2016 Challenges

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I joined the Classics Club in 2015.

My FIFTY original LIST is viewable by clicking here. Or click on this progress sub-page…

√ What’s in a Name 9-2016 nnn(My announcement post) √ – FINAL POST

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√ A country: Radio Shangri-la by L.Napoli JAN
√ An item of clothing: The Painted Veil by WSMaugham JAN (also, The Red Shoes)
√ An item of furniture – Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
√ A profession – The Tsar of Love and Techno, The Abstinence Teacher
√ A month of the year – March by Geraldine Brooks, All About the Months
√ A title with the word ‘tree’ – The Bean Trees by Kingsolver

The 2016 challenge site: Wormhole

Classics Challenge – (My post) √ My WrapUp post

√A 19th Century Classic – Germinal
√A 20th Century Classic – The Painted Veil by WS Maugham √ JAN
√A Classic by a Woman Author – And Then There Were None AC
X A Classic in Translation – Germinal Zola (uh oh… )
√A Classic by a Non-white Author – Go Tell It On the Mountain√
An Adventure Classic – Beryl Markham’s West With the Night
√Fantasy, SciFi or Dystopian – Brave New World √
√A Classic Detective novel – Murder Must Advertise √
√Title includes Name of a Place – Brighton Rock Graham Greene
√Banned or Censored Classic – To Kill a Mockingbird
X Reread a Classic from High School – To Kill a Mockingbird?!
√Classic collection of Short Stories – O.Henry the Millionaires

IRL “GSONewcomersClub” Book Club
Jan – The Snow Child √
Feb – All the Light We Cannot See √
Mar – A Spool of Blue Thread √
Apr – The Aviator’s Wife √
May – The Orphan Train √
Jun –

Jul –
Aug –
Sep –
Oct – A Land More Kind Than Home – by Wiley Cash √
Nov – THE NEST by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney √
Dec – FIRST FROST by Sarah Addison Allen

I got a job so no longer taking part in this club…

IRL “Neighborhood” Book Club
Jan –
Feb – The Map of True Places – Brunonia Barry √
Mar – The Dead Key – DM Pulley √
Apr – The Storied Life of AJ Fikry √
May – Paula – Isabelle Allende √
Jun –

Jul –
Aug –
Sep – I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith √
Oct – A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler √
Nov – To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee √
Dec – The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins √

and blue shading?

Personal Challenge #1 – LOANED TO ME Books

An Unlikely Angel by Ashley Smith – from my neighbor K.
√ Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli – from Nancy
Two Rivers by T.Greenwood – from Holly
A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard – another from Holly
Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter – again, from Holly
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder – WON in a giveaway by Trisha

Personal Challenge #2 – AUTHORS I MUST READ
√Tom Perotta – The Abstinence Teacher
Zetta Elliot – A Wish After Midnight
Tayari Jones
Connie Willis – Either Doomsday Book or To Say Nothing of the Dog

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Readalongs:

√ The Painted Veil with Andi @estellasrevenge (Jan), √A Little Life (Feb), √The Fireman (July), √Germinal/Zola (Sept), √Amsterdam (Oct)

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