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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Back to the Classics 2018- Wrap Up Post



I'm cutting it close to the deadline this year, but I finally finished my Back to the Classics challenge! I finished all 12 categories, meaning that I get three entries into the drawing for the prize.

Here are the links to what I read for each category:

1. A 19th century classic: The American by Henry James (1877) - Completed March 2018  
2. A 20th century classic: The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1922) - Completed April 2018 
3. A classic by a woman author: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (1814) - Completed September 2018 
4. A classic in translation: Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rølvaag (1924-1925) - Completed June 2018 
5. A children's classic: Heidi by Johanna Spyri (1881) - Completed February 2018 
6. A classic crime story: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939) - Completed November 2018 
7. A classic travel or journey narrative: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1873) - Completed January 2018
8. A classic with a single-word title: Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1854) - Completed October 2018 
9. A classic with a color in the title: The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes (1934) Completed February 2018 
10. A classic by an author that's new to you: Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (1959) Completed March 2018 
11. A classic that scares you: Ulysses by James Joyce (1922) Completed December 2018 
12. Re-read a favorite classic: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) Completed November 2018 

In case I win the big prize, my email address is: quiet.kristina [at] gmail [dot] com

I am very happy with what I read this year. I found a lot of new favorites, blogged about my all-time favorite novel, and visited a place inspired by one of my reads. As usual, I'm excited to do it all again in 2019!

1 comment:

  1. Congratulations on finishing the challenge! I'm really impressed by all the classics you read this year -- especially Ulysses, which is a book that I have given up on ever reading. Thanks again for participating!

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