ClassicsChallenge

War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Leo Tolstoy

From @Lunakay

Dear Littens, I think we all have some classics we would like to read, but somehow new amazing books are released all the time, then some of these classics are, well, a bit on the chunky side and therefore a bit intimidating and in general there is too much to read and too little time!
So, who would be interested in joining in on a quarterly challenge?

Let's tackle those oldies!

Let her know..
#classicschallenge

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Lunakay

War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky | Leo Tolstoy

Dear Littens, I think we all have some classics we would like to read, but somehow new amazing books are released all the time, then some of these classics are, well, a bit on the chunky side and therefore a bit intimidating and in general there is too much to read and too little time!

So, who would be interested in joining in on a quarterly challenge?

Let's tackle those oldies!😊

#classicschallenge

Lunakay @Dilara I remember you being interested 🤗 1w

TheSpineView I would be interested. I actually intended to read War and Peace this year but never got around to it. 2025 is the year! 1w

TheSpineView @LitsyEvents 1w

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BarbaraJean I‘m interested! I‘ve been joining too many challenges and buddy reads lately, but a quarterly challenge feels more low-key! 1w

Dilara @Lunakay Yes, I'm in! 1w

LapReader Count me in 1w

AvidReader25 Love this idea! 1w

BookBelle84 I'd like to join in! 1w

AnishaInkspill I'm interested 1w

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Born.A.Reader

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

🌿A couple appointments, and generally work meetings. Hoping for a quick week.
🌿🌿Munchie type food, if I'm in the mood.
🌿🌿🌿Usually a bookmark, but if not, whatever is handy.
🌿🌿🌿🌿Tagged for my #classicschallenge
#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

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aperfectmjk

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith

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Y'all! I am so mad at myself for waiting so long to read this one! I LOVED this! Easily made it's way into my top 5! 💕

#Bookspinbingo #MustReads2022 #ClassicsChallenge @TheAromaofBooks

Addison_Reads I read this for the first time last January and felt the same way. It's such a wonderful book. 3y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y

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Clwojick

2022: A Book of Grace-Filled Days | Loretta Pehanich

Who knows, maybe this will finally be the year that I read Little Women 😅 #classicschallenge #2022readingchallenges

Chrissyreadit What!Blasphemy!!! It‘s one of my favorite books of all time! I hope you do read it! 3y

Roary47 It is a good classic. I see so many similarities in other books after reading it. Hope you are able to get to it. 😊 3y

jewright It‘s a great book! 3y

Clwojick #bulletjournal 2y

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Cinfhen

Forecasting: Methods and Applications | Spyros G. Makridakis, Rob J. Hyndman

I LOVE Misty & Cynthia‘s challenge theme this month.... #3Books (check out @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks & @OriginalCyn620 feed for all the details!!!)
Day 1:
#3Books....I plan to read this month
Tom Sawyer for #BannedBook week & #ClassicsChallenge
The Parisian I‘m in the mood for a HF saga
The Cooking Gene for IRL bookclub

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Librariana Sounds super fun! I'm so glad people like you, @Alwaysbeebeenaloverofbooks, and @OriginalCyn620 are part of the Litsy community and that you create these great prompts and activities (#weeklyforecast, etc.) to keep us all motivated to keep reading. Thank you all for that! 🧡 4y

mspixieears The Cooking Gene is fantastic and heartbreaking in parts, definitely worth reading as an alternative narrative to American history. 4y

Cinfhen I‘m really looking forward @mspixieears to this book 👉

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South

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Cinfhen You‘re so sweet, @Librariana 😘 4y

OriginalCyn620 First, thank you so much! Second, love that you‘ve planned your Banned Books Week read! Third, I thank you and your cohosts @4thhouseontheleft and @BarbaraTheBibliophage for #booked2020. I‘ve had fun with it and hope y‘all are doing it in 2021! 4y

OriginalCyn620 Thank you so much @Librariana! Very sweet of you to say! 4y

Cinfhen Glad you‘re enjoying #Booked2020 @OriginalCyn620 🤓And Yessssssss!!! We‘re already working on our new prompts😉 4y

OriginalCyn620 I can‘t wait to see what they are @Cinfhen! 🤗 4y

Reviewsbylola It‘s been since (high?) school that I‘ve read Tom Sawyer! 4y

BarbaraBB Thanks for bringing this challenge to my attention. I immediately joined too! Should be fun! 💕 (edited) 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @OriginalCyn620 Glad you‘re having fun with our little challenge. 🤗 2021 will be awesome!! 4y

Cinfhen I‘m so glad @BarbaraBB it seems fun and I‘m enjoying seeing what others are posting ♥️ 4y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you 🙌🏻📚💗 4y

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Cinfhen

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou

so-so

I understand why Maya Angelou is beloved on Litsy and recognized as a literary legend. She bore witness to the brutality of the Jim Crow South, portraying racism in stark language and vividly described the horrors and traumas she endured growing up. I admire her bravery and resolve but this book was difficult to get through. I can‘t say I enjoyed listening to the audio but I‘m glad I did. #ClassicsChallenge #Booked2020#BannedBook

BarbaraTheBibliophage, Reviewsbylola, alisiakae

Reviewsbylola I‘m not sure this one would be successful for me on audio. 5y

Cinfhen I‘m such a lover of memoir...especially when read by the author but for some reason this was a chore to get through. I know others loved hearing Maya Angelou‘s deep voice but I felt it harsh and robotic @Reviewsbylola 🙊 (edited) 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Proud of you. This one‘s still on my list. 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @BarbaraTheBibliophage when the times right im sure you‘ll pick it up💔 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen For sure. 5y

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Cinfhen

Spinning | Tillie Walden

#BookSpinBonanza @TheAromaofBooks I‘ve completed my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin up next is books 3,4,5 and 6❤️Book 4 will also be my #ClassicsChallenge @Reviewsbylola

TrishB Cool 👍🏻 5y

Megabooks High Achiever is good! 5y

Cinfhen Oh good, my daughter said it was pretty entertaining/ amusing for a memoir about a junkie @Megabooks 5y

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Cinfhen 😘 @TrishB 5y

Suet624 You‘re such a fast reader!!! 5y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! You are making fabulous progress!! 5y

mhillis Great list! I thought it was good

A Place for Us: A Novel

Cinfhen I‘ve heard this book is really good , but it‘s on my Kindle and I‘m in the mood for an audiobook so it might be another few days @mhillis 5y

Cinfhen Thanks @TheAromaofBooks @Suet624 Long Bright River was SOOOO GOOD 5y

Reviewsbylola Good pick! 5y

Suet624 I just stacked it. 💕💕 5y

Cinfhen It‘s so good @Suet624 🥰 5y

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Reviewsbylola

Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen

Does anyone know of any classics challenges on Litsy? Or would anyone be interested in one if I started it?

My one reading resolution for 2020 is to read two classics per month, whether they be new to me or rereads. I thought it would be fun to do it with others. Maybe it will keep me on track.

If I do start a challenge, it would be very loose. You make your own goal, as far as how many classics you want to read, etc etc. #classicschallenge

ljuliel I made a list a few weeks back of all the readalongs I could find it Litsy. #readalongs2020. The only ones that‘d be sort of Classics, is a Willa Cather one and a children‘s classics one. Also A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (edited) 5y

arubabookwoman I would love to do a classics challenge if you start one! I think I could do one per month, maybe 2 depending on how you define “classics.” ( My personal favorite definition is Italo Calvino‘s which is something like, “A classic is a book that always has something new to say.”—I‘m going to look up the actual quote, because this doesn‘t sound right to me.) (edited) 5y

mklong I‘d be up for it! Somehow I got out of the habit of keeping something going on Serial reader and I‘d like to start back. 5y

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Ruthiella I would participate! I need something to keep my classics reading on track! 😀 5y

arubabookwoman The actual quote is, “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” 5y

jmtrivera I'd be interested! 5y

sprainedbrain I‘d be down for this! Like @mklong I have gotten out of my Serial Reader habit, and this is would fix that! 5y

Soubhiville I‘d consider A Tree Grows in Brooklyn‘s classic, and @CoffeeNBooks is running a buddyread in January for that. I don‘t know if any others. 5y

Soubhiville And with #AuthorAMonth we‘re reading Edith Wharton, Toni Morrison, and Ray Bradbury. I would consider some of their titles classics too. 5y

LeahBergen I‘d jump in! I‘d probably commit to one/month, I think. 🤔 5y

Laughterhp I have a goal in 2020 to read 1 classic book a month. I have a random lists of classic books I want to try and get to. Some I own, some I don‘t. And I‘m not 100% committed to all the books on my list, so I‘d be interested. 5y

Reviewsbylola It‘s totally up to each participant on how they want to define classics. I think your/Italo Cavino‘s definition is perfect! @arubabookwoman 5y

Reviewsbylola Thank you @ljuliel that‘s perfect! 5y

Reviewsbylola I have definitely been meaning to reread A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, not to mention Wharton and Morrison! @Soubhiville 5y

Biblionut I‘m interested. I was already going to read more classics this year, it would be fun to read along with others. 😃 5y

Reviewsbylola Awesome! I figured maybe leading a challenge would keep me on track, and it‘s always fun to have others to read along with. @Biblionut 5y

Mdargusch Hopefully this will get me to read some more books I already own! 5y

Reviewsbylola Well personally I was looking at it as an excuse to buy pretty new books. 🤔 But you do you! 😆 @Mdargusch 5y

LazyDays I would love a read along! I've been trying to read my way through serial reader. I'd love to join if you all put anything together. 5y

Reviewsbylola It‘s a thing now! Just follow the hashtag #classicschallenge2020 and use the tag when you‘re posting about your classics. It‘s a very basic challenge. 😊 @Bookishthoughts 5y

LazyDays @Reviewsbylola cool thank you! 5y

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