Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

B1: Book Published 1950 - 1999 The Bell - Iris Murdoch
B2: Classic written in your native language The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
B3: Classic Science or Philosophy Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
B4: Classic Banned Book The Satanic Verses - Salman RushdieCharlotte Brontë
B5: A Classic NOT on Our Bookshelf that Should be There Riders in the Chariot - Patrick White

I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2022 Shirley -
I2: New-To-You Classic Author La vida es sueño - Pedro Calderón de la Barca
I3: Classic Drama or Play Far Away - Caryl Churchill
I4: Classic Over 500 pages Ulysses - James Joyce
I5: Literary Prize or Your Country or Region The Labyrinth - Amanda Lohrey

N1: Classic Involving Music The Kreutzer Sonata - Leo Tolstoy
N2: Classic Mythology or Folklore Gingerbread - Helen Oyeyemi 14/02/22
N3: Free Space
N4: Classic Poetry or Essay Collection The Decay of Lying and Other Essays - Oscar Wilde
N5: Classic by an Author from a Country you didn’t Read in 2021 A House for Mr Biswas - V.S. Naipaul

G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize The Great World - David Malouf
G2: Book from a group poll during your birthday month
G3: Classic Tragedy Bacchae and Other Plays - Euripides
G4: Group Bingo Participant Pick Optic Nerve - María Gainza (From Kathleen`s Top Ten)
G5: Book from the Group’s 2022 Bookshelf The Gambler - Fyodor Dostoevsky

O1: Book Published before 1900 The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
O2: Children’s Classic Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson
O3: Classic Short Story Collection Dance of the Happy Shades - Alice Munro
O4: Classic in translation Paradiso - Dante Alighieri
O5: Book Published 1900 - 1949 Burmese Days - George Orwell

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Level One Bingo:

Four Corners: Mark off the four outside corners of the Bingo board.
Five-in-a-Row: Mark off five squares in a row. This can be done horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Level Four Bingo:

Blackout! Mark off all the squares of the board.

Yay! Glad to see Optic Nerve on your list, Liesl, and I hope you enjoy it.

You have some excellent picks already. I'm hoping to get to Burmese Days too.

Have fun!

So glad that you have decided to join us in the Bingo challenge, Liesl. I hope you enjoy it.

So glad that you have decided to join us in the Bingo challenge, Liesl. I hope you enjoy it.

Kathleen wrote: "Yay! Glad to see Optic Nerve on your list, Liesl, and I hope you enjoy it.

You have some excellent picks already. I'm hoping to get to Burmese Days too.

Have fun!"
Thanks Kathleen. Optic Nerve sounds amazing. I am really excited about reading it.

Katy wrote: "So glad that you have decided to join us in the Bingo challenge, Liesl. I hope you enjoy it."

Thank you Katy. Here's hoping that the third time through will actually be the year I finish my Bingo.

You have a list of books here very much in my own taste =)

Nike wrote: "You have a list of books here very much in my own taste =)"

Glad to hear that. My TBR list is constantly growing just by reading the choices of everyone in this group.

Jillian ❀‿❀ wrote: "Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is WONDERFUL. So many good selections here! Very best wishes in 2022, Liesl! :-)"

Thank you Jillian. It seems like the right moment to read Meditations. This pandemic seems to have the whole world stuck in a never-ending cycle of lockdowns and fear.