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TRP Winter Classics Reading Challenge

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  1. CoCo
    CoCo
    Girl Detective

    TRP is hosting this fun and rewarding challenge to help kick off our new face lift.

    ***The challenge is to read three classics during the months of November, December and January***

    At the end of January there will be a drawing for all those who complete the challenge. We’re still deciding on a prize. If you would like to join along and read some of those classics that you keep promising that you’ll get to, this is a great time to get started. Plus, there’s something fun about joining with other reader’s on a challenge.

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on...
    ~the rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century
    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. CoCo
    CoCo
    Girl Detective

    Post your three selections on this thread...and, come back and update us on your progress.

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on...
    ~the rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century
    Posted 2 years ago #

  3. Dimma
    Dimma
    Member

    For November I'll read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. I don't know which ones I'll pick from my TBR-pile for December and January yet, I'll get back to you.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. CoCo
    CoCo
    Girl Detective

    Yeah, Dimma! I'll be reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley for my November selection...like you, I'll choose later for my December and January selections...Be sure to come back here and discuss your classic selections.

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on...
    ~the rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century
    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. Karmonghia
    Karmonghia
    Key Master

    November is essentially shot for me. For December, I'll be reading Leaves of Grass. And January, I'll be reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. shreeausten
    shreeausten
    Member

    Well, not sure what I'll read, but I may be able to fit in 2 books, maybe.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. Meg
    Meg
    Member

    I'm not sure if I'll get them finished, but I'm going to start one tomorrow - Middlemarch by George Eliot. For December I'll read The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins, and if re-reads are allowed (it's been years since I've read this one), then for January, Dracula by Bram Stoker.

    He that loves reading has everything within his reach. ~~ William Godwin
    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. LizzieD
    LizzieD
    Member

    Ummm. I'm sort of like Shree. I may be able to make 2 out of 3. I've started to reread Moby-Dick, The Brothers Karamozov, and Our Mutual Friend. Given my erratic reading style, I may finish all or none by the end of January. (I have also picked up Swann's Way again, so it may call me to finish it first, but it doesn't fit the 19th century requirement.) So ---- the spirit is willing but the eyes, will, concentration are weak. We'll see.

    "Wear the old coat and buy the new book."
    Posted 1 year ago #

  9. Ponderable
    Ponderable
    Member

    I have begun reading and will keep it up:

    Charles Dickens: Bleak House

    Further choices:

    Henry Fielding: Tom Jones

    Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice.

    But I reserve the right to alter these.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  10. shreeausten
    shreeausten
    Member

    I picked my first one:
    Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg

    Posted 1 year ago #

  11. shreeausten
    shreeausten
    Member

    I take it back, I'm not liking the book I picked. Boring, blah blah.
    So, I'll pick something else, but I'm not sure what, maybe I'll post after I'm sure I'll like it!

    Posted 1 year ago #

  12. CoCo
    CoCo
    Girl Detective

    I'm about halfway through my re-read of A Brave New World...I better hurry so I can move on to a new selection for December!

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on...
    ~the rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century
    Posted 1 year ago #

  13. Jandy
    Jandy
    Member

    OK, how old do the classics have to be? I read The Call of the Wild a couple weeks ago for the November read (before I knew there was a challenge). I'd like to read Winesburg, Ohio for December. I have a box of 20th century classics on Mt. Bookpile that I want to read. Are they too new for this challenge? I still have to choose a January read.

    "people are inclined to underestimate folks who work with books" - Jayne Ann Krentz
    Posted 1 year ago #

  14. CoCo
    CoCo
    Girl Detective

    Jandy! Hulloooo there! It's going to be hard to type your name without an 's' :-)

    We purposely left the definition of a classic open to interpretation...so by all means count The Call of the Wild for November...

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on...
    ~the rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century
    Posted 1 year ago #

  15. CoCo
    CoCo
    Girl Detective

    Call for reviews! We should be close to finishing our November selections...I'd love to compile mini-reviews to share with everyone. Please send these to me at connies-at-thereadersplace.com.

    Mini Book Reviews (100 words or less):

    * Book title
    * Author name
    * Comments: What did you think of the book?
    * Defining element: What one (or more) thing made the book a classic?

    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on...
    ~the rubaiyat - omar khayyam - 11th century
    Posted 1 year ago #

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