Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

2021 started out superbly but the past four months have been disastrous. Let's hope that 2022 is the year that I finally complete my Old & New Classic Challenge.

Old School:
1. Paradiso - Dante Alighieri
2. The Kreutzer Sonata - Leo Tolstoy
3. The Gambler - Fyodor Dostoevsky

New School:
4. The Bell - Iris Murdoch
5. The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
6. A House for Mr Biswas - V.S. Naipaul

Wild Card Six:
7. The Labyrinth - Amanda Lohrey
8. Swallow the Air - Tara June Winch
9. The Juniper Tree - Barbara Comyns 07/02/22
10. Amatka - Karin Tidbeck
11. Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel
12. The Word for Woman is Wilderness - Abi Andrews

Alternates:
A-1. The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
A-2. How to Escape from a Leper Colony - Tiphanie Yanique
A-3 Burmese Days - George Orwell

Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge:

1. 19th Century:
2. 20th Century:
3. 21st Century Potential Future Classic:
4. Current or Past Group Read:
5. An Author not read before: Barbara Comyns The Juniper Tree 07/02/22
6. Diversity Classic, read a book from a religion, culture, country, or race different than yours:
7. Science Fiction:
8. A book originally written in a language other than your own:
9. A Banned Book:
10. Nonfiction:
11. Mystery/Crime:
12. Horror or Humor:

Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge:

1. Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu 29/01/22
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Challenge #6 - 2022 Group Reads Challenge:

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Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors:

1. J. Sheridan Le Fanu
2. Barbara Comyns
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Yeah, you did actually name your buffet after our conversation on lucky number three! I love that idea, maybe I shall rename my buffet!
I love your choices of books as well =)

Nike wrote: "Yeah, you did actually name your buffet after our conversation on lucky number three! I love that idea, maybe I shall rename my buffet!
I love your choices of books as well =)"

Ha! Ha! It was just a coincidence actually. I was so impressed by people's names last year and I had been trying to think up something appropriate for this year. Then I saw your conversation and I didn't think I would come up with anything else so I just left it.