Back to the Classics 2012
Any 19th Century Classic- Any 20th Century Classic
- Reread a classic of your choice
- A Classic Play
- Classic Mystery/Horror/Crime Fiction
- Classic Romance
- Read a Classic that has been translated from its original language to your language
- Classic Award Winner
- Read a Classic set in a Country that you (realistically speaking) will not visit during your lifetime
What’s in a Name?
A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title- A book with something you’d see in the sky in the title
- A book with a creepy crawly in the title
- A book with a type of house in the title
- A book with something you’d carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title
- A book with a something you’d find on a calendar in the title
TBR Pile Challenge
My 12 Picks:
- A Storm of Swords (2000) by George R.R.
Martin - Kindred (1979) by Octavia Butler
- A Great and Terrible Beauty (2003) by Libba Bray
- Wolf Hall (2009) by Hilary Mantel
- Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997) by Jared Diamond
- The Plot Against America (2004) by Philip Roth
- Gilead (2004) by Marilynne Robinson
- Olive Kitteridge (2008) Elizabeth Strout
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2003) by Lionel Shriver
- March (2005) by Geraldine Brooks
- Little Women (1868) by Louisa May Alcott
- Game Change (2010) by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
My 2 Alternates:
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas
- The Good War (1984) by Studs Terkel
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- My Antonia by Willa Cather (Re-read)
- A Jane Austen (Re-read)
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Re-read)
Classic Double Challenge
Pair #1: March by Geraldine Brooks & Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Pair #2: Cinder by Marissa Meyer & an original Cinderella story that hasn’t been picked yet…
