Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

I tried this last year and found I just could not keep up with everything I wanted to read! I am also in Around the Year in 52 Books, and that group always ends up being my priority...

That being said, I've read a lot of "side reads" this year that didn't fit categories for either challenge.

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Here's the list:

B1: Written by Nobel Laureate
B2: Children’s Classic
Just So Stories
B3 Government Banned Book
B4: Classic Made into a Film/TV
Murder at the Vicarage
B5: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize

I1: 20th Century Classic
The Stand
I2: New-to-You Author
I3: Mystery or Crime Classic
Murder on the Orient Express
I4: Classic of More than 500 Pages
I5: 18th Century or Earlier Classic

N1: North American Classic
To A God Unknown
N2: Classic Short Story
N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Classic Play
N5: African Classic
Out of Africa

G1: 19th Century Classic
In a Glass Darkly
G2: Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith & Editors)
G3: Adventure or Action Classic
G4: Group Read
G5: 21st Century Potential Classic

O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region
The Back of the Turtle
O2: Lesser known book by a famous author
O3: Australia, Antarctica, or Oceania Classic
A Town Like Alice
O4: A Classic that you have put off reading
Middlemarch sigh.
or The Picture of Dorian Gray
or Ethan Frome?
O5: Classic written by a Female Author
A Wizard of Earthsea

I'm determined to read The Stand next year. Good to see it on your list!

Angie wrote: "I'm determined to read The Stand next year. Good to see it on your list!"

You and me both! I just finished supper and I was talking about The Stand with my husband and how I've been talking about reading it!

Reserved!

Reserved!

Welcome to the challenge MJ and I hope you have fun reading in 2018. That is some list! Good luck

We've got a few books in common on our list. I hope you'll enjoy your Bingo. Good luck!

Finished Murder on the Orient Express
for I3 A mystery or murder classic

Ah! Our dear Poirot :0) Did you watch the new film adaptation too? It was very good - Brannagh is not as good as Suchet, but does a great job nonetheless.

The Stand is excellent, by the way :0)

Nice start of your challenge.

Veronique wrote: "Ah! Our dear Poirot :0) Did you watch the new film adaptation too? It was very good - Brannagh is not as good as Suchet, but does a great job nonetheless.

The Stand is excellent, by the way :0)

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I haven't seen the new movie and was not really planning to. I haven't had the urge to see new movies in recent years! I do want to read more of Christie's Poirot series though. Good to hear about The Stand. I will tackle that one when and if I finish Ulysses!

I've been away for the last two months and didn't get nearly as much reading in as I'd hoped BUT I did read Stephen King's The Stand

For I1 - a twentieth century classic.

And how did you enjoy The Stand?

Tammy wrote: "And how did you enjoy The Stand?"

I really enjoyed it! That said, I read the uncut version and there were a few places where it dragged, and I wonder if those parts were what was originally left out. There were so many characters that sometimes I had trouble keeping them straight.

Maybe someday I will read the original version. Haha.

I finally finished another book for this challenge!

To a God Unknown for
N1: North American Classic

I really enjoyed it.

I finally got to:
Just So Stories for
B2: Children’s Classic

Honestly, it took a day.

In the months since my last comment, I also managed to finish
The Back of the Turtle
O1: Literary Prize of Your Country/Region (Canada).

I need to read more of Thomas King.

Earlier this year, I started and abandoned The Golden Notebook for
B1: Written by Nobel Laureate

and Ulysses for
G4: Group Read

Abandoned, not because I didn't like them, but because I've been too busy this year. I'd like to get back to both. Realistically, I will manage to finish A Wizard of Earthsea for
O5: Classic written by a Female Author

and hopefully something else. A bunch of the books on my list appeal to me, but it's about time. It's December. I'm low on family, so my seasonal commitments are few. I bury myself in books instead. We'll see what I can finish between this challenge and my other GR reading challenge.

For G1 a 19th century classic,
I am picking up In a Glass Darkly

This has been on my tbr since I joined goodreads. It is not my first choice right now. Some of the longer books on my bingo list appeal more, but this one is short - ish. It is also on Project Gutenberg - and I am currently on lunch break at work, with only work-related books in sight!

For B4: Classic Made into a Film/TV
Out of Africa

This has been on my tbr for a while, and although I've put it into my reading plans for the last few years, I've been avoiding actually reading it. I went through the books I have left for my other reading challenge, and this was one of the few available at the library for me to pick up today.

I suppose I could also read it for the prompt, An African classic, but I know this is also a movie. Interestingly, the copy I picked up is a first edition (1937) printed in Glasgow. They don't make books like they used to! It is in surprisingly great shape. The first few pages make me happy. I hope I enjoy the rest of it.

I hope you enjoy the book also. And it looks like you are doing fine with this challenge.

Just finished A Wizard of Earthsea for
O5: Classic written by a Female Author

I enjoyed it much more than I expected!

Still working on Out of Africa, and hope to finish it before the calendar changes over.

I have finished reading Out of Africa. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would! It can be counted for
N5: African Classic

I just started reading Murder at the Vicarage and I am going to see if I can fit it somewhere. I suspect not...

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Aha! It fits for B4: Classic Made into a Film/TV!

Finished Murder At the Vicarage, which is my favourite Agatha Christie book to date (it bring my A.C. read count to a paltry 3).

I think that brings this year's bingo to a close for me, although I hope to finish at least one more of the books (not for this bingo) I'm currently reading before the calendar changes tonight.

Happy New Year everyone! I can't wait to tackle my 2019 reading pile tomorrow!