RMFAO (Reading My Frigging A** Off) discussion

17. His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
4 stars

47.) The Prime Minister (AB) - Anthony Trollope
48.) Common Sense (HB) - Thomas Paine
49.) Anna Christie (EB) - Eugene O'Neill
50.) Selected Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (PB)

I'm always amazed with everyone's finds for this challenge. Just when I find there can't be anything new, I come across a new title or author. Thanks everyone for inspiring me :)

18. The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
4 stars

19. The Pearl Lagoon by Charles Bernard Nordhoff
3 stars

20. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne
4 stars.
An enjoyable adventure tale about an expedition to find the North Pole. Not science fiction, but science plays a big role in getting these explorers out of dangerous situations.

51.) Death in the Clouds (HB) - Agatha Christie
52.) Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God (PB) - Rainer Maria Rilke

21. The Three Brothers by Eden Phillpotts
3 stars

53.) An Old Maid (EB) - Honore de Balzac
54.) The Scandal of Father Brown (PB) - G.K. Chesterton
55.) Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook (PB) - Maria Montessori

56.) Ecce Homo (PB) - Friedrich Niezsche
57.) Travels with Charley (AB) - John Steinbeck

Hii I am new in this group...any chance anyone can explain me how the group system works in Goodreads??

MD2506 wrote: "Hii I am new in this group...any chance anyone can explain me how the group system works in Goodreads??"

MD2506,

Welcome to the group!

You can post general questions like this in our Message Board section called Getting to Know Each Other. This message thread is for the Classics Catch Up reading challenge only.

Just read the first post at any of our message threads. They will explain how each reading challenge works.I will post more info in the Introduce Yourself thread. You should get a group notification for it.

Dagny wrote: "Dagny wrote: "#7 The Weight of the Name by Paul Bourget

A great read! Available soon from Project Gutenberg."

Here's the link to the eBook in several different formats in case anyone is intereste..."

Thanks for the info, Dagny!

22. Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
3 stars

58.) Gold Finger (AB) Ian Fleming

This is my new favorite James Bond novel. I was unfamiliar with the story line before reading/listening to it and it was awesome.

Fran wrote: "58.) Gold Finger (AB) Ian Fleming

This is my new favorite James Bond novel. I was unfamiliar with the story line before reading/listening to it and it was awesome."

Thanks for the info, Fran! I’ve read two Bond novels. Casino Royal was good, but I was disappointed in Doctor No. I’ll have to try Gold Finger next.

I had only read a couple before as well, but I really enjoyed the plot of this one. Hope you enjoy it as well. The audio was well narrated, and a quick listen to.

Does Elizabeth Bishop count for this classic challenge? She was born in 1911 and died in 1979. She wrote from the 1930s through the early 1970s.

Thanks Dagny, Her writing spanned decades, so I wanted to double check.

59.) Remembrance of Things Past (AB) - Marcel Proust
60.) The Man Called Noon (AB) - Louis L'Amour
61.) Poems (PB) - Elizabeth Bishop

23. The Life of the Party by Irvin S. Cobb
3 stars

62.) The Education of Henry Adams (AB) - Henry Adams

24. The Day of the Triffids by John Syndham
Two and a half stars.

Fran wrote: "62.) The Education of Henry Adams (AB) - Henry Adams"

Sixty two books - amazing! Great job, Fran.

25. Lukundoo and Other Stories by Edward Lucas White
Three and a half stars

26. Old Friends And New by Sarah Orne Jewett
3 stars

63.) The Color Purple (AB) - Alice Walker
64.) Blues for Mister Charlie (PB) - James Baldwin
65.) The Mystery of the Hansom Cab (HB) - Fergus Hume

27. Twilight Stories by Rhoda Broughton
3 stars

66.) The Postman Always Rings Twice (PB) - James M. Cain
67.) The Poems of Exile (PB) - Ovid
68.) The Miracle Worker - William Gibson

This short list includes the best and worse. The Miracle Worker, brought tears to my eyes and was easily 5 stars, and The Poems of Exile made me want to weep at the thought of continuing it and easily 2 stars ;)

Hello everyone,

Here are the links to the next year's challenge threads:
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Genre Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Classics Catchup
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Audiobook Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Title Link Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Series Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 Theme-Link Challenge
✒︎ RMFAO 2023 A-Z Author Alphabet Challenge

28.)The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
4 stars.

This was SO good! My review can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The book can be found for free at Project Gutenberg Australia here: http://gutenberg.net.au/plusfifty-a-m...

69.) The Georgics of Virgil (PB) - Virgil
70.) A Call to Conscience (AB) - Martin Luther King Jr.
71.) Silver Trail (HB) - Max Brand