Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

3 Challenges for me this year!

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
Challenge 6 - Group Reads Challenge- 2024 Picks
Challenge #16 - A-Z Author Challenge

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

My 12 + 3 Old & New Classic Challenge

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
2. The Awakening by Kate Chopin COMPLETED 1/31/24- 2 STARS
3. Heidi by Johanna Spyri

1900-1999/New School
4. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
5. The Stranger by Albert Camus
6. The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors That Need Love
7. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
8. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
9. Ghost Story by Peter Straub
10. A Painted House by John Grisham
11. A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
12. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler COMPLETED 3/28/24- 4 STARS

Alternates
A-1. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
A-2. Speaks the Nightbird by Robert R. McCammon
A-3 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Challenge 6 - Group Reads Challenge- 2024 Picks

CURRENTLY READING


1. Quicksand by Nella Larsen (Jan 2024 New School Classics)
2. The Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Feb 2024 Short Story/Novella)
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Challenge #16 - A-Z Author Challenge-

I'm going to count last name initials for this one!

A Andersen, Sarah Herding Cats
B Butler, Octavia Parable of the Sower
C Chopin, Kate The Awakening, Read 1/31/24
D Deaver, Jeffrey The Coffin Dancer
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F Farthing, Ben I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls, Read 1/12/24
G Gilbert, Sian She Started It, Read 1/5/24
H Hardin, Lara Love The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing, Read 1/12/24
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J Jimenez, Abby Part of Your World
K Kuang, RF Yellowface
L Lehane, Dennis Small Mercies, Read 1/7/24
M McFadden, Freida The Locked Door Read 1/2/24
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O Olsen, Gregg If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
P Pooley, Clare Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting, Read 1/25/24
*Q Quinn, Kate The Alice Network, Read 1/22/24
R Reid, Taylor Jenkins One True Loves, Read 1/4/24
S Sampson, Freya The Lost Ticket, Read 1/9/24
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W Way, Camilla The Lies We Told, Read 1/28/24
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*Y Young, Adrienne The Unmaking of June Farrow, Read 1/30/24
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Enjoy your challenges!

All the best!

Thank you!!

I have Heidi on my reread list for 2024 - I remember it fondly and I'm planning on rereading several children's classics next year. I also really like The Saturdays and The Borrowers - I'm a big children's lit fan in general. Good luck on your challenges and enjoy your books!

"A Painted House "is my favourite John Grisham novel-hope you enjoy it,too!

Good luck with your challenges. I remember The Pillars of the Earth being huge, but a real page turner. Have a good year.

Completed my first one!

The Awakening by Kate Chopin



2 STARS
Audiobook

I can definitely understand why this was so controversial when it was published in 1899 since its about a woman not doing her "duty" as a wife and mother and attempting to put herself first.
"Self care" before it was acceptable for a woman. However, I did find Edna very hard to identify with and felt a lot of her feelings were indulgent and selfish. And that ending..... so tragic but I didn't feel as bad as I thought I would for Edna.

Well done getting started on your challenge!

It maybe your first for the old and new, but you are killing the a-z.

Good luck on your challenge Alissa : )

Alissa what a nice start to the challenges. I understand your feelings on the Old and New Challenge. I make a list every year but I never finish it!!

Completed Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler



4 STARS
Book

I swear, between this and Kindred, Octavia Butler is a real-life time traveler. How she managed to write this book in 1993 about the slow end of the world that begins in.... ummmm... 2024.....

This book was SO good but man was it bleak. Highly recommended and I cannot wait to read the follow up!

Well done finding a winner!

Alissa wrote: "Completed Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler"

I really liked that book too Alissa