Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

#1 Old and New TBR Challenge

3/12 (15)

1899 and earlier / Old School

✔1. The Lais of Marie De France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French (1160) 1/7/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. The American (1877)
✔3. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice (1879) 1/20/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


1900 - 1999 / New School

4. The Enchanted April (1922)
5. These Old Shades (1926)
6. The Body in the Library (1942)


Wild Card Six:

✔7. A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873) 3/4/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 1997)
9. The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War (1997)
10. The Lost Bird (1999)
11. Blood & Beauty: The Borgias (2013)
12. The Trouble with Mirrors (2016)

Alternates

13. Lady Susan (1871)
14. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
15. The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains: Original Text

#3 My Decade Challenge 1870-1879

3/10

1870 -

1871 - Lady Susan, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There,

1872 - Under the Greenwood Tree,


✔1873 - A Pair of Blue Eyes 3/4/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐


1874 - Eight Cousins,


1875 -


1876 - Old Times on the Mississippi


✔1877 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man 3/10/23 ⭐⭐⭐


1878 - The Sylph,


✔1879 - The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 1/20/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#6 2023 Group Reads/Buddy Reads Challenge

4/12

✔1. The Lais of Marie De France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French 1/7/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔2. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 1/20/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔3. Breakfast at Tiffany's 1/24/23 ⭐⭐⭐

✔4. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man 3/10/23 ⭐⭐⭐

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#7 Expand My Horizon with New Authors

4/7

✔1. The Lais of Marie De France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French 1/7/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔2. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 1/20/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

✔3. Breakfast at Tiffany's 1/24/23 ⭐⭐⭐

✔️4. The Conference of the Birds byAttar of Nishapur 2/23/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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You've picked a challenging decade, Susie, but your planning so far looks great. Enjoy!

Nice dishes, good luck and enjoy your planning.

Thanks for the encouragement...I alays fill my plate too full at the buffet!

Finished my first challenge read of the year with The Lais of Marie De France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French

I gave it 4 stars. It was a nice easy read and I enjoyed the stories, as well as learning about the history/mysteries surrounding them.
Also works in 4 out of my 5 challenges, which is delicious!

Great Challenges, Susie! I love seeing The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War on your Old & New. A few of us did a buddyread of that last year and we all loved it.

I saw the film of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and it wrecked me. It was so good, sad but beautiful. Some day I may read the book when I'm in the mood for a good cry.

The Lais of Marie De France sounds good. I need to add that and some others from your list to my tbr.

Don't you love starting with a book that can be used in so many challenges? Great start, Susie.

Sue wrote: "Great Challenges, Susie! I love seeing The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War on your Old & New. A few of us did a buddyread of that last year and we all loved it.

I saw the fil..."

Thanks for the warning on The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. I will choose wisely about when to read it