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message 1: by EvenB (last edited Jun 30, 2024 09:19PM) (new)

EvenB | 117 comments Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Challenge
Most are books on my shelf, many for my own Pulitzer goal.

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
2. ✅ Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 5/8/24
3. The Invisible ManH.G. Wells

1900-1999/New School - Pulitzer winners
4. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, 1921
5. Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener, 1948
6. ✅Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller, 1934 2/13/2024

My Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors - Pulitzer winners
7. The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson, 2012
8. The Road by Cormac McCarthy, 2007
9. ✅ March by Geraldine Brooks, 2006 4/27/24
10. Tinkers by Paul Harding, 2010
11. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, 2017
12. The Known World by Edward P. Jones, 2004

Alternates
A-1. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, 2003
A-2. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, 1977
A-3. Ethan Frome and Other Short Fiction by Edith Wharton, 1911


message 3: by EvenB (last edited Jun 30, 2024 09:15PM) (new)

EvenB | 117 comments Challenge #6 - Group Reads and/or Buddy Reads Challenge
Read 12 total books/stories from this year's group poll winners, any categories
1. ✅ Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery 1/3/24
2. ✅ The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine of Hippo 1/10/24
3. ✅ Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller 2/13/24
4. ✅ The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole 2/19/24
5. ✅ Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 2/29/24
6. ✅ Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 3/18/24
7. ✅ The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges 3/31/24
8. ✅ On the Beach by Nevil Shute 4/18/24
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message 4: by EvenB (new)

EvenB | 117 comments Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon with New Authors
Seek out at least six (6) authors that you have never previously read. They've been waiting on my bookshelf patiently!

1. Ulysses by James Joyce1922, 783p
2. The Sound and the Furyby William Faulkner 1929, 366p
3. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence 1913, 654p
4.Rabbit, Run by John Updike 1960, 337p
5. Slaughterhouse-Fiveby Kurt Vonnegut Jr.., 1969, 275p
6.Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, 1955, 368p


message 5: by Bob, Short Story Classics (new)

Bob | 4602 comments Mod
You have a great Old and New list. Lamb in His Bosom is on my reread list. I hope you like it. I remember it fondly. I also have Ulysses and Sons and Lovers. Have a good year!


message 6: by Wobbley (new)

Wobbley | 2517 comments Have fun with your buffet reading!


message 7: by EvenB (new)

EvenB | 117 comments Matt wrote: "Good luck on your buffet EvenB!"

Thanks Matt!


message 8: by EvenB (new)

EvenB | 117 comments Bob wrote: "You have a great Old and New list. Lamb in His Bosom is on my reread list. I hope you like it. I remember it fondly. I also have Ulysses and Sons and Lovers..."

Thanks Bob! I keep chiseling away at the various lists of "great / masterpieces / best / prize winning" literature.

Happy reading!


message 9: by EvenB (new)

EvenB | 117 comments Wobbley wrote: "Have fun with your buffet reading!"

Thanks Wobbley! Enjoy your buffet reading too!


message 10: by Terris (new)

Terris | 4388 comments Nice list, EvenB! I will also be reading Lamb in His Bosom. There is a Buddy Read planned for February -- hope you can join in! :)


message 11: by EvenB (new)

EvenB | 117 comments Terris wrote: "Nice list, EvenB! I will also be reading Lamb in His Bosom. There is a Buddy Read planned for February -- hope you can join in! :)"

I've never participated in a Buddy Read. This sounds like a good time to try it. Thanks!


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