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Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon with New Authors
Challenge #12 - Series Books � Start, Continue, Complete
Challenge #15 - A-Z Author
Challenge #16 - A-Z Title

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR

1899 and earlier/Old School

1. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
2. Washington Square by Henry James
3. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

1900-1999/New School

1. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
2. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

My Six Bookshelf Dust Collectors

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
3. Amerika by Franz Kafka (7.6.24)
4. Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (8.11.24)
5. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (9.3.24)
6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (11.17.24)

Alternates

A1. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
A2. Rabbit, Run by John Updike (1.20.24)
A3. A Covenant With Death by Stephen Becker

Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon with New Authors

1. Daphne du Maurier
2. Daniel Defoe
3. Henry James
4. Samuel Beckett
5. James Fenimore Cooper
6. Vladimir Nabokov

Challenge #12 - Series Books � Start, Continue, Complete

I'm currently in the middle of The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King which is the 2nd book in the Dark Tower series.


So for starters I would like to finish

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King - a 2023 hold over. (4.27.24)

I would like to complete the series - reading the following books:

The Waste Lands
Wizard and Glass
Wolves of the Calla
Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower

Challenge #15 - A-Z Author

A
B. Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange (11.17.24)
C
D. József Debreczeni, Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz (03.12.24)
E
F. Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (11.19.24)
G. David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (4.6.24)
H. Paul Holes, Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases (8.17.24)
I
J. Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife (12.16.24)
K. E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (02.07.24)
L. Michael Lewis, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon (01.09.24)
M. Arthur Miller, The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts (2.28.24)
N. Chris Nashawaty, The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982 (12.19.24)
O. Keith O'Brien, Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball (9.18.24)
P. Nancy Pelosi, The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House (9.28.24)
*Q
R. Philip Roth, The Plot Against America (7.16.24)
S. John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America (8.11.24)
T. Jeff Tweedy, World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music (2.25.24)
U. John Updike, Rabbit, Run (1.20.24)
V
W. Chris Whipple, The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency (11.14.24)
*X
*Y. Josh Young, The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn (10.13.24)
*Z

Challenge #16 - A-Z Title

A. Atonement by Ian McEwan (06.23.24)
B. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler (08.01.24)
C. Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni (03.12.24)
D. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson (7.6.24)
E
F. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (02.07.24)
G. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis (01.09.24)
H. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson (5.9.24)
I. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger (12.16.24)
J
K
L
M. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (11.19.24)
N
O
P. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (7.16.24)
*Q
R. Rabbit, Run by John Updike (1.20.24)
S
T. Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (8.11.24)
U. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes (8.17.24)
V
W. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy (2.25.24)
*X
*Y. You Like It Darker by Stephen King (8.29.24)
*Z

You're off to a really good start with your planning. Enjoy!

Welcome! I hope you have a great reading year. I really like both Daniel Defoe and Daphne du Maurier. They are authors I discovered due to this group. Have fun!

I hoped that The Last of the Mohicans would have won our recent poll, it might have been the nudge I needed. It's been on my shelf way too long. I agree with Lynn, Defoe and du Maurier are worth reading. Have a good year.

Finished an Alternate for Challenge 1 - Rabbit, Run by John Updike

I really enjoyed this one - for the first 4/5 of the book. The ending left me wanting more. I felt like the conclusion was different than I wanted / needed. The very final scene is exactly what I expected and it makes sense in the whole scheme of things. The build- up to the finale left me a little disappointed.

Overall, a 4 start rating.

Good luck on your challenge Shawn, you have many good books on your list.

That's too bad; I always find it so disappointing when a book I really like has an unsatisfying ending. Hopefully the next one is a clear winner!

I feel like I haven't posted here in a while. I have been updating the challenges, but nothing more. I feel good about what I've accomplished so far this year. I have a plan to knock off a few more before the year is over. I feel like this has been my best buffet challenge yet!

That's terrific! I hope you've been enjoying the books too.

Nice to see the progress, Shawn. Like Wobbley, I hope you are having a lot of fun with the reading.