Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Let’s play Classics Bingo 2015!!!

I love reading challenges because they inspire me to whittle away my TBR stack, and also because they encourage me to read books I might not have discovered on my own. So let’s discover some more great classics together and have fun doing it! Thanks to Tytti for suggesting this game, and also to Tytti, Melanti, and Elsbeth for contributing suggestions. Many thanks to Renato for creating our Bingo card image.

This game is going to focus on literary classics. Read a classic that fits the description of a square, and mark that square off. Each book can be applied to only one square, even if it fulfills the requirements of multiple squares. All books read to mark off squares must be completed in 2015.

We have several levels of play, so there are several ways to win!

Level One Bingo
Four Corners: Mark off the four outside corners of the Bingo board.
Five-in-a-Row: Mark off five squares in a row. This can be done horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Level Two Bingo
Small Box: Mark off all the 9 inner squares of the board (including the free square).

Level Three Bingo
Outside Box: Mark off all 16 of the outer squares.

Level Four Bingo
Blackout! Mark off all the squares of the board.


Clarifications and Suggestions:

Prize Winner Squares
★ Written by Nobel Laureate (B1): Read any book that was written by a Nobel Prize-winning author. List of Nobel Laureates
★ Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize (B5): Read any book that was awarded a literary prize of a country/region that is not the one you live in.
★ Literary Prize of Your Country or Region (O1): Read any book that was awarded a literary prize of the country or region you live in.
★ Prize-winning Female Author (O5): Read any book that was written by a female author and has won any literary prize.

References for literary prizes:
Goodreads
Wikipedia

Geographical Classic Squares: Africa (B3), The Americas (N1), Asia or Oceania (O3), Europe (N5)
★ Read a classic that is either set in the given geographical area, or is written by an author native to that geographical area.

Goodreads Places: Books categorized by setting
Wikipedia: List of Novelists by Nationality

Genre Classic Squares: Comedy/Humor or Satire (B2), Romance (B4), Science Fiction or Horror (I3), Childrens (N4), Fantasy or Adventure (G3), Historical (History or Historical Fiction) (O2), Mystery (O4)
★ Read a classic that has been shelved on Goodreads with the specified genre. (Look on the right side of a book’s Goodreads page for its listed genres.) Goodreads genre shelving may not follow the strict technical rules for which genres a given work belongs in, but this more relaxed rule will allow a greater variety of books to choose from.

Here are just a few examples of the many classics that could be used for these genre-oriented squares: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, Life on the Mississippi, Pride and Prejudice, Out of Africa, The Moonstone, The Time Machine, A Tale of Two Cities, A Clockwork Orange, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Great Gatsby, Love in the Time of Cholera, Dead Souls, Little Women, Catch-22, Breakfast of Champions

*A separate thread for questions and game discussion has been added here.

Happy reading!!!

Sample list for copying:

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850
I2: New-to-You Author
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
G4: Banned Book
G5: Published 1950-1999

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author

I am so excited to start planning my 2015 reading challenges! I think by the end of the year I am going to try to complete the whole card.
Completed: 24/24 on December 28, 2015

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda✔
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic The Canterville Ghost✔
B3: Classic of Africa Things Fall Apart✔
B4: Romance Classic Black Sheep✔
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize The Leopard✔ (1959 Premio Strega)

I1: Published before 1850 Pride and Prejudice✔
I2: New-to-You Author The Great Gatsby✔
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic Perfume: The Story of a Murderer✔
I4: Translated Classic Bacchae✔
I5: Published 1850-1899 Cranford✔

N1: Classic of the Americas The Age of Innocence✔
N2: Short Story Collection The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes✔
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic Anne of Green Gables✔
N5: Classic of Europe The Count of Monte Cristo✔

G1: Published 1900-1949 Mrs. Dalloway✔
G2: More than 500 pages Mansfield Park✔
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic The Scarlet Pimpernel✔
G4: Banned Book Brave New World✔ #16
G5: Published 1950-1999 The Princess Bride✔

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity✔ (2012 National Book Award for Non-Fiction)
O2: Historical Classic I, Claudius✔
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania A Passage to India✔
O4: Classic Mystery The Moonstone✔
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Euphoria by Lily King✔ (2014 Kirkus Prize for Fiction)

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Yes! Count me in! Looks very good, Christine!

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (24-2-2015) - published 1813
I2: New-to-You Author
- Eline Vere by Louis Couperus (23-4-2015)
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899
- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (11-1-2015) - published 1851

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic
N5: Classic of Europe
- Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell (16-1-2015) - England

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
G4: Banned Book
G5: Published 1950-1999

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
- My Lady Ludlow by Elizabeth Gaskell (27-1-2015)
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery
- The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins (28-1-2015)
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author

I guess I have to try this because I suggested it...
Not yet sure what I am trying (first).

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B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize The Lover

I1: Published before 1850 The Vampyre: A Tale
I2: New-to-You Author
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic Sudenmorsian
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
G4: Banned Book
G5: Published 1950-1999

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery The Mysterious Affair at Styles
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Purge

I will give it a try. Not sure if I will complete the entire card but it looks like fun.

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Love in the Time of Cholera
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic The Diary of a Nobody
B3: Classic of Africa Things Fall Apart
B4: Romance Classic Tender Is the Night
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize The God of Small Things

I1: Published before 1850 Hamlet
I2: New-to-You Author A Separate Peace
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic The Haunting of Hill House
I4: Translated Classic Darkness at Noon
I5: Published 1850-1899 Notes from Underground

N1: Classic of the Americas Wise Blood
N2: Short Story CollectionThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic Black Beauty
N5: Classic of Europe Madame Bovary

G1: Published 1900-1949 The Sun Also Rises
G2: More than 500 pages Katherine
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic Starship Troopers
G4: Banned Book Silas Marner
G5: Published 1950-1999 Ironweed

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007 National Book Award winner
O2: Historical Classic Loving
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania On the Beach
O4: Classic Mystery The Moonstone
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Beloved
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Completed 08/28/15

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate: Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic: Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
B3: Classic of Africa: No Longer at Ease - Chinua Achebe
B4: Romance Classic: Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize: Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco

I1: Published before 1850: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
I2: New-to-You Author: Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic: Solaris - Stanisław Lem
I4: Translated Classic: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
I5: Published 1850-1899: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

N1: Classic of the Americas: North and South - John Jakes
N2: Short Story Collection: Books of Blood: Volume One - Clive Barker
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic: Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
N5: Classic of Europe: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories - Franz Kafka

G1: Published 1900-1949: Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawrence
G2: More than 500 pages: Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic: The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
G4: Banned Book: A Separate Peace - John Knowles
G5: Published 1950-1999: The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood

O1: Literary Prize, USA: The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
O2: Historical Classic: The Scarlet Pimpernel - Emmuska Orczy
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania: Owls Do Cry - Janet Frame
O4: Classic Mystery: The Thin Man - Dashiell Hammett
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author: Beloved - Toni Morrison

Tytti wrote: "(P.S. Could you put the list "empty" in the beginning so it would be easier to copy, or maybe with short descriptions.)"

Sure! Will add now.

I'm excited to try this one!


B1: WRITTEN BY A NOBEL LAUREATE: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez 1/31/15
B2: COMEDY/HUMOR OR SATIRE: Animal Farm by George Orwell 2/21/15
B3: CLASSIC OF AFRICA: Things Fall Apart - Classics in Context by Chinua Achebe 2/7/15
B4: ROMANCE CLASSIC: The Tenant at Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4/2/15
B5: WINNER OF A FOREIGN LITERARY PRIZE: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Orange Prize) 2/22/15

I1: PUBLISHED BEFORE 1850: The Iliad by Homer 7/15/15
I2:
I3: SCI-FI OR HORROR CLASSIC: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 4/3/15
I4:TRANSLATED CLASSIC: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
I5:

N1:CLASSIC OF THE AMERICAS: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 7/2/15
N2:
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: CHILDREN'S CLASSIC: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 2/22/15
N5:

G1: PUBLISHED 1900-1949: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5/17/15
G2:
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I'm in. If nothing else, by reading everyone's else's boards it ought to double my TBR list.

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic Cranford by Marie-Catharine d'AulnoyElizabeth Gaskell
B3: Classic of Africa Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
B4: Romance Classic Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary PrizeAndreas Eschbach Kurd-Laßwitz-Award (German SF Award) The Carpet Makers

I1: Published before 1850
I2: New-to-You Author: Hild by Nicola Griffith
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
I4: Translated Classic Tales of the Anishinaubaek: Ojibway Legends by Basil Johnston
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection Mermaids and Medicine Women: Native Myths and Legends by Basil Johnston
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic The White Cat and Other Old French Fairy Tales by Marie-Catharine d'Aulnoy
N5: Classic of Europe The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart

G1: Published 1900-1949 The Plague by Albert Camus (1948)
G2: More than 500 pages Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith (976 pages)
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
G4: Banned Book Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
G5: Published 1950-1999 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (first published 1959)

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (Pulitzer 2013)
O2: Historical ClassicThe Towers of Silence by Paul Scott
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania Miss Chopsticks by Xinran
O4: Classic Mystery Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Stacy Schiff (winner of the Pulitzer Prize) Cleopatra: A Life

I'm in. Something different for next year.



B1: Written by Nobel Laureate: Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa: Disgrace
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850: The Count of Monte Cristo
I2: New-to-You Author Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas: Requiem for a Dream
N2: Short Story Collection: The Garden Party
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic Veljeni Leijonamieli
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic The Island of Dr. Moreau
G4: Banned Book The Color Purple
G5: Published 1950-1999: Fight Club

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region: Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi (Finlandia palkinto 2000 winner)
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania: A Town Like Alice
O4: Classic Mystery: Sad Cypress
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author: Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)

All done! June 5th 2015
Progress: 24/24

✓B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Sult by Knut Hamsun
✓B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic The Canterville Ghost byOscar Wilde
✓B3: Classic of Africa Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
✓B4: Romance Classic The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
✓B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

✓I1: Published before 1850 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
✓I2: New-to-You Author The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
✓I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
✓I4: Translated Classic Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
✓I5: Published 1850-1899 Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

✓N1: Classic of the Americas Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
✓N2: Short Story Collection: Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl
N3: FREE SPACE
✓N4: Children's Classic: The Witches by Roald Dahl
✓N5: Classic of Europe Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham

✓G1: Published 1900-1949: The Trial by Franz Kafka
✓G2: More than 500 pages: Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
✓G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic: Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
✓G4: Banned Book Beloved by Toni Morrison
✓G5: Published 1950-1999 Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

✓O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region: Angels of the Universe by Einar Már Guðmundsson Winner of the 1995 Nordic Council Literature Prize
✓O2: Historical Classic: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
✓O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
✓O4: Classic Mystery The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
✓O5: Prize-Winning Female Author: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf

Completed 29th June 2015
Progress: 24/24

✓B1: Written by Nobel Laureate The Home and the World
✓B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic The Diary of Adam and Eve
✓B3: Classic of Africa Cry, the Beloved Country
✓B4: Romance Classic North and South
✓B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize The Woman Warrior

✓I1: Published before 1850 Jason and the Golden Fleece
✓I2: New-to-You Author Miss Lonelyhearts
✓I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic Flowers for Algernon
✓I4: Translated Classic The Death of Ivan Ilych
✓I5: Published 1850-1899 Cranford

✓N1: Classic of the Americas The Beautiful and Damned
✓N2: Short Story Collection Tales of the Jazz Age
N3: FREE SPACE
✓N4: Children's Classic Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
✓N5: Classic of Europe Bel-Ami

✓G1: Published 1900-1949 To the Lighthouse
✓G2: More than 500 pages The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
✓G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic Gulliver's Travels
✓G4: Banned Book Lady Chatterley's Lover
✓G5: Published 1950-1999 Speak, Memory

✓O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region Beowulf
✓O2: Historical Classic The Remains of the Day
✓O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania Spring Snow
✓O4: Classic Mystery The Woman in White
✓O5: Prize-Winning Female Author The Color Purple

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I joined this group with the long-term aim of reading all of Dickens, and something from each of the Nobel laureates. So I should be good for B1 at least...

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate: Beloved by Toni Morrison finished 12/1/15
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde finished 8/1/15
B3: Classic of Africa: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe finished 2/1/15
B4: Romance Classic: The Wine of Solitude by Irène Némirovsky finished 4/4/15
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize: Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez finished 6/1/15

I1: Published before 1850: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole finished 18/1/15
I2: New-to-You Author: Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield finished 7/11/15
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic: At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft finished 8/9/15
I4: Translated Classic: The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy finished 9/1/15
I5: Published 1850-1899: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky finished 6/1/15

N1: Classic of the Americas: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck finished 7/6/15
N2: Short Story Collection: The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse finished 11/11/15
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll finished 12/11/15
N5: Classic of Europe: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque finished 18/9/15

G1: Published 1900-1949: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf finished 14/4/15
G2: More than 500 pages: The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead finished 22/5/15
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic: Dracula by Bram Stoker finished 10/9/15
G4: Banned Book: The Trial by Franz Kafka finished 14/1/15
G5: Published 1950-1999: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind finished 12/11/15

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region: Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky finished 29/1/15
O2: Historical Classic: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins finished 3/10/15
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute finished 17/5/15
O4: Classic Mystery: The Crime at Tattenham Corner: An Inspector Stoddart Mystery by Annie Haynes finished 16/12/15
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier finished 6/5/15

Maybe there should be another thread for discussion and asking for suggestions etc.? So this one didn't get too long?

And I have a question: I suppose there is nothing against reading an awarded non-fiction book?

Tytti wrote: "Maybe there should be another thread for discussion and asking for suggestions etc.? So this one didn't get too long?

And I have a question: I suppose there is nothing against reading an awarded non-fiction book? "

Sure, I can make another thread for questions and discussion of the game. Regarding your second question, I think non-fiction is fine. As long as a book meets the requirement of a given square, feel free to be as creative as you'd like with your book choices!

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic - Cold Comfort Farm 20/06/15
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850
I2: New-to-You Author
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 05/04/15
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
G4: Banned Book
G5: Published 1950-1999

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author

Started in February. -> Finished 26.10.15

Books read: 25


B1: Written by Nobel Laureate: Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez and Love in the Time of Cholera
-> Nobel 1982 (7.2.15)
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic: The Princess Bride (23.6.2015)
B3: Classic of Africa: Things Fall Apart (15.9.15)
B4: Romance Classic: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (27.4.15)
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize: The Age of Innocence, Pulitzer price 1921 (19.4.15)

I1: Published before 1850 : The Murders in the Rue Morgue (29.6.15)
I2: New-to-You Author: Kristin Lavransdatter (5.10.15)
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic: Interview with the Vampire (25.7.15)
I4: Translated Classic: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer read in finnish; Tom Sawyerin seikkailut (1.3.15)
I5: Published 1850-1899: The Time Machine(17.9.15) Published 1895

N1: Classic of the Americas: A Farewell to Arms (26.10.15)
N2: Short Story Collection: Cantervillen kummitus: maailman parhaita tarinoita 33 short stories (27.3.15)
N3: FREE SPACE: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (5.5.15)
N4: Children's Classic: Mary Poppins (10.10.15)
N5: Classic of Europe: The Scarlet Pimpernel(20.3.15)

G1: Published 1900-1949: Mrs. Dalloway, published 1925 (7.3.15)
G2: More than 500 pages: Täällä Pohjantähden alla 1–3 -> Pages: 1150 (29.8.15)
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic: The Children of Húrin (28.8.15)
G4: Banned Book : Madame Bovary (5.9.15)
G5: Published 1950-1999: The Unbearable Lightness of Being -> published 1999 (20.4.15)

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region: Puhdistus -> Finlandia-prize 2008 (8.3.15)
O2: Historical Classic: Sudenmorsian (30.8.15)
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania: Snow Country -> by Nobel prize winner, japanese author Yasunari Kawabata (19.9.15)
O4: Classic Mystery: Rebecca (7.6.15)
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf ->first woman to win the nobel prize of literature 1909 (28.4.2015)

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Jäähyväiset aseille by Ernest Hemingway
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
B3: Classic of Africa Aké - lapsuusvuodet (Aké: The Years of Childhood) by Wole Soyinka
B4: Romance Classic Viisasteleva sydän (Persuasion) by Jane Austen
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize Kaikki se valo jota emme näe (All The Light We Cannot See) by Anthony Doerr (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014)

I1: Published before 1850 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I2: New-to-You Author Veikko Huovinen Havukka-ahon ajattelija
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
I4: Translated Classic Beowulf: muinaisenglantilainen sankarieepos by Unknown
I5: Published 1850-1899 Carmilla ja muita kertomuksia by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

N1: Classic of the Americas Rakkautta koleran aikaan (Love in the Time of Cholera) by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
N2: Short Story Collection The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic Salainen puutarha (Secret Garden) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
N5: Classic of Europe Oedipus the King by Sophocles

G1: Published 1900-1949 Kuolema Niilillä (Death on the Nile) by Agatha Christie (published 1937)
G2: More than 500 pages Sota ja rauha 1-4 by Leo Tolstoy (1865 pages)
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
G4: Banned Book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
G5: Published 1950-1999 Kissan kehto by Kurt Vonnegut

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region Kesän varjot by Bo Carpelan (Finlandia Prize 2005)
O2: Historical Classic Manillaköysi (The Manila Rope) by Veijo Meri
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania Hiekkaa (The Woman in the Dunes) by Kōbō Abe
O4: Classic Mystery Kissa kyyhkyslakassa (Cat Among the Pigeons) by Agatha Christie
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Ursula K. Le Guin Rocannon's World

Can I use bookspreviously read for bingo card?

Can I have a mixture of books read previously and book I have not yet read for bongo card?

Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "Can I use bookspreviously read for bingo card?

Can I have a mixture of books read previously and book I have not yet read for bongo card?"

Sorry, no, the game rules require that you use only books that you finished reading in 2015.

If you REread a book in 2015, then you can certainly use it for your bingo card.

Christine, thank you for clearing this up.

For bingo, can we select classics that are not on our group shelves?

Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "For bingo, can we select classics that are not on our group shelves?"

I'm pretty sure our Mod's will answer: of course! (it is always good to bring in 'new' books, which can be put on the group shelve as well! Part of the fun is, seeing what other people have read, to get new ideas!).

Thanks for responding.

Elsbeth wrote: "Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "For bingo, can we select classics that are not on our group shelves?"

I'm pretty sure our Mod's will answer: of course! (it is always good to bring in 'new' books, w..."

Elsbeth is correct! As long as a book meets the requirements of a square, you can choose any book that interests you.

Thanks Christine.

Completed Bingo Blackout 8/9/15

Looks like fun.

24/24

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate-John Steinbeck,1962 - The Red Pony, 2/27/15
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic-The Canterville Ghost, 1/14/15
B3: Classic of Africa-Things Fall Apart, 2/3/15
B4: Romance Classic-Pride and Prejudice, 1/13/15
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize-Nordic Council Literature Prize (1963) - The Ice Palace, 2/24/15

I1: Published before 1850-Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, 4/10/15
I2: New-to-You Author-Robert A. Heinlein,Stranger in a Strange Land, 3/30/15
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic-2001: A Space Odyssey, 4/4/15
I4: Translated Classic-Notes from the Underground, 2/28/15
I5: Published 1850-1899-Cranford, 1851, 1/6/15

N1: Classic of the Americas-Burning Daylight by Jack London, 1910, 5/23/15
N2: Short Story Collection-Love of Life: & Other Stories, 2/10/15
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic-Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein. 6/28/15
N5: Classic of Europe-Jamaica Inn, 3/21/15

G1: Published 1900-1949-Mrs. Dalloway, 1925, 2/22/15
G2: More than 500 pages-The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 535 pages, 6/4/15
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic-Gulliver's Travels, 1726, 1/28/15
G4: Banned Book-Lolita, 6/24/15
G5: Published 1950-1999-Interview with the Vampire, 1976, 6/30/15

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region-Dune, 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel, 6/20/15
O2: Historical Classic-All Quiet on the Western Front, 8/9/15
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania- Kim, 7/5/15
O4: Classic Mystery- The Murders in the Rue Morgue, 5/23/15
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author-The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Pulitzer Prize 1921, 3/10/15

I'm in too. At least I can use virtually all the books I picked for the 12 + 2 challenge.

24/24 Completed on 7/1/15

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 3/19/15
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm 5/25/15
B3: Classic of Africa Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 2/4/15
B4: Romance Classic Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 6/26/15
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Man Booker) 6/7/15

I1: Published before 1850 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving 2/14/15
I2: New-to-You Author - At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien 1/21/15
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 2/28/15
I4: Translated Classic War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 3/6/15
I5: Published 1850-1899 Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 1/4/15

N1: Classic of the Americas Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner 6/14/15
N2: Short Story Collection A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4/29/15
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne 4/1/15
N5: Classic of Europe A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 7/1/15

G1: Published 1900-1949 - Tender Is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald 1/7/15
G2: More than 500 pages Middlemarch by George Eliot 4/25/15
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 5/6/15
G4: Banned Book 1984 by George Orwell 6/27/15
G5: Published 1950-1999 Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin 2/10/15

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (Pulitzer 2013) 3/10/15
O2: Historical Classic Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5/18/15
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 6/12/15
O4: Classic Mystery Double Indemnity by James M. Cain 2/12/15
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (Pulitzer) 4/11/15

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B1: July's People by Nadine Gordimer, 1991 Nobel Peace Peace Prize for Literature Completed 2/28

B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, Completed 2/19

B3: Classic of Africa: Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, 209pp Completed 1/29

B4: Romance Classic: Emma by Jane Austen. Competed 5/4

B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize: White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Five Prizes in the year 2000: 1) James Tait Black Memorial Prize; 2) Whitbread Book Award; Guardian First Book Award; Betty Trask Award and: 50 Commonwealth Writer's First Book Prize. Completed 4/25

I1: Published before 1850: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, 251 pp. (eBook) Completed 1/24/15

I2: New-to-You Author: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 180 pp. Completed 1/2/15

I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic: The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice. Completed 7/16

I4: Translated Classic: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Completed 3/28

I5: Published 1850-1899: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell, 257 pp. Completed 1/3/15

N1: Classic of the Americas: Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez. Completed 1/23

N2: Short Story Collection: The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales by Edgar Allen Poe Completed 6/25

N3: FREE SPACE

N4: Children's Classic: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, 176 pp. Completed 1/7/15

N5: Classic of Europe: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Completed 3/25


G1: Published 1900-1949: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Completed 6/16

G2: More than 500 pages: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. Completed 4/16

G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, Completed 7/1

G4: Banned Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, 310 pp. Completed 8/14

G5: Published 1950-1999: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Completed 1/12/15

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss. 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobioraphy. Completed 3/14

O2: Historical Classic: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott. Completed 2/27

O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania: Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff, Completed 6/28

O4: Classic Mystery: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, Completed 1/23/15.

O5: Prize-Winning Female Author: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. 1921 Pulitzer Prize Completed 4/4

Ooh this seems like fun! This will (hopefully) keep me motivated to read more classics in 2015. I'm not sure what I'll go for yet, so I'll delete the excess when I decide, and add my books when I narrow them down.

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic Jane Eyre completed Feb. 17
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850
I2: New-to-You Author
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899 The Picture of Dorian Gray completed March 19

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
G4: Banned Book
G5: Published 1950-1999

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author

I'm going to do Level one, four corners. Doesn't sound like much, but I also plan to read some of the selections by this and other groups throughout the year.
My selections are:
B1: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
B5: Potiki by Patricia Grace
O1: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
O5: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

9/25 Completed

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate: Waiting for Godot
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850: The Prince
I2: New-to-You Author
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic: The Time Machine
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949: Animal Farm
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic: Frankenstein
G4: Banned Book: Lolita
G5: Published 1950-1999: Stoner

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author: The Secret History

Suzie wrote: "I'm going to do Level one, four corners. Doesn't sound like much, but I also plan to read some of the selections by this and other groups throughout the year.
My selections are:
B1: [book:East of..."

Four corners is great, Suzie! I wanted this to be a game that everyone could participate in even if they can only commit to reading 4-5 classics throughout the year, so I'm glad you chose that option!

@Suzie - I'm not sure either at how much I will be able to read. I just copied the whole Bingo-field and will see how far it will take me (just like real bingo ;)...)!

I would love to join! I don't have any book picks yet though.

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850
I2: New-to-You Author
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
G4: Banned Book
G5: Published 1950-1999

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author

2015 Classics Bingo
1/25

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate One Hundred Years of Solitude
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (01/01)
B3: Classic of Africa Things Fall Apart
B4: Romance Classic Emma
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize Fahrenheit 451



I1: Published before 1850 Gulliver's Travels
I2: New-to-You Author The Bell Jar
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic 1984
I4: Translated Classic The Brothers Karamazov
I5: Published 1850-1899 The Picture of Dorian Gray



N1: Classic of the Americas The Catcher in the Rye
N2: Short Story Collection The Lottery and Other Stories
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic The Little Prince
N5: Classic of Europe The Death of Ivan Ilych



G1: Published 1900-1949 Winnie-the-Pooh
G2: More than 500 pages Ulysses
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic Around the World in Eighty Days
G4: Banned Book Lolita
G5: Published 1950-1999 Slaughterhouse-Five



O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region Het verdriet van België
O2: Historical Classic Jane Eyre
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania Tao Te Ching
O4: Classic Mystery A Study in Scarlet
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author To Kill a Mockingbird

This sounds like fun. I'm in.
16/24

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Love in the Time of Cholera 1/12/15
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic Catch-22
B3: Classic of Africa King Solomon's Mines 5/18/15
B4: Romance Classic Madame Bovary 6/24/15
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize Aura

I1: Published before 1850 The Count of Monte Cristo
I2: New-to-You Author The Scarlet Pimpernel 3/12/15
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic Foundation 2/28/15
I4: Translated Classic The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1 8/19/15
I5: Published 1850-1899 Cranford 1/23/15

N1: Classic of the Americas The Bell Jar
N2: Short Story Collection Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy 6/12/15
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic The Little Prince 1/13/15
N5: Classic of Europe The Prince 3/4/15

G1: Published 1900-1949 This Side of Paradise
G2: More than 500 pages The Mists of Avalon 5/14/15
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic Magician: Apprentice, Volume 12/6/15
G4: Banned Book The Awakening 4/30/15
G5: Published 1950-1999 House of Sand and Fog

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region Fight Club
O2: Historical Classic The Other Boleyn Girl 3/19/2015
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania A Passage to India
O4: Classic Mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles 2/13/15
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author The Forgotten Beasts of Eld 2/24/15

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Awrighty...I'm in all the way.

B1:Nobel Laureate Absalom, Absalom!
B2:Comedy/Satire Lucky Jim
B3:Africa A Bend in the River
B4:Romance The French Lieutenant's Woman
B5:Foreign Literary Prize One Hundred Years of Solitude

I1:Pre 1950 Frankenstein
I2:New to me author The Moviegoer
I3:Sci Fi Dune
I4:Translated The Trial
I5:1850-1899 David Copperfield

N1:Americas Death Comes for the Archbishop
N2:Short story collection The Complete Stories
N3:FREE SPACE
N4:Childrens The Call of the Wild
N5:Europe Emma

G1:1900-1949 Tropic of Cancer
G2:500+ pages Of Human Bondage
G3:Fantasy/Adventure Nostromo
G4:Banned book The Adventures of Augie March
G5:1950-1999 Pale Fire

O1:Lit prize in my country Gravity's Rainbow
O2:Historical I, Claudius
O3:Oceania Picnic at Hanging Rock
O4:Mystery The Big Sleep
O5:Prize winning female author Beloved

Joseph wrote: "Awrighty...I'm in all the way.

Picnic at Hanging Rock - nice! I must read it again, I studied it in high school. If you haven't seen the film I highly recommend it, a great Aussie classic!

I like that you have I, Claudius.

Have you seen the series?

Suzie wrote: "Joseph wrote: "Awrighty...I'm in all the way.

Picnic at Hanging Rock - nice! I must read it again, I studied it in high school. If you haven't seen the film I highly recommend it, a great Aussie c..."

Thanks...yeah, after I read it. I'll hunt down the film.

Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "I like that you have I, Claudius.

Have you seen the series?"

Not in entirety. I'll wait on it now until I've read it.

The series is excellent.

My public library has it and yours may also have it.

Sign me up please!
2015 Classics Bingo Challenge
Duration: Jan.-Dec.

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
B3: Classic of Africa
B4: Romance Classic
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: Published before 1850
I2: New-to-You Author- The Surgeon, author Tess Gerritsen
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic
I4: Translated Classic
I5: Published 1850-1899

N1: Classic of the Americas
N2: Short Story Collection
N3: FREE SPACE- Crescendo
N4: Children's Classic
N5: Classic of Europe

G1: Published 1900-1949
G2: More than 500 pages
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
G4: Banned Book
G5: Published 1950-1999

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
O2: Historical Classic
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
O4: Classic Mystery
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author

Laurie wrote: "I'm in too. At least I can use virtually all the books I picked for the 12 + 2 challenge.

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Laurie, I not only used books from the 12 + 2 challenge, I used all three of the January group read selections + the 1st Q long read title. Great minds think alike! ;)

Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "Laurie wrote: "I'm in too. At least I can use virtually all the books I picked for the 12 + 2 challenge.

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Laurie, I not only used books from the 12 + 2 challenge, I used all three of the Janua..."

Wish I could do that too, but I have already read Gatsby and The Count. I will use Cranford but not sure if I'll read LitToC.

Ok I think I got mine all worked out, I'm going to try to get them all, a lot of them are going to be in my 12+2 challenge as well. A few of them are rereads, but it has been awhile.

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate Love in the Time of Cholera
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic Animal Farm
B3: Classic of Africa Things Fall Apart
B4: Romance Classic Jane Eyre
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize Alias Grace (winner of 1997 Giller Prize in Canada)

I1: Published before 1850 Pride and Prejudice
I2: New-to-You Author Gone with the Wind
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic 1984
I4: Translated Classic Don Quixote
I5: Published 1850-1899 Little Women

N1: Classic of the Americas The Old Man and the Sea
N2: Short Story Collection Stone Mattress: Nine Tales read 5/5-5/9
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Children's Classic Anne of Green Gables read 1/17-1/18
N5: Classic of Europe Wuthering Heights

G1: Published 1900-1949 The Great Gatsby read 1/12-1/17
G2: More than 500 pages The Count of Monte Cristo read 1/1-5/5
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
G4: Banned Book Beloved
G5: Published 1950-1999 The Joy Luck Club

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region The Truth About Celia (winner of 2004 Booker Worthen Literary Prize in Arkansas)
O2: Historical Classic Wives and Daughters
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania The Inheritance of Loss
O4: Classic Mystery A Study in Scarlet
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author Euphoria (winner of Whiting Writer's Award)

Andrea (Catsos Person) wrote: "I used titles from my 12+2 challenge too."

Haha it just made sense, it will give me double the incentive to get them read this year!

Love the sound of this, count me in too!


Classics Bingo, January 01 - December 31
Goal: 25/25

B1: Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez - 20 Jan 2015, 4/5
B2: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut - 31 Jul 2015, 4/5
B3: Sinuhe the Egyptian by Mika Waltari - 30 Sep 2015, 5/5
B4: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy - 21 Feb 2015, 5/5
B5: Beowulf by Unknown - 03 Apr 2015, 2/5

I1: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift - 24 Jan 2015, 3/5
I2: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham - 21 Mar 2015, 4/5
I3: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein - 28 Jan 2015, 4/5
I4: The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe - 19 Feb 2015, 3/5
I5: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell - 19 Jan 2015, 4/5

N1: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - 05 Apr 2015, 4/5
N2: Dubliners by James Joyce - 31 Mar 2015, 4/5
N3: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne - 22 May 2015, 3/5
N4: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - 20 Feb 2015, 4/5
N5: The Stranger by Albert Camus - 18 Feb 2015, 3/5

G1: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - 03 Mar 2015, 3/5
G2: Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner - 11 Feb 2015, 4/5
G3: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - 25 Apr 2015, 4/5
G4: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë - 26 Apr 2015, 4/5
G5: The Leopard: A Novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - 08 May 2015, 4/5

O1: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin - 10 Jun 2015, 4/5
O2: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy - 11 Mar 2015, 3/5
O3: The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham - 06 Apr 2015, 3/5
O4: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - 20 May 2015, 4/5
O5: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - 12 Feb 2015, 4/5

I think I'll join in this one :) Really want to join them all, but I'm so awful at challenges that are too fixed in what books you can read. This sounds more my speed, I think I'll just go along and fill it in until I have 5 in a row, if that's okay :)

Read: 25 - BINGO! :)

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway, 19/05/2015
B2: Comedy/Humor or Satire Classic
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, 07/05/2015
B3: Classic of Africa
Heart of Darkness by Joaeph Conrad, 13/09/2015
B4: Romance Classic
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, 01/02/2015
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, 28/07/2015

I1: Published before 1850
Pamela. Or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson, 06/01/2015
I2: New-to-You Author
The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith, 10/01/2015
I3: Sci-Fi or Horror Classic
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, 09/05/2015
I4: Translated Classic
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, 15/07/2015
I5: Published 1850-1899
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 15/06/2015

N1: Classic of the Americas
The Cider House Rules by John Irving, 27/05/2015
N2: Short Story Collection
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse, 29/07/2015
N3: FREE SPACE
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, 31/05/2015
N4: Children's Classic
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, 11/01/2015
N5: Classic of Europe
Emma by Jane Austen, 20/05/2015

G1: Published 1900-1949
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 10/08/2015
G2: More than 500 pages
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville, 19/02/2015
G3: Fantasy or Adventure Classic
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, 18/05/2015
G4: Banned Book
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, 01/08/2015
G5: Published 1950-1999
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, 23/02/2015

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
Endgame by Samuel Beckett, 27/11/2015
O2: Historical Classic
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 24/01/2015
O3: Classic of Asia or Oceania
The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W.E. Bowman, 28/05/2015 (takes place in the Himalayas)
O4: Classic Mystery
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 16/02/2015
O5: Prize-Winning Female Author
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 21/06/2015