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1914 and earlier
1. Farthest North: The Incredible Three-Year Voyage to the Frozen Latitudes of the North by Fridtjof Nansen, 1897
2. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table by Thomas Malory, 1485
3. The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 1796
1915-2005/New School
4. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, 1926
5. Independent People by Halldór Laxness, 1934
6. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis, 1946
Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors
✅7. Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty by Robert K. Massie
8. Lincoln by Gore Vidal
9. Newton's Cannon by Greg Keyes
10. The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C.S. Lewis
11. Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
12. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
Alternates
A-1. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
A-2. Crimson Sails by Alexander Grin (28-Sep-2013) Paperback by Alexander Grin
A-3. The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
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1. 19th Century or Older -
2. 20th Century - The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
3. 21st Century - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
4. Nonfiction - The Peabody Sisters by Megan Marshall
5. An Author never read before - Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson
6. Diversity, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
7. Members Choice Genre -
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Seek out at least six (6) authors that you have never previously read, from any genre or era you want.
1. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson
2. James by Percival Everett
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Read 18 short stories.
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The challenge is to read 12 total books/stories from this year's selected group reads. Your reads can come from this year's poll winners, the Buddy Read Requests, or the new Moderators Run Amok! There should be plenty of choices.
1. The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
2. The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
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Series Completed:
By Suzanne Collins.
1) Gregor The Overlander
2) Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
3) Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins
4) Gregor and the Marks of Secret
5) Gregor and the Code of Claw
Series under consideration to be read in 2025
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After
The Vicomte de Bragelonne
Louise de La Vallière
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Red Sphinx: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
Considering rereading
Harry Potter series
The Lord of the Ring including The Hobbit
And not classics, but would like to reread The Stormlight Archive Series in preparation for Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
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A: Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
B: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
C: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
D: Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull
E: Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson
F: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
G: Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
H: The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
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J: James by Percival Everett
K: A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman
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M: The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
N: Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty by Robert K. Massie
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P: The Peabody Sisters by Megan Marshall
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R: Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
S: Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
T: Truman by David McCullough
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W: The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell
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A: Louise Aronson - Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
B: Fredrik Backman - The Answer Is No
C: Suzanne Collins - Gregor the Overlander
D: Sarah Beth Durst - The Warbler
E: Percival Everett - James
F: Heather Fawcett - Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
G: Annette Gordon-Reed - The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
H: Richard Hofstadter - Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
I: Eowyn Ivey - Black Woods, Blue Sky
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L: Ariel Lawhon - The Frozen River
M: Megan Marshall - The Peabody Sisters
N: Megan Kate Nelson - The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West
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P: Sharon Kay Penman - A King's Ransom
Q: Kate Quinn - The Briar Club
R: Katherine Rundell - The Wolf Wilder
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U: Luis Alberto Urrea - Into the Beautiful North
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W: Django Wexler - Ashes of the Sun
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Y: Yangsze Choo - The Fox Wife
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I like your Old/New list, Katy -- I just added Zorba the Greek to my challenge! Have fun reading in 2025 :)
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Thank you. I hope we both enjoy Zorba the Greek
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A-Z will happen as I read; I'll be looking at other threads to get ideas for some of the tricky letters.
Wow, your Old & New TBR looks pretty ambitious. Enjoy your planning!
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Planning is so much fun.
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1) Gregor The Overlander
2) Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
Well done -- I hope you enjoyed them!
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Katy wrote: "I've finished up a few non-fiction books and used them on the A-Z challenges."Wow you've really read a lot. Looks like January was a good month.
Lynn is right -- you've made a ton of progresses on your challenges this month!
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Mostly it is because I remember in January to record my challenges. I tend to slack off over the year. But this year....
Well done -- I hope you enjoyed it too!
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It is a very good book.
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