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Julie | 596 comments This Year I'm doing the following challenges #1, #3, #4, #5, #7, #12, #13 :)


message 2: by Julie (last edited Aug 15, 2022 12:37PM) (new)

Julie | 596 comments New & Old TBR

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Old (Pre-1900)
1. Constance Ring by Amalie Skram (1885) Read January 2022
2. Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1606) Read April 2022
3. Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (1898) Read May 2022

New (1900-1999)
4. Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene (1958) Read July 2022
5. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card (1999) Read March 2022
6. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (1963) Read June 2022

Wild Cards
7. Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (1991) Read April 2022
8. Ud og stjæle heste by Per Petterson (2003) Read May 2022
9. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (1974) Read July 2022
10. Clariel by Garth Nix (2014) Read April 2022
11. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (2002) Read January 2022
12. The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1875)

Alternates
A1: Scythe by Neal Shusterman (2016) Read March 2022
A2: Light in August by William Faulkner (1932) Read August 2022


message 3: by Julie (last edited Aug 01, 2022 04:15AM) (new)

Julie | 596 comments Pulitzer Decade Challenge

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1920's: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (1926) Read April 2022
1930's: The Late George Apley by John P. Marquand (1938) Read May 2022
1940's: A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (1945) Read April 2022
1950's: A Death in the Family by James Agee (1958) Read August 2022
1960's: The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (1968)
1970's: Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson (1978)
1980's: A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor (1987) Read June 2022
1990's: Independence Day by Richard Ford (1996)
2000's: Empire Falls by Richard Russo (2002) Read May 2022
2010's: The Overstory by Richard Powers (2019) Read January 2022


message 4: by Julie (last edited Jan 15, 2022 05:15AM) (new)

Julie | 596 comments Members Choice Challenge

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19th Century: Constance Ring by Amalie Skram (1885)
20th Century:
21st Century Potential Future Classic:
Current or Past Group Read:
An Author not read before: Hugh Lofting (The Story of Doctor Dolittle)
Diversity Classic:
Science Fiction:
A book originally written in a language other than your own:
A banned book:
Nonfiction:
Mystery/crime:
Horror or Humor:


message 5: by Julie (last edited Jan 15, 2022 05:17AM) (new)

Julie | 596 comments Short Story Challenge

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message 6: by Julie (last edited Aug 15, 2022 12:42PM) (new)

Julie | 596 comments Expand Your Horizons with New Authors AKA Nobel Laureate Challenge

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1900's: Henryk Sienkiewicz (1905) Duellen (The Little Trilogy) Read January 2022
1910's: Verner von Heidenstam (1916) Den heliga Birgittas pilgrimsfärd Read June 2022
1920's: Henri Bergson (1926) Latteren Read March 2022
1930's: Roger Martin du Gard (1937) Jean Barois Read April 2022
1940's: DONE
1950's: Bertrand Russell (1950)
1960's: Miguel Ángel Asturias (1967) ʰæԳٱ Read August 2022
1970's: Eugenio Montale (1975) Selected Poems Read February 2022
1980's: Camilo José Cela (1989) Pascual Duartes Familie Read June 2022
1990's: Octavio Paz (1990) Ensomhedens labyrint Read July 2022
2000's: Elfriede Jelinek (2004) 辱æԻ Read June 2022
2010's: Bob Dylan (2016) Tarantula Read May 2022


message 7: by Julie (last edited Jan 15, 2022 05:29AM) (new)

Julie | 596 comments A-Z Author Challenge

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A - David Attenborough
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F - Stephen Fry
G - Roxane Gay
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L - Hugh Lofting
M - Liza Marklund
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P - Terry Pratchett
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message 8: by Julie (last edited Jan 15, 2022 05:35AM) (new)

Julie | 596 comments A-Z Title Challenge

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M - Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
N - Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
O - On Beauty
P - Polarcirklen
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