Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

B1 Book published 1950 - 1999: City of Glass by Paul Auster
B2 Classic written in your own language: De dömdas ö/Island of the Doomed by Stig Dagerman
B3 Classic of Europe: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
B4 Classic involving art: Occasion for Loving by Nadine Gordimer
B5 Classic from my bookshelf: Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann

I1 Classic from the group's bookshelf prior to 2023: Watership Down by Richard Adams
I2 Classic biography/autobiography/memoirs: Gandhi: An Autobiography by Mahatma Gandhi
I3 Classic horror/gothic: The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft
I4 Classic comedy/satire: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
I5 Book from the group's favourite reads: 1Q84 nr 1 by Haruki Murakami

N1 Classic of the Americas: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
N2 Classic western: Fools Crow by James Welch
N3 Free choice: Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq
N4 Classic mystery/thriller: The Indigo Necklace Murders by Frances Crane
N5 Classic of Africa or Oceania: Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh

G1 Classic from a group poll that did not win: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
G2 Classic action/adventure: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
G3 Classic history or historical fiction: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
G4 Classic fantasy or science fiction: Aniara by Harry Martinson
G5 Classic from the group's 2023 shelf: Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville

O1 Book published before 1900: The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
O2 New-to-you classic author: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
O3 Classic of Asia: À quatre voix by Rabindranath Tagore
O4 Classic in translation: Det sällsamma fallet Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
O5 Book published 1900 - 1949: Passing by Nella Larsen

Looking great; have a great year of reading.

Nice list Nike!
I will be reading A Wizard of Earthsea as well in 2023, would you feel for a buddy read? :-)
Good luck with your fourth attempt and enjoy!!

Irphen wrote: "Nice list Nike!
I will be reading A Wizard of Earthsea as well in 2023, would you feel for a buddy read? :-)
Good luck with your fourth attempt and enjoy!!"

I just finished rereading the series, it is still very good.

You’ve got some long ones on that list, Nike! 1q84 is crazy but I loved it, hope you do too. Good luck with your challenge :)

Katy wrote: "Looking great; have a great year of reading."

Thank you 🙂

Matt wrote: "You have a great plan started here, Nike. Good luck on your BINGO!"

Thank you 🙂

Irphen wrote: "Nice list Nike!
I will be reading A Wizard of Earthsea as well in 2023, would you feel for a buddy read? :-)
Good luck with your fourth attempt and enjoy!!"

Thank you and yes, I'd love a Buddy read 🙂

Katy wrote: "Irphen wrote: "Nice list Nike!
I will be reading A Wizard of Earthsea as well in 2023, would you feel for a buddy read? :-)
Good luck with your fourth attempt and enjoy!!"

I just finished rereadin..."

Does one have to read the series in chronological order or can I read "A wizard of earth sea" directly? I don't mind reading the whole series but I've had this book unread for ages in my shelves and I didn't know until a year ago or so that it was in a series.

Janelle wrote: "You’ve got some long ones on that list, Nike! 1q84 is crazy but I loved it, hope you do too. Good luck with your challenge :)"

Thank you 😊

Good luck with your Bingo this year, Nike! I am also going to try the Hobbit this year. It's not in my comfort zone reading but I'm actually looking forward to it.

Lori wrote: "Good luck with your Bingo this year, Nike! I am also going to try the Hobbit this year. It's not in my comfort zone reading but I'm actually looking forward to it."

Thank you and Good luck to you 😊

I began reading the series with The Wizard of the Earthsea. And I enjoyed it; I hope you do, too. (I’m on my phone so I can’t “reply” to your question.) Good luck with your challenge!

Thank you, Annette!

Looks like lots of fun, variety, and quality. Best luck on a blackout!

You have some selections that I have had on my reading radar for years, such as The Hobbit and Ghandi's autobiography. I look forward to your comments if you should read those books.

Enjoy.

Some great picks. I have added some of these to by Want to read list! Can't wait to hear what you think about them. Enjoy!

Falan wrote: "Some great picks. I have added some of these to by Want to read list! Can't wait to hear what you think about them. Enjoy!"

Thankyou 🙂

I'm off to a good start for once. I've finished my first book for this year and it's actually one of the books on my Bingo Board. Maybe I'll succeed in focusing on the Bingo this year? Well, it's Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq for N 3 Free choice and it might very well be a future classic considering all the literary awards he gets.

And so I've finally finished my reading for prompt O2 New-to-me classic author: Occasion for Loving by Nobel Prize Laureate Nadine Gordimer.

This book started out very interesting indeed but the style in which is written became tedious as the story went along. Too bad, since it is an important story about love between a white woman and black man in a time in South Africa when it was forbidden.

Well, it's not one of her most famous works but it happened to stand in my shelves. I'm still inclined to read her most famous book Burger's Daughter

I've also read a book by Nadine Gordimer (July's People in my case), and I had basically the exact same response: it had promise, but was too long for its content and got a bit boring. Hopefully her most famous book is better...

Nike, glad to see you too will be reading Around the World. Maybe that means you will join the buddy read. Hope to see you there!

Cynda wrote: "Nike, glad to see you too will be reading Around the World. Maybe that means you will join the buddy read. Hope to see you there!"

Oh, I've missed this comment. I was reading it, and was joining the buddy read at first but then I never found where the thread again so I never wrote anything about it. (It was a disappointment however).

I've been late updating my reading but it looks pretty good compared to other years! There are two prompts I won't read and that is Classic Western and Classic Biography. (Unless one can interpret Western another way than I've done. I thought it was about the Wild West with "Cowboys and Indians" but in the listopias I've found classic literature from West Europe so if there is an alternative interpretation I can probably check that off my list). I wanted to read Fools Crow and The Autobiography by Gandhi but I won't have enough time. That's okay, this is the best year so far when it comes to filling my bingo card 🙂

Nike wrote: "I've been late updating my reading but it looks pretty good compared to other years! There are two prompts I won't read and that is Classic Western and Classic Biography. (Unless one can interpret ..."

Congratulations on the books you have read!!

You've done really well!

Congratulations, Nike!

Congrats on your Bingo progress! Lots of great titles!

Thank you all 🙂🙏

This was the best bingo year so far! I almost made it ◉⁠‿⁠◉. And I 've had a great reading year.

That's fantastic -- well done!

Wobbley wrote: "That's fantastic -- well done!"

Thank you so much (⁠ʘ⁠ᴗ⁠ʘ⁠✿⁠)