Becky's Book Reviews: 2020 reading goals

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Thursday, December 03, 2020

Back To Classics Final Wrap-up Post 2020

I read eleven books this year. I still have a few weeks left but I don't see me completing another book for the remaining category that quickly.

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]

X 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.

Nutcracker of Nuremberg. Alexandre Dumas. Illustrated by Else Hasselris. Translated by Grace Gingras. 1844/1930/2013. Pook Press. 172 pages. [Source: Bought]

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.

Miss Mackenzie. Anthony Trollope. 1865. 432 pages. [Source: Bought]

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]

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Saturday, January 04, 2020

2020 Reading Challenges: Back to the Classics

2020 Back to the Classics Reading Challenge
Host: Books and Chocolate, sign up here
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]

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]

_ 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.