I only took on two reading challenges this year. One is the Back to the Classics Challenge and the other is the TBR Pile Challenge. I've finally completed my TBR list for the year! I read both books on my alternates list and only missed one from my original list. Thanks again to Adam at Roof Beam Reader for continuing to host this all year!
My favorite from the list were The Lotus Eaters, Doc, Blankets, and Tooth and Claw. I struggled with a couple of them, but as always, I love this challenge because it gets me reading books that I've been meaning to read for years!
Here’s my list for 2014:
1) Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (finished January 2014)
2) The
Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli (finished May 2014)
3) The
Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (finished March
2014)
4) One
Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (finished Feb. 2014)
5) Dune by Frank
Herbert (finished May 2014)
6) Positively Fifth Street by James McManus
7) The
Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (finished May 2014)
8) Blankets by
Craig Thompson (finished April 2014)
9) Kiwi Tracks
by Andrew Stevenson (finished August 2014)
10) Doc by Mary Doria
Russell (finished May 2014)
11) Tooth
and Claw by Jo Walton (finished January 2014)
12) The
Americanization of Benjamin Franklin by Gordon S. Wood (finished Jan.
2014)
ALTERNATES:
1) In
Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck (finished August 2014)
2) Emily of
New Moon by L.M. Montgomery (finished March 2014)
Photo by moi and from Adam's blog.
7 comments:
Yayy...congrats! I still have 2 books left for this, but I have just completed my Back to the Classics challenge today! :)
Fanda - Well done! I still have a ways to go on that challenge.
I'm so jealous! I'm not going to make it - I've read 11, and there's one (I actually can't remember which one right now!) I just cannot write about - can't think of a thing to say! And picking the last one... I'll try and read 12, but the remainder don't appeal :(
Well done! :D
Congrats on finishing AND reading all your alternatives!
o - I don't think I'm going to make it on my Back to the Classics Challenge. Oh well, at least we tried!
ardentreader - Thanks! It felt good to finally finish some of those TBR books.
congratulations, I was quite bad at that challenge this year
wordsandpeace - I was awful it back to the classics challenge, you win some you lose some.
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