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Since we talked about challenges on Ep. 4 of the , I thought we should try this.

Classic Author Reading Challenge


Duration: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

Rules

1. Read: 26 books
2.Nothing published after 2003. Please feel free to ask if you are unsure if a book falls under the category of "classic." This can be an especially difficult issue for contemporary classics.
3. No children's novels
4. No non-fiction
5. No poetry
6. No dramas (plays) - even Shakespeare
7. You may NOT repeat any author.
8. Any name with an "X" or a "Q" in them will work for those letters. (The name does not have to begin with an X or a Q.)
9. Books must have been read in 2013.

You can sign up anytime, and you can backdate books if you know when you finished it, as long as it was done in the year 2013.

0/26

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20/26


A Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged
B Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
C Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart
D Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet
E Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence
F F. Scott Fitzgerald Tender Is the Night
G Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera
H H.G. Wells The Time Machine
I Kazuo Ishiguro An Artist of the Floating World
J J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye
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L Jhumpa Lahiri The Namesake
M Lorrie Moore Like Life
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P Philip Roth The Human Stain
Q
R Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things
S John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath
T Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina
U
V Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five
W Alice Walker The Color Purple
X Aldous Huxley Brave New World
Y Yann Martel Life of Pi
Z

Okay, so what classifies author as "classic"? Is there a list somewhere?? ;o)

2/26

A
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V Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway; Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
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Liz wrote: "Okay, so what classifies author as "classic"? Is there a list somewhere?? ;o)"

We are basically using our criteria here. The bookshelves will give you a hint. Right now it's books before 2003. No non fiction, no children's authors, and has to be novels so no poetry or plays. Here is a discussion we've had on the topic. http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Swathi wrote: "2/26"

Sorry, I forgot to add it is one author per letter.

3/26

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E Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms
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G Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary
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J Jane Austen Emma
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7/26



Arthur Conan Doyle - The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes
Bernhard Schlink - The Reader
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Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
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J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye
Knowles, John - A Separate Peace
L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables
Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
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Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
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Q
Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
Stanislaw, Lem - Solaris
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Hobbit
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Wharton, Edith - The Age of Innocence
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Y
Z

4/26

A Jane Austen Northanger Abbey
B Pierre Boulle Planet of the Apes
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H Thomas Hardy Jude the Obscure
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L Laurence Sterne The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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Are these authors whose books we have read?

Hm... I don't know if I'll make it, but I'll give it a go. So far, 2/26.

Update: 2/28: I just remembered a qualifying book I read in January! So, 4 down, with 2 more almost completed, unless I get distracted. :-)


Anon, Beowulf (in progress)
B
C S Forester, The African Queen (tbr)
Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (March)
Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence (January}
Fitzgeral, F. Scott, The Great Gatsby (tbr)
George Eliot, Silas Marner (tbr)
Hammett, Dashiell, The Maltese Falcon (tbr)
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John Steinbeck, The Red Pony (March)
K
Lee, Harper, To Kill A Mockingbird (January)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein (March)
N
Orczy, Emmuska, The Scarlet Pimpernel (tbr)
P G Wodehouse, tbd
Q
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Sayers, Dorothy, Clouds of Witness (January)
Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried (March)
U
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables (March)
Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White tbr
X
Yann Martel, Life of Pi (February)
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes were Watching God (tbr)

If we read say age of innocence and house of mirth could edith wharton be used for E and W since they are 2 different books or must they be 26 different authors?

Question #2 will there be a heading under which we each set up ourvown thread to track our progress or do we all report to this 1 thread?

Just to clarify...Each person would have their own list.26 books read need to be a classic literature author. Right? I am confused. (sorry)

Laura wrote: "Are these authors whose books we have read?"

Jessica wrote: "Just to clarify...Each person would have their own list.26 books read need to be a classic literature author. Right? I am confused. (sorry)"

Travis of NNY wrote: "If we read say age of innocence and house of mirth could edith wharton be used for E and W since they are 2 different books or must they be 26 different authors?"


You guys are certainly making me work for my Booktator title this morning. ;)

Yes this is an individual challenge to read 26 DIFFERENT classic authors from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. It does not count to use anything you read before Jan 1. We will be tracking it here.


Hopefully I have clarified this. I double checked the rules in Message 1 so it should be clear now.

Good luck guys!

OK I'll have a go but not promising great results!!! I am reading so much 'modern' i.e. post 2000 that it would be 'good to have an incentive to read more classics. Did manage an A-Z of authors (surname only) last year - will be interesting to see what is found for the more 'difficult' letters.
A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F - William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying
G -
H - A Moveable Feast-Ernest Hemingway
I - Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
J -
K -
L - Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger
M -
N - Vladimir Nabokov-Lolita
O - Michael Ondaatje Anil's Ghost
P -
Q -
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S - Dodie Smith - I Capture the Castle
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U -
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W - Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence
X -
Y -
Z - Stefan Zweig - Journey Into the Past
9/26

I am going to try to complete this challenge. I will be keeping track of everything I read on my notepad app because, I can't edit my comments on my good reads app. When and if I finish I will post everything at once!
Also, I am having a hard time finding an author for the letter Q. Any suggestions?

Shannon wrote: "I am going to try to complete this challenge. I will be keeping track of everything I read on my notepad app because, I can't edit my comments on my good reads app. When and if I finish I will post..."

Hmm. I can't find any either. I'll adjust the rules so it will be X and Q for anywhere in the name. Thanks!

You could try Confessions of an English Opium Eater - Thomas de Quincey. I don't know whether this is a classic though!

I'm in!
11/26

A - Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet
B - Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
C - Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
D - Charles Dickens Great Expectations
E - Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
G
H - Aldous Huxley Brave New World
I
J - James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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L - Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera
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T - Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina
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Y - Yann Martel Life of Pi
Z

There is an author Sulayman Xwho has some very good reviews - again don't know whether he would qualify. Last year I read Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story Of Tibetby Xinran which was one of the most beautiful books I have ever read and deserves to be a classic!!

Denise wrote: "7/26

A Jane Austen Northanger Abbey
B Pierre Boulle Planet of the Apes
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G Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows
H Thomas Hardy Jude the Obscure
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L Laurence Sterne The Life and Opini..."

Wow, Denise! So many! You read all of these this year so far?!? Crazy!

21/26

A- Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
B- Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre)
C- Conrad (Outpost of progress)
D- Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe)
E- Edith Wharton (Xingu)
F- Fedor Dostoevskij (White Nights)
G- Giorgio Bassani (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini)
H- Thomas Hardy (The withered arm)
I- Washington Irving (Rip Van Winkle)
J- Jules Verne (Journey to the center of the Earth)
K
L- Gustave Leroux (The Phantom of the Opera)
M- Herman Melville (The paradise of bachelors and the tartarus of maids)
N
O- Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost)
P- Luigi Pirandello (Il fu Mattia Pascal)
Q
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S- Robert Louis Stevenson (The bottle Imp)
T- Tolstoj (Anna Karenina)
U- Uhlman (L'amico ritrovato)
V- Voltaire (Candido)
W- William Makepeace Thackeray (Vanity Fair)
X- Alexandre Dumas (Robin Hood)
Y
Z- Stefan Zweig (Amok)

Looks like we have a couple who are go-getters. Make sure you are only adding books you've finished after January 1, 2013. Just a reminder.

Karena wrote: "Looks like we have a couple who are go-getters. Make sure you are only adding books you've finished after January 1, 2013. Just a reminder."

And, no drama, like Shakespeare, and no children's novels. Correct?

And Don Quixote, The Queen's Necklace, Quo Vadis and Quentin Durward. Still working on X. :)

Angie wrote: "Karena wrote: "Looks like we have a couple who are go-getters. Make sure you are only adding books you've finished after January 1, 2013. Just a reminder."

And, no drama, like Shakespeare, and no ..."

Yep. We're gonna keep it to our book suggestion criteria just for the added challenge. ;)

Karena wrote: "Angie wrote: "Karena wrote: "Looks like we have a couple who are go-getters. Make sure you are only adding books you've finished after January 1, 2013. Just a reminder."

And, no drama, like Shakes..."

This will be fun!

Sue wrote: "And Don Quixote, The Queen's Necklace, Quo Vadis and Quentin Durward. Still working on X. :)"

The author needs to have the letter, not the name of the book. :) Alexander Dumas works though for X!

I'm doing Alexandre Dumas for my X. Having a little trouble with Z as well. I forgot all about that lol.

Go more contemporary (since 2003 is our limit) and go with Zadia Smith?

I was just about to say Emile Zola too! Great minds, Alex!

I'm listening to Beowulf, author unknown. File under "A" for anonymous or use the translator's name?

Thanks guys. I asked the question and, then I thought more about it. I don't know why they didn't immediately come to mind.

Margaret wrote: "I'm listening to Beowulf, author unknown. File under "A" for anonymous or use the translator's name?"

Oh good one, Margaret. Yeah, I think go with Anonymous. Unless the translator's name is X or Q. Haha.

I googled classic authors names list and it showed all but x u q I'm not sure what the website was but that was the search

I did the same thing. I did get a U, it was Upton Sinclair. Q is still giving me trouble though.

I found Raymond Queneau - Exercises in Style

Alex wrote: "For U there is John Updike or Sigrid Undset, and for Q there is Raymond Queneau, author of Zazie in the Metro. Penguin considered it a modern classic at least!"

Lol Alex, yet again we think alike. I just found Queneau in the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die by Boxall's.

Hmmm... I don't know if I can get all 26, but I will try. I've read two classics so far this year.

2/26

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H- Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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W- Edith Wharton: The Age of Innocence
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22/26


A Margaret Atwood Cat's Eye
B Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange
C Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's
D Charles Dickens Bleak House
E Jeffrey Eugenides Middlesex
F Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary
G George Eliot Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
H Aldous HuxleyCrome Yellow
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J James JoyceThe Dead
K Kate Chopin The Awakening
L Stanisław Lem Solaris
M Thomas Malory Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
N Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter
O Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray
P Paulo Coelho The Alchemist
Q Laura Esquivel Like Water For Chocolate
R Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
S Sinclair Lewis Babbit
T Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina
U
V Voltaire Candide
W Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence
X Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera
Y Yann Martel Life of Pi
Z Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God

A
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D Charles Dickens - Tale of two Cities
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F François Rabelais - Gargantua
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V Victor Hugo - 93
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I'll tidy this up later for now. F- F Scott Fitzgerald- The Great Gatsby, S- Bram Stoker- Dracula, W- Edith Wharton, Age of Innocence, Y- Yann Martell Life of Pi. All read in January

Angie wrote: "Wow, Denise! So many! You read all of these this year so far?!? Crazy! "

Yes! And those were just the ones that would count for the challenge. I set my GR goal to 100 books for the year and I've got lots of time on my hands. :D

Angie wrote: "Sue wrote: "And Don Quixote, The Queen's Necklace, Quo Vadis and Quentin Durward. Still working on X. :)"

The author needs to have the letter, not the name of the book. :) Alexander Dumas works t..."
Just reread post 1 ooops. Sorry. Thought it was odd to use the title of the book. It was late! Ok- all clear now.

Ok, you've all inspired me, this one I have to try. Not that it's going to help my "somehow I seem to end up reading more than one book at a time" problem, but my resolution was to try and keep it under 5 at a time, so I'm safe so far.

X = finished reading and review written

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A - Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes (in progress, 8 vol. in one so this'll take a while)
B - Djuna Barnes - Nightwood X
C - Carson McCullers - Reflections in a Golden Eye X
D - Daniel Defoe - Journal of the Plague Year
E - Emile Gaboriau - Monsieur Lecoq X
F - R. Austin Freeman - The Vanishing Man X
G - G.K. Chesterton - The Man Who Knew Too Much X
H - Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon X
I - Italo Calvino - The Castle of Crossed Destinies X
J - Jane Austen - Lady Susan
K - Julia Kavanagh
L - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
M - F. Marion Crawford - The Witch Of Prague
N - Nathanael West - Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust X
O - Oscar Wilde - The Canterville Ghost (reread) X
P - Edgar Allen Poe -
Q - JacQues Futrelle - Elusive Isabel
R - Robert Louis Stevenson-
S - Mary Shelley - The Last Man
T - Mark Twain - Diary of Adam and Eve (reread) X
U - Upton Sinclair - The Moneychangers
V - Jules Verne - Around the World in 80 Days X
W - Wilkie Collins - Woman in White X
X - Gaston LerouX -
Y - Charlotte Mary Yonge - The Heir of Redclyffe
Z - Emile Zola -

Well I'll start a list just cause it'll be interesting to see, but am not expecting or going to go too far out of my way to complete the whole lot in a year. Asterisks indicate authors I hadn't read before this year.


5/26

A Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 03/01-05/01 (reread)
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D Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, 04/02-20/02
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*H Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 06/01-26/01
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*M Yann Martel, Life of Pi, 01/02-04/02
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Q
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S Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle, 03/03-09/03
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Z

Karena wrote: "Since we talked about challenges on Ep. 4 of the podcast, I thought we should try this.

Classic Author Reading Challenge


Duration: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Read: 26 books
Rules: Use ..."

What qualifies as classic adult?

This will be fun!

Classic Author Reading Challenge by Sandi K


Duration: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Read: 26 books
Rules: Use classic adult novel authors' first or last names. You cannot use middle initials. For the letters "X" and "Q", any author with the letter X or Q in his/her name is acceptable. You cannot use the same author twice. It is one author per letter. This is an individual challenge that will be tracked in this thread.

To be clear, we are only using the same criteria that we use for book suggestions. Books must be adult fiction novels before 2003. No plays or poetry.

You can sign up anytime, and you can backdate books if you know when you finished it, as long as it was done in the year 2013.

2/26
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A Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale
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J Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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Sandra wrote: "Karena wrote: "Since we talked about challenges on Ep. 4 of the podcast, I thought we should try this.

Classic Author Reading Challenge


Duration: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013
Read: 26 bo..."

Please refer to message 5. Thanks!