The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.4 - GOLDEN OLDIES - Tien's task: My Big Classic Books Year

I have been tackling all those big classic books in the past year:

War and Peace at 1,273 pages
Don Quixote at 961 pages
Poor Fellow My Country at 1,443 pages
Swann's Way at 519 pages (I'm currently reading this one now)

No books with the main page genre Childrens or Kids may be used. Books with the main page genre "Sequential Art," "Graphic Novel," "Comics," "Comic Book," or "Manga" may be used.

This is a one book task. Choose one option from those below and read one book that fits that task.

Required: State which option you used when you post.

Option 1: Countries
All 4 books have been set in 4 different countries. For this option, read a book with one of following MPGs:

Cultural > Russia
Cultural > Spain
Cultural > Australia
Cultural > France

Option 2: Publishing year
For this option, read a book that was first published between 1605 - 1975 (inclusive)

Option 3: Imprints
I tend to go for Vintage classics books or if they're Aussie classics, A&R Classics
For this option, read a book from one of these lists:

Vintage Classics Red Spine
A & R Classics

Please be careful with your picks as some books on these lists will not fit with SRC page requirements.

Required: Indicate the list and page on which your books can be found.

Approved

Option 1:
Cultural > Russia
Deathless (Leningrad Diptych #1)
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko #1)
A Gentleman in Moscow
Disappearing Earth
Lights All Night Long
Lost Roses (Lilac Girls #2)
The Secrets We Kept

Cultural > Spain
The Invisible Guardian
The Nautical Chart



Cultural > Australia
The Dry (Aaron Falk #1)
Scrublands
Big Little Lies
The Light Between Oceans
Murder in the Dark (Phryne Fisher #16)
Murder on a Midsummer Night (Phryne Fisher #17)
Crimson Lake (Crimson Lake #1)

Cultural > France
The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle

reserved

This thread is now open.

Well done on reading those doorstoppers, Tien!

Can you please confirm The Dry for Cutural>Australia? It's currently the last MPG.
Thanks.

can you verify me for Scrublands as culture>australia

Can I get Deathless and Gorky Park verified for Cultural > Russia?

Can you please verify the following books?

Cultural > Australia




Cultural > Spain




Cultural > Russia


Thanks!

Please note Murder in the Dark for Cultural>Australia.

Thanks!

Please approve Disappearing Earth and Lights All Night Long for Cultural > Russia. Not sure which one I'll go with yet. Thanks!

Amy wrote: "Please approve Disappearing Earth and Lights All Night Long for Cultural > Russia. Not sure which one I'll go with yet. Thanks!"

If you haven't selected a book for task 15.10 yet, Disappearing Earth is on the first list (under May).

Please note for Cultural>Russia. It is currently the last listed on the MPG. Thanks!

Could you verify the genre Cultural>Australia for this book? It's the last on the list, so could drop.

Murder on a Midsummer Night

TIA

Lauren wrote: "Well done on reading those doorstoppers, Tien!

Can you please confirm The Dry for Cutural>Australia? It's currently the last MPG.
Thanks."

Thanks, Lauren :)

& confirmed!

Dee wrote: "can you verify me for Scrublands as culture>australia"

yep, confirmed.

Brooke wrote: "Can I get Deathless and Gorky Park verified for Cultural > Russia?"

both books confirmed

Pia wrote: "Can you please verify the following books?

Cultural > Australia




Cultural > Spain
[bookcover:El guardián invisib..."

All of them are good to go, Pia.

Sandy wrote: "Please note Murder in the Dark for Cultural>Australia.

Thanks!"

Noted :)

Amy wrote: "Please approve Disappearing Earth and Lights All Night Long for Cultural > Russia. Not sure which one I'll go with yet. Thanks!"

Approved.

Lisa wrote: "Please note for Cultural>Russia. It is currently the last listed on the MPG. Thanks!"

Noted.

Suzanne wrote: "Could you verify the genre Cultural>Australia for this book? It's the last on the list, so could drop.

Murder on a Midsummer Night

TIA"

yep got this one.

Please confirm: Cultural>France
The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle

Book Concierge wrote: "Please confirm: Cultural>France
The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle"

Confirmed, BC

Can you please confirm Cultural>Australia for Crimson Lake? Thanks!

Hi Tien - I think my request to confirm Cultural>Australia for Crimson Lake might have been missed. :-)

Brooke wrote: "Hi Tien - I think my request to confirm Cultural>Australia for Crimson Lake might have been missed. :-)"

Sorry, Brooke... I don't know how I missed both notification & email!

Confirmed!

And I love this series & author soooo much, I hope you like it as much as I do :)

No worries, Tien! I probably posted right after you replied to Book Concierge. I hope I like it too! It sounds right up my alley. 😊

Noting my own book for Cultural > Russia

The Secrets We Kept

Howdy.

Could you genre lock A Town Like Alice for Cultural > Australia for Option 1, please. I'm seeing 297 users.

Thanks.