Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

B1: Book Published 1950 - 1999: The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
B2: Classic written in my native language: Sommarboken by Tove Jansson
B3: Classic Science or Philosophy: Konfucius or Enchiridion by Epiktetos
B4: Classic Banned Book: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
B5: A Classic NOT on Our Bookshelf that Should be There: Nana by Émile Zola

I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2022: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
I2: New-To-Me Classic Author: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
I3: Classic Drama or Play: Something by either Bertold Brecht or August Strindberg
I4: Classic Over 500 pages: Maybe I'll read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
I5: Literary Prize of My Country: A Nobel Prize Laureate The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

N1: Classic Involving Music: Gertrud by Hermann Hesse
N2: Classic Mythology or Folklore: Njal's Saga
N3: Free Space: A Child in Time by Ian McEwan
N4: Classic Poetry or Essay Collection: Samlade dikter (= Collected Poems) by Edith Södergran
N5: Classic by an Author from a Country I didn’t Read in 2021: The Old Capital by Yasunari Kawabata

G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
G2: Book from a group poll during my birthday month June: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
G3: Classic Tragedy: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
G4: Group Bingo Participant Pick: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
G5: Book from the Group’s 2022 Bookshelf: The Hand by Guy de Maupassant

A "Competition" for all of you: The first suggested book which I have at home in one of my book shelfes and that I haven't already read will be the winner of the Participant Pick! =)
But - please - not too many pages.

O1: Book Published before 1900: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
O2: Children’s Classic: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
O3: Classic Short Story Collection: Ball of Fat-Short Story Collection of Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
O4: Classic in translation: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
O5: Book Published 1900 - 1949: White Fang by Jack London

Nike wrote: "A "Competition" for all of you: The first suggested book which I have at home in one of my book shelfes and that I haven't already read will be the winner of the Participant Pick! =)"

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir?

Aubrey wrote: "Nike wrote: "A "Competition" for all of you: The first suggested book which I have at home in one of my book shelfes and that I haven't already read will be the winner of the Participant Pick! =)"
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Sorry, haven't got it. Thankyou anyhow, and otherwise it was a good choice. <3

You are super organized and have some great books. How about Madame Bovary as a recommendation?

Nice choices, Nike! Looking at your TBR, I wonder if you have Mrs. Dalloway?

Favourites of mine I saw quickly on your to read shelf, Nike.
The Handmaid's Tale, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, The Child in Time or After Dark.
I see you already have Nana on your list :)

Feel free to recommend something for my bingo!

I'll recommend The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. I enjoyed it a lot.

I've just read Zorba the Greek and it was lovely.

Kathleen wrote: "Nice choices, Nike! Looking at your TBR, I wonder if you have Mrs. Dalloway?"

I haven't actually but otherwise it was a superb choice =)

Janelle wrote: "Favourites of mine I saw quickly on your to read shelf, Nike.
The Handmaid's Tale, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, The Child in Time or [book:After Dark|178..."

Some great choices! =)

Angie wrote: "I'll recommend The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. I enjoyed it a lot."

I've read it this year actually! =) By some reason it doesn't look that way even though I've marked the Swedish edition as read. I actually understood who the murderer would be from the beginning - I feel kind of proud of myself. I think I ought to work as I private investigator =D

Carolien wrote: "I've just read Zorba the Greek and it was lovely."

That is on my Want-to-Read-list but I haven't got it.

Amanda wrote: "You are super organized and have some great books. How about Madame Bovary as a recommendation?"

Congratulations! Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert it will be! =)

Janelle wrote: "Favourites of mine I saw quickly on your to read shelf, Nike.
The Handmaid's Tale, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, The Child in Time or After Dark by Ian McEwan

Amanda who answered just before you won but there is a Free Square as well. And one of the books you mentioned I do have in my shelfes but haven't read yet and I'm actually quite eager to read it so guess what - I'll choose The Child in Time by Ian McEwan as my Free Read =)

The Secret Garden is so relaxing, healing in some way--and what is Burnett intended to happen. So good writing. Happy reading!

Nike wrote: "Janelle wrote: "Favourites of mine I saw quickly on your to read shelf, Nike.
The Handmaid's Tale, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, The Child in Time or [boo..."

I hope you like it, Nike :)

Cynda wrote: "The Secret Garden is so relaxing, healing in some way--and wjat is Burnett intended to happen. So good writing. Happy reading!"

Thankyou =) I remember listening to a radio dramatization of the story when I was a child and I loved it so much, I hope I will recapture some of the magic feeling.

Janelle wrote: "Nike wrote: "Janelle wrote: "Favourites of mine I saw quickly on your to read shelf, Nike.
The Handmaid's Tale, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, [book:The Child in Time|..."

I'm sure I will, it has been calling for my attention from the shelf quite some time now =)

What a great range of books Nike! Things Fall Apart was a great read, hope you enjoy it.

A great list of books you've planned for, Nike! Based on the books we have in common, I'd recommend 2 favorites:

Dandelion Wine
I Capture the Castle

Have fun reading for your challenge, Nike. You always have such interesting books that I want to read with you.

I had so much fun just reading the suggestions, Nike. My advice...take them all. lol.

Pamela wrote: "What a great range of books Nike! Things Fall Apart was a great read, hope you enjoy it."

Thankyou =)

Yes, I'm very eager to read it, my partner read it recently and really liked it a lot.

Jillian ❀‿❀ wrote: "I REALLY want to read The Starless Sea! I'd forgotten about it. I hope you like it, Nike! Have fun with this! :-)"

I started to read a few pages in the beginning of this year but it was a library loan and I was reading to many books simultaneously and I had to let it go back since there were people waiting for it. When I borrow it next time I'll set my mind to focus because it started very intriguing and I really do want to read it.

Lori wrote: "A great list of books you've planned for, Nike! Based on the books we have in common, I'd recommend 2 favorites:

Dandelion Wine
I Capture the Castle"

Oh, yes - The Dandelion Wine - soo tempting! But - I have promised myself the two or three last years to only read the books that I have at home .... and I haven't got those. On the other hand I'm very disobdient to myself and I just realised that one of the books at my Bingo Board is a book I'm gonna borrow from the library ....

hmm, you make it so difficult for me now, Lol! =D

It will be a bonus book, If a finish all the others before 2022 runs towards its end, then I'll defintely reconsider your suggestions and especially The Dandelion Wine!

Katy wrote: "Have fun reading for your challenge, Nike. You always have such interesting books that I want to read with you."

Thankyou, so much Katy =)

Sara wrote: "I had so much fun just reading the suggestions, Nike. My advice...take them all. lol."

Hahaha, if only time didn't run as fast as it does! Yes, I DO want to read them all, and I DO have a TBR-list that probably will never ever cease to grow. But because of that I really want to focus on the hundreds of books that I already own instead of always borrowing other books. Or wishing for new ones at birthdays and christmas. Or buying more books at second hand book stores or at the annual big book sales. I am hopeless. I'm glad I'm amongst other likeminded people here! =)

You are definitely among the like-minded!

Lovely choices!
I started learning Swedish this year.

Jazzy wrote: "Lovely choices!
I started learning Swedish this year."

Wow! How come? =)

Nike wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "Lovely choices!
I started learning Swedish this year."

Wow! How come? =)"

Well i like learning languages and there were some free Norwegian classes so i started that and thought well i'm missing a trick if i don't learn Swedish and Danish at the same time, and then my friend wanted to learn Swedish too so i'm trying to keep up with her. :)

Jazzy wrote: "Nike wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "Lovely choices!
I started learning Swedish this year."

Wow! How come? =)"

Well i like learning languages and there were some free Norwegian classes so i started that a..."


Wow! But isn't it difficult to study those languages simultaneously? They are so similar so it must be easy to get confused. I remember when I studied Spanish and French at the same time, some days I really didn't know whether I was saying a French word or Spanish and I mixed them intermittenty, especially the days when I had classes in both languages. Well, if you want to practice some Swedish with me you are welcome!
Jag önskar dig en God Jul =)

God Jul Nike!
God helg! :D

Mostly I am reading the languages. I will be reading Mio Min Mio for April so have to practice!

Right, I'm choosing Ball of Fat for my other Bingo player's book!

Jazzy wrote: "God Jul Nike!
God helg! :D

Mostly I am reading the languages. I will be reading Mio Min Mio for April so have to practice!"

Oh, that is a great book, one of my favourites by Astrid Lindgren. =)

Jazzy wrote: "Right, I'm choosing Ball of Fat for my other Bingo player's book!"

I love Guy de Maupassant's novel "Bel-ami" so I'm eager to read Ball of Fat. =)

Nike, I am back after a little break. Good to stop by for smiles. . . .I did take you up on a suggestion about reading The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories. Sitting in my bookcase. . . . .

Cynda wrote: "Nike, I am back after a little break. Good to stop by for smiles. . . .I did take you up on a suggestion about reading The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories. Sitting in my bookcase. . . . ."

That's great =). I hope you won't get disappointed. I

I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Well done Nike, it’s great to get that first one crossed off!

Pamela wrote: "Well done Nike, it’s great to get that first one crossed off!"

Thanks, yes it is =)

Nike wrote: "I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin"

I hope to get to this a bit later in the year. Glad to see from your review it's good!

Carolien wrote: "Nike wrote: "I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin"

I ..."

I really loved it, I don't think my review tells enough. I was really sleepy when I wrote it in the middle of the night, it was required that I wrote something for a reading challenge, I ought to rewrite it. But yes - do read this classic! A fantastic read!

Nice to have one done, Nike. I don't have We on my TBR, so I guess I must add it. I understand it was very influential for other dystopian fiction. Delighted to know it is also a good read.

Sara wrote: "Nice to have one done, Nike. I don't have We on my TBR, so I guess I must add it. I understand it was very influential for other dystopian fiction. Delighted to know it is also a good read."

Yes, it was mindblowing! I haven't read 1984 nor Aldous Huxleys book yet and I've understood from many others that once they've read We the others just seem like pale tries of copying it. I'll wait some time before I read those. I did read Kallocain when I was young and loved it but I wonder if it would stand for a reread.