[Lorraine]

Challenge #15 - Award Winners

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Challenge #16 - Terry's Book Chain

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Challenge #17 - The Year You Were Born and 100 Years Earlier

1960
1- Butcher's Crossing
2. Country Girls
3. The Leopard
4. The Violent Bear It Away
5. After the Banquet
6. La promesse de l'aube
7. Dix heures et demie du soir en été
8. The Flanders Road
9. Life and Fate

1860
1. The Mill on the Floss
2. First Love
3. The Trail of the Serpent
4. Castle Richmond
5. The Black City
6.Framley Parsonage
7. The Marble Faun
8. Le Lis et le Lion
9. Le Temps Des Secrets

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[Lorraine]

Challenge #18 - A-Z Author

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Challenge #19 - A-Z Title

[Lorraine]

Challenge #20 - No Challenge Here. A Place to List Your 2026 Impulse Reads

[Wobbley]

Well done already having a plan for your New & Old TBR! Enjoy your planning. :)