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Subject: 2015 Classics Challenge--LISTS ONLY
Date Posted: 11/19/2014 1:58 PM ET
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The third draft has survived to become the official list for next year! I haven't decided on what I'll be reading yet, but the goal is more...
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Date Posted: 11/19/2014 2:26 PM ET
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Date Posted: 11/19/2014 3:19 PM ET
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Select 12 of the 15 categories listed below for the full challenge, or to choose 6 for the lighter one: 1. made into film--  God's Lit more...
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Date Posted: 11/19/2014 5:35 PM ET
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1. made into film--Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 2. new-to-you author-- 3. more...
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Date Posted: 11/19/2014 5:35 PM ET
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1. made into film-- Pelle the Conqueror by Nexo 2. new-to-you autho more...
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Date Posted: 11/19/2014 5:54 PM ET
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Charles K., the choices do not all have to be fiction. The categories are broad enough to include biog more...
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Date Posted: 11/19/2014 6:13 PM ET
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thanks for the clarific more...
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Date Posted: 11/19/2014 8:59 PM ET
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1.   Made into film:  The Saga of Gösta Berling, by Selma Lagerlöf 2.   New to me author:   more...
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Date Posted: 11/20/2014 9:01 AM ET
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updated February 2. 1. made into film-- The First Men in the Moon - H.G. Wells. My review is here. updated February 12 2. new-to-you author-- Best Max Carrados Mysteries – Ernest Bramah. My review is here. updated April 29 3. lost in translation-- Kappa - Akutagawa Ryunosuke. My review is here. updated March 30. 4. book you consider short--My Lady's Money – Wilki more...
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Date Posted: 11/20/2014 10:45 AM ET
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1. made into film-- The Razor's Edge by W Somerset Maugham 2. new-to-you author-- The Sun Field by Heywood Bro more...
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Date Posted: 11/20/2014 1:17 PM ET
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lOVE THIS ONE!  There are always a couple of categories I have trouble getting through so I'm glad that there are extra ones.  And, thanks for taking my suggestion about including those we may more...
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Date Posted: 11/20/2014 8:24 PM ET
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Charles K., when do we start? I'll be starting the 2015 Ch more...
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Date Posted: 11/20/2014 10:17 PM ET
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Read 12 of 15 categories listed below for the full challenge, or to choose 6 for the lighter one. 1. mad more...
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1. made into film-- 2. new-to-you author-- 3. los more...
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Date Posted: 11/26/2014 9:35 PM ET
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Light Challenge Plus (as far as I can get) 1. made into film-- Cousin Bette - Honore De Balzac 2 more...
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Date Posted: 11/30/2014 3:32 PM ET
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  I don't know if I'll do a classics challenge this year, but goodreads has inspired a couple other unofficial challenges I'm giving myself:1. try to read an equal number of male and female authors; every y more...
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Read 6 or 12. 1. made into film--     The American by Henry James 2. new-to-you author- more...
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I've finally completed my list. As usual, I found some great ideas in the list of others. 1. made into film--Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) 2. new-to-you autho more...
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1. made into film – Fighting Caravans by Zane Grey, 1929 (DONE) 2. new-to-you author – Fields For President by W.C more...
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