Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

I am looking at using ebooks I own as I will be unable to carry all my books with me in January when I relocate :(

Work In Progress. This is by no means the final list.

2022 BINGO Squares:

✅B1: Book Published 1950 - 1999 - The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis - 25th Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅B2: Classic written in your native language - Lord of the Flies by William Golding - 30th June ⭐⭐⭐
✅B3: Classic Science or Philosophy - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - 28th July ⭐⭐⭐
✅B4: Classic Banned Book - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 3rd Mar ⭐⭐⭐
✅B5: A Classic NOT on Our Bookshelf that Should be There - Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope - 22nd Mar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2022 - The Stranger by Albert Camus - 1st Apr ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅I2: New-To-You Classic Author - My Husband Simon by Mollie Panter-Downes - 10th Mar ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅I3: Classic Drama or Play - Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts by Edmond Rostand - 24th Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅I4: Classic Over 500 pages - Cecilia by Frances Burney - 21st Aug ⭐⭐⭐
I5: Literary Prize of Your Country or Region - The Inheritance of Loss

✅N1: Classic Involving Music - The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy - 12th May ⭐⭐⭐
✅N2: Classic Mythology or Folklore - Aesop's Fables by Aesop - 6th Aug ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅N3: Free Space - A Gentleman in Moscow - 9th Oct ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅N4: Classic Poetry or Essay Collection - The Waste Land and Other Poems - 6th Mar ⭐⭐
✅N5: Classic by an Author from a Country you didn’t Read in 2021- Polish - Stanisław Lem - Solaris - 4th Jan ⭐⭐⭐

✅G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize - Blindness by José Saramago - 25th May ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅G2: Book from a group poll during your birthday month - Stranger in a Strange Land - 14th Apr ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅G3: Classic Tragedy - Oedipus Rex by Sophocles - 15th Aug ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅G4: Group Bingo Participant Pick - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - 16th Aug ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅G5: Book from the Group’s 2022 Bookshelf - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham - 6th Jan ⭐⭐⭐⭐

✅O1: Book Published before 1900 - The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - 13th Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅O2: Children’s Classic - Matilda by Roald Dahl - 22nd Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅O3: Classic Short Story Collection - Selected Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson - 26th May ⭐⭐
✅O4: Classic in translation - The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 16th Mar ⭐⭐⭐
✅O5: Book Published 1900 - 1949 - Father by Elizabeth von Arnim - 9th Mar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The lovely thing about Bingo is that the list never has to be final until you fill in the last square. Hope it is a fun year.

Shaina, you've got some fantastic reading for next year. I loved the planning last year but it changed all year long. Hope you enjoy the final choices!

Sara wrote: "The lovely thing about Bingo is that the list never has to be final until you fill in the last square. Hope it is a fun year."

Thank you, Sara! I agree that the list is always open to change which leads me to find books, not on my list tempting :)

Lori wrote: "Shaina, you've got some fantastic reading for next year. I loved the planning last year but it changed all year long. Hope you enjoy the final choices!"

Thank you, Lori! I totally agree with the list changing all year long. What surprises me is books that tempted me in Nov - Dec 2020 didn't anymore by July 2021. Hahaha

Shaina, I too will be attempting one more time The Name of the Rose. Once I get a fair read of that novel, I want to move on to other books, such as some of Umberto Eco's essays: How to Travel with a Salmon and Other Essays.

Have a successful year reading :-)

I have so many e-books that I haven't read, I hope this helps you reduce your list. Happy reading.

Thank you, Matt. I'm really looking forward to all those books you mentioned.

Thanks, Cynda. I too am attempting it for the second time. I tried reading it this year but I just kept getting stuck at chapter 2.

I hope we both manage to read it in 2022 and enjoy it.

Thank you, Katy. I know how it feels to have so many books on your ereader and still eye other books.. lol

I seriously hope to make a dent in my collection ( even if I read only half of them )

Jillian, I chose that title from the top ten list (it's my favourite genre so that helps). I'm really looking forward to reading that one. Thank you and wish you luck with your 2022 reading too!

As February comes to an end I have read 5 books in all in Jan and Feb and 2 books are in progress (Selected Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Brave New World).

Of the books I read, I loved The Mysterious Island, The Razor's Edge and Matilda. Roald Dahl and W. Somerset Maugham are new to me authors and will definitely read more of their work.

Matilda is fantastic as is so much of Roald Dahl’s work. 5 is a great number for a short month!

Lori, I agree Matilda was great. I loved the author's wit and description of parents.

I read 5 in all for Jan and Feb. I think I will edit that statement above to include Jan :)

Finished Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts and loved it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Shaina wrote: "Finished Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts and loved it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"

It is wonderful. Read it a lifetime ago. There are many adaptations of it. I think i really liked the one with Gerard Depardieu, and am quite intrigued with the new one that has just been released...

Glad you enjoyed Cyrano! I read it quite awhile ago, but enjoyed it as well. Have you seen the previews of the new "Cyrano" movie that's coming out? It looks very good to me! :)

Yes, that’s the one I’m curious about.

Vero and Terris, I see you are both quite excited about the adaptations. I am one of those bookworms who dislike watching movies based on books. They never do it justice. Also, I'm quite detail-oriented and keep recalling details that have been missed or added which takes away my pleasure in watching the movie.

So there, now you know why my friends and family don't watch movies with me :)

:O) oh I decorticate adaptations too, but I do allow for some variances since it is a different medium. However, they have to keep the ‘soul’ of the story for me to be happy.

Bingo! My first BINGO of the year B1 - O1. I loved Blindness and gave it 5 stars. I think if I had read this book prior to the pandemic I wouldn't have been able to relate to it and would most likely put it under Sci-fi. Phew!

I'm sure going to be thinking of this book in days to come. 8 books to blackout

Shaina wrote: "Bingo! My first BINGO of the year B1 - O1. I loved Blindness and gave it 5 stars. I think if I had read this book prior to the pandemic I wouldn't have been able to relate to it and..."

Yay for your first Bingo, Shaina!!
I didn't love Blindness, but I was glad to read it and see what it was all about. I agree with you -- having lived through/during a pandemic has made a difference to several books I've read lately! It kind of puts us in a different mindset that we wouldn't have had only a couple of years ago!
Good luck on going for the Blackout!!! :)

Lots of good reading here. Congratulations on the bingo, Shaina!

Congrats from me, Shaina. It is great that you are enjoying your reads, as well.

Lots of Bingos happening today! Congrats Shaina on yours! Blackout is just around the corner!

Terris wrote: "Shaina wrote: "Bingo! My first BINGO of the year B1 - O1. I loved Blindness and gave it 5 stars. I think if I had read this book prior to the pandemic I wouldn't have been able to r..."

Thank you, Terris!

Kathleen wrote: "Lots of good reading here. Congratulations on the bingo, Shaina!"

Thank you, Kathleen!

Lori wrote: "Lots of Bingos happening today! Congrats Shaina on yours! Blackout is just around the corner!"

Yes, I agree.. Good to see so many Bingo's! Thanks, Lori

Sara wrote: "Congrats from me, Shaina. It is great that you are enjoying your reads, as well."

Thank you, Sara

Wow Shaina, you only have 6 squares left. Nice job. You are so close to your Blackout. Congratulations.

Lynn wrote: "Wow Shaina, you only have 6 squares left. Nice job. You are so close to your Blackout. Congratulations."

I now have just one square left! Sorry, I missed your msg.

Blackout around the corner! Congrats, Shaina.

Wow! Only one more! You've read some great books this year!!
AND you gave Project Hail Mary 5 stars!! Glad you loved it -- we'll have to talk ;)

Thank you, Sara!

Terri@ yes, yes I'm waiting to hear your thoughts on PHM and Bullet now.

Shaina wrote: "Thank you, Sara!

Terri@ yes, yes I'm waiting to hear your thoughts on PHM and Bullet now."

A message will soon be on the way! :)

Here is the end of my BINGO. I have one book left and I'm at 11% since over a week. The book doesn't seem to interest me but I still have 7 days so who knows?

Well done, Shaina! No need to torture yourself with one book left. You read so many good ones this year. I'm going to have to add Blindness to my list. Enjoy 2023!

Congrats Shaina!

Thank you, Carolien and Janelle.

Carolien, I feel you are right. I should just let it be and pick something that appeals right now. I loved Blindness. It was unexpected and so good. I still think of the book at times.

You read so many good ones, Shaina! Congratulate yourself! And give yourself the reward of something you actually want to read! ;)

I agree with you, Terri. I've started books I want to read rather than slog through something just because I have to finish it.