This is my organizing post for my 2023 challenges.
European Reading Challenge
Gilion's original post
My challenge signup
The idea is to visit European countries by reading books set there. I signed up for the maximum level, which is five, but it's likely I'll read more than that.
1.) Henry James/The Wings of the Dove (Italy)
2.) Robert Gerwarth/November 1918 (Germany)
3.) Eric Ambler/The Levanter (Cyprus)
4.) Samuel Butler/The Way of All Flesh (UK)
5.) Victor Gruen/Shopping Town (Austria)
6.) Honoré de Balzac/Cousin Bette (France)
7.) Georgi Gospodinov/Time Shelter (Bulgaria)
8.) Robert Aickman/Go Back At Once (Croatia)
9.) Olga Tokarczuk/The Books of Jacob (Poland)
10.) Ivo Andrić/Omer Pasha Latas (Bosnia)
11.) Owen Matthews/Overreach (Russia)
12.) Anna Comnena/The Alexiad (Turkey)
13.) Josef Škvorecky/Sins For Father Knox (Czech Republic)
14.) Janwillem van de Wetering/Outsider in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
15.) Homer/The Iliad (Greece)
16.) Leah Horlick/Moldovan Hotel (Moldova)
17.) Herta Müller/The Fox Was Ever the Hunter (Romania)
Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt
Bev's original post
My challenge signup
It's a scavenger hunt! Find items from the list on the covers of mysteries books from each of two eras, gold (prior to 1960) and silver (1960-1989). I'm aiming for a minimum of eight in each era.
Gold
Bottle of Poison: Ngaio Marsh' Death At The Bar (1940)
Two Persons: G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)
Hand Holding Gun: Leslie Charteris' The Saint in Miami (1940)
Glove: Ngaio Marsh' Death of a Peer (1940)
Castle: Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (1951)
Fishing Gear: Ngaio Marsh's Death and The Dancing Footman (1942)
Piece of Furniture: H. C. Bailey's Call Mr. Fortune (1922)
Town Scene: Israel Zangwill's The Big Bow Mystery (1892)
Boat: C. Daly King's Obelists At Sea (1932)
Man in Trench Coat: H. C. Bailey's Mr. Fortune's Practice (1923)
Hat: Patricia Wentworth's Who Pays the Piper? (1940)
Silver
Shadowy Figure: Eric Ambler's The Levanter (1972)
Jewelry: Kerry Greenwood's Cocaine Blues (1989)
Knife: Andrew Greeley's Happy are the Clean of Heart (1986)
Brunette: Erle Stanley Gardner's Shills Can't Cash Chips (1960)
Hat: Josef Škvorecky's Sins for Father Knox (1973)
Glove: Ngaio Marsh's Hand in Glove (1962)
Noose: Janwillem van de Wetering's Outsider in Amsterdam (1975)
Other Animal: Tony Hillerman's The Blessing Way (1970)
The Classics Club
Books I've read this year from my ongoing Classics Club list:
1.) Henry James/The Wings of the Dove
2.) Samuel Butler/The Way of All Flesh
3.) Honoré de Balzac/Cousin Bette
4.) James Baldwin/Notes of a Native Son
5.) W. Somerset Maugham/The Razor's Edge
6.) Giovanni Boccaccio/The Decameron
Link to last year's challenge omnibus page.
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