Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

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✅ B1 A Classic by a Nobel Laureate or a Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Cannery Row (1945) - John Steinbeck He was awarded both 1/3/24 5★

✅ I 1 A Classic from our Short Story Group Shelf
The Beauties: Essential Stories (1888) - Anton Chekhov 12/3/24 5★

✅ N1 A Classic Made into Movie/TV
Rebecca (1938) - Daphne du Maurier 4/2/24 5★

✅ G1 A Classic of North or South America
Pebble in the Sky (1950) - Isaac Asimov 15/1/24 5★

✅ O1 A Classic Book you begged, borrowed, or stole.
Roadside Picnic (1972) - Arkady Strugatsky 27/1/24 5★

✅ B2 A Classic Book in Translation.
The Street of Crocodiles (1933) - Bruno Schulz 18/1/24 5★

✅ I 2 A Classic from your Personal Bookshelf
The Hobbit (1937) - J.R.R. Tolkien 2/2/24 5★

✅ N2 A Classic you've been meaning to read.
The Teeth of the Tiger (1920) - Maurice Leblanc 5/1/24 5★

✅ G2 A 21st Century Potential Classic
Counting Stars (2000) - David Almond 29/1/24 5★

✅ O2 A Classic Children's Book
Horton Hears a Who! (1954) - Dr. Seuss 7/2/24 4★

✅ B3 A Classic Comedy or Satire
Our Man in Havana (1958) - Graham Greene 22/1/24 4★

✅ I 3 A Classic Historical Fiction or a Nonfiction History
Arabian Sands (1959) - Wilfred Thesiger 22/1/24 5★

✅ N3 Free Space
West Side Story (1961) - Irving Shulman 11/1/24 5★

G3 A Classic from our Old School Group Shelf
Othello (1603) - William Shakespeare

✅ O3 A Classic Book found by using Literature-map.com
To paint is to love again (1960) - Henry Miller 18/2/24 5★

✅ B4 A Classic Written Before 1700
Romeo and Juliet (1597) - William Shakespeare 1/1/24 5★

✅ I 4 A Classic Prize-Winning Female Author
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) - Beatrix Potter Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1958) 7/2/24 5★

✅ N4 A Classic on or about the Sea/Ocean
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef (1939) - Arthur W. Upfield 13/2/24 5★

✅ G4 A Classic New-to-You Author
The Underground Army: Fighters of the Bialystok Ghetto (1964) - Chaika Grossman 13/2/24 5★

✅ O4 A Classic from our New School Group Shelf
Stoner (1965) - John Williams 5/1/24 4★

✅ B5 A Classic of Asia or Oceania
For the Patriarch (1982) - Angelo Loukakis 29/1/24 5★

✅ I 5 A Book Recommended by a Group Member
The Decameron (1351) - Giovanni Boccaccio 14/2/24 5★

✅ N5 A Literature Class Book
What Maisie Knew (1897) - Henry James 1/2/25 4★

✅ G5 A Classic Play or Classic Poetry Collection
Richard III (1593) - William Shakespeare 14/2/24 5★

✅ O5 A Classic Book that Reminds You of Someone
A Raw Youth (1875) - Fyodor Dostoevsky 25/1/24 5★

You are zooming along Jazzy!! The two books that popped out at me are Pebble in the Sky which has been on my long to-read list for years, and Rebecca which I loved!
Nice!

Lynn wrote: "You are zooming along Jazzy!! The two books that popped out at me are Pebble in the Sky which has been on my long to-read list for years, and Rebecca which I loved!
Nice!"

Many thanks Lynn! I have 4 to go before this is all done and dusted. Rebecca is so good, I lost track of how often I've read it!

So many 5-star reads -- you're having a great year!

Thanks Wobbley - I try to choose books I think i will enjoy, and I do enjoy reading good books!

Oh, Jazzy - you always brighten up the GR-pages with your pictures (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤! I especially love the colourful picture of the banjo-playing guy.
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Look at you Jazzy!! Only one to go.

Dear Jazzy - would you like to recommend me a bunch of alternatives for I 5?

Preferably not a book of more than 250 pages. (My plan is to read only books from my own shelves, I'm finally having the time in life when my children have become adults to read my way through my own library that has grown substantially during the years I didn't have the peace to read as much).

So if you would like to brainstorm and shower me with a good number of suggestions I would be so grateful!