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January - December 2020
# of books: 6 to 12
If you're new to the challenge, here's how it works:
- Complete six categories, and you'll get one entry in the drawing;
- Complete nine categories, and you'll get two entries in the drawing;
- Complete all twelve categories, and you'll get three entries in the drawing
THE CATEGORIES:
X 1. 19th Century Classic. Any classic book originally published between 1800 and 1899.
Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte. 1847. 532 pages. [Source: Bought]
X 2. 20th Century Classic. Any classic book originally published between 1900 and 1970. All books in this category must have been published at least 50 years ago. The only exceptions are books that were published posthumously but were written at least 50 years ago.
The Virginian. Owen Wister. 1902. Penguin Classics. 370 pages. [Source: Bought]
X 3. Classic by a Woman Author.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Winifred Watson. 1938. 234 pages. [Source: Library]
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Winifred Watson. 1938. 234 pages. [Source: Library]
_ 4. Classic in Translation. Any classic originally written in a novel other than your native
language. You may read the book in your native language, or its
original language (or a third language for all you polyglots). Modern
translations are acceptable, as long as the book was originally
published at least 50 years ago. Books in translation are acceptable in
all other categories as well.
_ 5. Classic by a Person of Color. Any classic work by a non-white author.
X 6. A Genre Classic. Any classic novel that falls into a genre category -- fantasy, science fiction, Western, romance, crime, horror, etc.
Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. 1953. 190 pages. [Source: Library] [Classic; Dystopia; Speculative Fiction]
X 7. Classic with a Person's Name in the Title. First name, last name or both. Examples include Ethan Frome; Emma; Madam Bovary; Anna Karenina; Daniel Deronda; David Copperfield, etc.
X 8. Classic with a Place in the Title. Any
classic with the proper name of a place (real or fictional) - a
country, region, city, town, village, street, building, etc. Examples
include Notre Dame de Paris; Mansfield Park; East of Eden; The Canterbury Tales; Death on the Nile; etc.
Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury. HarperCollins. 1958/2006 edition. 268
pages. [Source: Library] [science fiction; short stories; classic]
X 9. Classic with Nature in the Title. A classic with any element of nature in the title (not including animals). Examples include The Magic Mountain; The Grapes of Wrath; The Jungle; A High Wind in Jamaica; Gone With the Wind; Under the Volcano; etc.
Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare. 1601. 272 pages. [Source: Bought] [Play; Shakespeare; Classic] Assuming that NIGHT is nature enough?!
X 10. Classic About a Family. This
classic should have multiple members of the same family as principal
characters, either from the same generation or multiple different
generations. Examples include Sense and Sensibility; Wives and Daughters; The Brothers Karamazov; Fathers and Sons; The Good Earth; Howards End; and The Makioka Sisters.
The Children of the New Forest. Frederick Marryat. 1847. 369 pages. [Source: Bought]
X 11. Abandoned Classic. Choose
a classic that you started and just never got around to finishing,
whether you didn't like it at or just didn't get around to it. Now is
the time to give it another try.
Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackery. 1847. 867 pages. [Source: Bought] [Classic]
X 12. Classic Adaptation. Any
classic that's been adapted as a movie or TV series. If you like, you
can watch the adaptation and include your thoughts in your book review.
It's not required but it's always fun to compare.
Howard's End. E.M. Forster. 1910. 246 pages. [Source: Bought] [classic; adult fiction]
THE RULES:
- All books must have been written at least 50 years ago to qualify; therefore, books must have been published no later than 1970 for this challenge. The only exceptions to this rule are books which published posthumously but written before 1970. Recent translations of classic novels are acceptable.
- All books must be read during read from January 1 through December 31, 2020. Books started before January 1 do not qualify. All reviews must be linked to this challenge by 11:59 p.m. on January 1, 2021. I will post links the first week of January for each category, which will be featured on a sidebar of this blog for convenience through the entire year. (The link for the final wrap-up will be posted towards the end of the year, to avoid confusion).
- The deadline to sign up for the challenge is March 31, 2020. After that, I'll close the link and you'll have to wait until next year's challenge. Please include a link to your actual sign-up post, not your blog URL/home page. Make sure you sign up in the Linky below, not the comments section. If I do not see your name in the sign-ups, you are not eligible. If you've made a mistake with your link, just add a new one and let me know in the comments. It's no trouble for me to delete an incorrect link.
- Books may NOT cross over within this challenge -- that is, you may not count the same book multiple times within this challenge. You MUST read a different book for each category in this challenge, or it doesn't count.
- Participants must post a wrap-up and link it to the challenge, and it must include links to all the books they've read for this challenge, specifying which books for each challenge. If I cannot confirm which books you've read for each challenge, I will not enter your name into the drawing. It is fine to rearrange books for the challenge, since many books can fit multiple categories -- just let me know in the final wrap-up!
- The wrap-up post MUST include contact information so that I can contact the winner privately before announcing the winner on this blog. If your blog doesn't have a link, or if you have a Goodreads account, let me know in the comments of wrap-up post. If I cannot contact you, I cannot award you the prize!
- The winner will be announced on this blog the first week of January, 2021. All qualifying participants will receive one or more entries, depending upon the number of categories they complete as stated above. One winner will be randomly selected from all qualifying entries. I will contact the winner privately and award the prize before posting on the blog.
© 2020 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
1 comment:
Have you decided on any books for this yet?
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