Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Old School

1. The Three Muskateers - Alexandre Dumas (1844)
2. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (1859)
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain (1884)

New School

4. Murder on the Orient Epress - Agatha Chrsitie (1934)
5. The Plague - Albert Camus (1948)
6. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry (1999)

Wildcards

7. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf (1927)
8. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith (1943)
9. East of Eden - John Steinbeck (1952)
10. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce - Eric Metaxas (2007)
11. The Sellout - Paul Beatty (2016)
12. When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi (2016)

Alternates
13. Out of Africa - Isak Denisen (1937)
14. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt (2011)

Please let me know if I've done something wrong. :) Also, any suggestions will we well-received. Happy reading!

Welcome to the challenge, hope you enjoy it.

I added your name to your title to help all of us know whose challenge it is. Happy Reading, it looks good.

I'm glad you've decided to join our challenge Mike, it all looks good to me!

You've got some great books on your list and a few I'll be attempting myself in 2017 (The Three Musketeers, To the Lighthouse, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) I read The Sisters Brothers a couple of years ago and was very pleasantly surprised by it, so I hope you enjoy it too. Good luck with all of your choices :)

Kathy wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, hope you enjoy it.

I added your name to your title to help all of us know whose challenge it is. Happy Reading, it looks good."

Oops. Thanks.

Pink wrote: "I'm glad you've decided to join our challenge Mike, it all looks good to me!

You've got some great books on your list and a few I'll be attempting myself in 2017 (The Three Musketeers, To the Lig..."

Thanks Pink. I'm not too sure about The Sisters Brothers (alternate), but it's been on my TBR list for some time. Good luck to you as well.

Enjoy your challenge, Mike!

(I love your "self-portrait!)

:)

Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "Enjoy your challenge, Mike!

(I love your "self-portrait!)

:)"

Ha. I only have so much to work with. :)

Welcome to the challenge!
Read A Tale of Two Cities this year and loved it...hope you do too!

Welcome to the challenge, Mike!

Mark Twain is always a riot to read, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is good too.

Susie wrote: "Welcome to the challenge!
Read A Tale of Two Cities this year and loved it...hope you do too!"

Pretty excited. I can't think of many better story-tellers than Dickens. Thanks.

Melanti wrote: "Welcome to the challenge, Mike!

Mark Twain is always a riot to read, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is good too."

Thanks Melanti. It's a pretty daunting list for my schedule, but who doesn't love a good challenge?

Nice list, Mike! I've read your first nine & enjoyed them all. I haven't read any of your 10-14! Although, Out of Africa is on my challenge list for 2017. Have fun :)

Great list Mike! I'm also planning on reading The Three Musketeers, A Tale of Two Cities, and To the Lighthouse next year. I love Agatha Christie, but for some reason, I haven't read Murder on the Orient Express yet and need to get around to it.

I hope you enjoy reading them all and have fun with the challenge :)

Terris wrote: "Nice list, Mike! I've read your first nine & enjoyed them all. I haven't read any of your 10-14! Although, Out of Africa is on my challenge list for 2017. Have fun :)"

I like the name Terris. As you can see, my grad studies have put me a little behind on the classics. :)

Renee wrote: "Great list Mike! I'm also planning on reading The Three Musketeers, A Tale of Two Cities, and To the Lighthouse next year. I love Agatha Christie, but for some ..."

Hey Renee! Sounds like we will be working through some of the same stuff. My favorite Christie is And Then There Were None. If you haven't already, check it out. Good luck on the challenge.

Good luck with your first challenge. I'm planning to read A Tale of Two Cities and Murder on the Orient Express this year. I read Huckleberry Finn last year. Happy reading!

Half Price Books today. I picked up four books on my list. Score!

Thanks Amanda! To you as well.

Great list Mike. Murder on the Orient Express is one of my all time favorites and I plan on reading Lonesome Dove next year as well.

1. The Three Muskateers - Alexandre Dumas (1844)
2. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (1859)
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain (1884)

New School

4. Murder on the Orient Epress - Agatha Chrsitie (1934)
5. The Plague - Albert Camus (1948)
6. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry (1999)

Wildcards

7. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf (1927)
8. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith (1943)
9. East of Eden - John Steinbeck (1952)
10. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce - Eric Metaxas (2007) - 1/24/2017
11. The Sellout - Paul Beatty (2016)
12. When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi (2016)

Alternates
13. Out of Africa - Isak Denisen (1937)
14. The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt (2011)

Please let me know if I've done something wrong. :) Also, any suggestions will we well-received. Happy reading!

Congrats on finishing your first book for this challenge. How was it?

Hey Pink! Overall, I enjoyed the book. Although I found myself frustrated at times with the author, it's a book I would recommend. If interested, here's the link to my review.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Congrats on finishing your first as well. I'm on to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and I'm continuing The Three Muskateers.

Thanks I'll take a look :)