Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Hey there! :-)
I'm back again for the buffet challenge! I haven't finised my 2022 buffet yet and probably won't finish it, but I've finihsed some meals and others I'm stiil eating on so it isn't in too bad a shape! That's why I will try to restreign myself again and maybe in 2023 the impossible will happen and I will manage to finish my years book buffet!! ;-)

The challenges I will be doing:
- Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
- Challenge #4 - Members Choice
- Challenge #5 - Short Story
- Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors

Reserved Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR 7/12

1899 and earlier/Old School
1) The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
2) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
3) Walden by Henry David Thoreau

1900-1999/New School
1) To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
2) A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
3) A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

My Wild Card Six
1) Unlocking the Air by Ursula K. Le Guin read begin january
2) The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk read in feb/mar
3) The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
4) Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales by Gordon Jarvie
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Reserved Challenge #4 - Members Choice 5/12

1. 19th Century,
2. 20th Century, Island by Aldous Huxley read in february
3. A book originally written in a language other than your own The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
4. Current or Past Group Read The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
5. An Author not read before The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda
7. Science Fiction/Fantasy Dune by Frank Herbert
8. Action/Adventure,
9. Childrens/Young Adult The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman read 22 -23 january
10. Nonfiction J.r.r. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
11. Mystery/Thriller,
12. Horror or Humor The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts by Douglas Adams

Reserved Challenge #5 - Short Story 4/24
1. "Du pain et des jeux" by Bernard Werber ( from the short story collection L'Arbre des possibles et autres histoires )
2. "La dernière révolte" by Bernard Werber ( from the short story collection L'Arbre des possibles et autres histoires )
3. "Bâtard" from the collection The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories by Jack London
4. The Bear byWilliam Faulkner

Reserved Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors
Progress: 3/6

1. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer read begin january
2. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
3. Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
4. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer currently reading

Welcome to the buffet, so glad you will be dining with us. Enjoy!

Bob wrote: "Welcome to the buffet, so glad you will be dining with us. Enjoy!"
Thank you!! :-)

I'm also planning to read To Kill a Mockingbird, maybe we'll have two Buddy reads?

You have two of my favourites on your lists - The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - a Trilogy in Five Parts of which I've read four.
I still haven't decide whether to read the fifth just like that or whether I should do a reread of the first four before reading the fifth. I think it's more than twenty years since I read them. The last book hadn't been written at the time.

Nike wrote: "I'm also planning to read To Kill a Mockingbird, maybe we'll have two Buddy reads?

You have two of my favourites on your lists - The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the..."

Sure, why not! :-) Around when in your schedule you plan to read To Kill a Mocking bird?

Nice! I'm looking forward to read them :-) Especially The Hitch hiking Guide to the Galaxy as it seems really fun! ;-)

It's actually an extra - so I'll probably take on to much reading anyway 😬.

I'll wait a bit though, first I want to know how I will cope with my plans.

So a lot of things happened for me this year and I really lost track of all this reading stuff..! I will try to still complete somethings but it will not be a full complet for sure. Anyways it isn't that fact of completing that is most important but the fun of reading time! ;-) So I will just see along the way of the last couple of months how far I come :-)

Have fun with your end of year reading!

Wobbley wrote: "Have fun with your end of year reading!"

Thanks! Same for you! :-)

Just have fun reading, Irphen! I see you are reading A Wizard of Earthsea. I enjoyed Le Guin's books this year. Hope you enjoy them too.

Shaina wrote: "Just have fun reading, Irphen! I see you are reading A Wizard of Earthsea. I enjoyed Le Guin's books this year. Hope you enjoy them too."
Thank you! Actually I must say I enjoyed all Le Guin's books I've read! And A wizard of earthsea is no execption so far! ;-)

Irphen wrote: "Shaina wrote: "Just have fun reading, Irphen! I see you are reading A Wizard of Earthsea. I enjoyed Le Guin's books this year. Hope you enjoy them too."
Thank you! Actually I must say I enjoyed all..."

Irphen, I read A Wizard of Earthsea only a couple of months ago and enjoyed it. Hope you do too! :)