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Bingo Challenge 2019
Finished May 31st 2019

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B1: 18th Century or Earlier Classic:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1764) Read March 2019
B2: Book Chosen by the Cover:
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore Read March 2019
B3: European Classic:
Chéri by Colette Read January 2019
B4: Telegraph’s 100 Novels List:
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Read January 2019
B5: 20th Century Classic:
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim Read January 2019

I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2019:
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Read January-February 2019
I2: New-to-You Author:
Frost in May by Antonia White
I3: Classic Play:
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Read January 2019
I4: Literary Prize of Your Country:
Babettes gæstebud by Karen Blixen - (Winner of the 1952 'De Gyldne Laurbær') Read April 2019
I5: Classic on Your Bookshelf For over a Year:
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving Read February 2019

N1: South American Classic:
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo Read May 2019
N2: Short Story Collection:
The Happy Prince, and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde Read May 2019
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Poetry or Essay Collection
Flora och Bellona: dikter by Erik Axel Karlfeldt Read January 2019
N5: Asian Classic
Kyoto by Yasunari Kawabata Read May 2019

G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize:
Sorte Mary (Scarlet Sister Mary) by Julia Peterkin (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1929) Read January 2019
G2: Classic By a Female Author:
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read February 2019
G3: Classic Non-fiction:
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Read January-February 2019
G4: Written by Nobel Laureate:
The Children of the World by Paul von Heyse Read January 2019
G5: Book from the Group's 2019 Bookshelf
From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon by Jules Verne Read January 2019

O1: 19th Century Classic:
My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell Read January 2019
O2: Classic Sci-fi or Fantasy:
Foundation by Isaac Asimov Read March 2019
O3: Classic Comedy or Satire:
Eric by Terry Pratchett Read April 2019
O4: Classic Romance:
Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott Read April 2019
O5: 21st Century Potential Classic:
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth Read March 2019

I really love this challenge - hope I manage to finish it again in 2019 :)

Hope you have fun with this challenge for 2019, and I'm so glad that you love the challenge Julie.

Nice to play with you again, Julie.

I've made a really good start on this challenge. I've been focusing a lot on reading books for my other challenges, and so many of them have fit squares for this. This means I allready finished all my 'G's:

G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize:
Sorte Mary (Scarlet Sister Mary) by Julia Peterkin (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1929) Read January 2019
G2: Classic By a Female Author:
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Read February 2019
G3: Classic Non-fiction:
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Read January-February 2019
G4: Written by Nobel Laureate:
The Children of the World by Paul von Heyse Read January 2019
G5: Book from the Group's 2019 Bookshelf
From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon by Jules Verne Read January 2019

My favourite of these were definately Herland - a solid 4 star rating from me.
I found A Vindication of the Rights of Woman quite hard to get through...

Congrats on your Bingo, Julie!

Glad to hear about Herland, Julie--I'm looking forward to that one. Great job getting a bingo already!

Bravo, Julie. I have Scarlet Sister Mary to read for my Pulitzer challenge but it is quite hard to come by a copy. What did you think of it?

Sara wrote: "Bravo, Julie. I have Scarlet Sister Mary to read for my Pulitzer challenge but it is quite hard to come by a copy. What did you think of it?"

I had a really hard time getting a copy as well. I managed to find a translated version (to danish) through our national library service here in Denmark. I'm pretty sure it was an abridged version. I liked it fine enough, but it didn't stand out.

Congrats on your bingo! You've finished so many already! I think I've only finished four. Still a long way to go on my board :)

Congrats on Bingo, Julie !

Well done on bingo, you’re off to a great start!

Well done!!!

Woohoo! A Bingo! :)

How'd that Colette read of yours go, Julie? I'd like to read more of her, but I'm not sure what work to pick next.

Aubrey wrote: "How'd that Colette read of yours go, Julie? I'd like to read more of her, but I'm not sire what work to pick next."

Chéri was a fun read. It's not one of her most wellknown books, and I chose it mainly for it's publication year (for my Women's Decade Challenge), but sometimes that's just the way you discover little gems ;-)

I'm glad to hear that. I'll definitely be picking up any Colette I see at my next sale then.

I managed another 'column bingo' :)

B1: 18th Century or Earlier Classic:
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1764) Read March 2019
B2: Book Chosen by the Cover:
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore Read March 2019
B3: European Classic:
Chéri by Colette Read January 2019
B4: Telegraph’s 100 Novels List:
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Read January 2019
B5: 20th Century Classic:
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim Read January 2019

I've had a hard time wondering what to do for the B2-square - until I realised that V for Vendetta had been 'looking' at me from my tbr-shelf for a while - so it just had to be that one :)

Congrats!

Way to go!

You are making excellent progress! Glad to hear you Cheri, because I have it on one of my personal challenges this year.

Bravo!

Congratulations on Bingo #2,

^5, Julie !! :)

Thank you :)

Managed a row bingo (4th row):

B4: Telegraph’s 100 Novels List:
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Read January 2019
I4: Literary Prize of Your Country:
Babettes gæstebud by Karen Blixen - (Winner of the 1952 'De Gyldne Laurbær') Read April 2019
N4: Poetry or Essay Collection
Flora och Bellona: dikter by Erik Axel Karlfeldt Read January 2019
G4: Written by Nobel Laureate:
The Children of the World by Paul von Heyse Read January 2019
O4: Classic Romance:
Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott Read April 2019

Congratulations! I have yet to get a bingo, but I am one away in several directions. You've done some interesting reading.

You are doing fantastic on this challenge!

Well done!

I'm still waiting for my first Bingo! Good job!
I need to read Rose in Bloom -- I love Alcott :)

Great list! Good luck Julie! :)

And I'm all done - this must be a new record for me :)

Favorite read - a tie between Babettes gæstebud and The Hotel New Hampshire (reread)

Least favorite read - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - this book was very tough to get through, only reason I did was that I read it on my serial reader app

Congratulations, Julie! 🎊🎉👏

Julie wrote: "And I'm all done - this must be a new record for me :).."

Congratulations! Wow, just wow.

Well done! Not even halfway through the year!