Tuesday, January 19, 2021

2021 reading challenge

"The world was hers for the reading"
                      Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

                                (0ther than the crow, this seems familiar)

Due to the occurrence of some extensive mouth and teeth surgery I had the last week of 2020, which from there hurdled me into the second week of January before I felt more normal again...what's normal these days? Thus my 2021 reading challenge is a bit delayed, but no worries because reading is wonderful and necessary and something I wish to always have in my life, ergo, my self-imposed reading challenge is only slightly delayed. 

I spent the later part of the week making my plans and gathering my books. Following are the proposed reading genres and books I am considering for this year.  As always, the majority of them are classics and I am mimicking Karen's list  as a format to include in my genres.

1. 19th Century Classic (1800-1899)...
           Far From the Maddening Crowd-Thomas Hardy 
2. 20th Century Classic (1900-1971)...
                        This Proud Heart-Pearl Buck
3. Classic written by a woman...
                         I Capture the Castle- Dodie Smith
4. Classic in translation...
         The Odyssey (Homer)-translated by Robert Fitzgerald 
5.  Classic written by a non-white author...
                    Up From Slavery- Booker T. Washington
6. Classic author new to you...
              Cry, the Beloved Country-Alan Paton
7. Classic by an author you've read before...
              The Dean's Watch- Elizabeth Goudge
8 Classic with animal in the title...
                The Little White Horse- Elizabeth Goudge
9. Humorous or satirical Classic
                       Screwtape Letters- C.S.Lewis
10. Classical Play...
                      A Winter's Tale- Shakespeare
11. Children's Classic...
                     a Laura Ingalls Wilder book
12. A biography or autobiography...
                      Bonhoeffer- Eric Metaxas
13. A religious classic...
                     In His Steps-Charles M. Sheldon
14. A classic with a Season in the Title...
                 The Solitary Summer- Elizabeth von Arnim
15. A Craft/gardening/or cook book...
        The Geometry of Handsewing-Alabama Chanin
16. A  Grace Livingston Hill  Classic
                        Duskin
17.  A modern novel...
      Peace Like A  River-Leif Enger 
 There are still several holes I will be filling in as the months go by, and these titles are not written in stone. I can change them at the last minute if another choice becomes more desirable. All in all I will be reading more books than are listed in this challenge, my goal here is to simply enjoy reading a wide variety of classics. Nothing difficult about that...
Please share some of your reading choices for 2021.   


 

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