2019 Reading Challenges

Charity Reading Challenge

Charity Reading Challenge – Hosted by Becky at Becky’s Book Reviews

For each book I read in 2019, I will donate $1 to Catholic Relief Services.

Raised to date: $30

  1. The Fisherman’s Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican’s Secret Search by John O’Neill – Finished 1/2/2019
  2. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster – Finished 1/7/2019
  3. The 200 Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions for Educators by Nathan L. Essex – Finished 2/12/2019
  4. Bernini by Howard Hibbard – Finished 3/4/2019
  5. One Word That Will Change Your Life by Jon Gordon, Dan Britton and Jimmy Page – Finished 3/16/2019
  6. The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 3/17/2019
  7. Louise de la Vallière by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 3/31/2019
  8. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 4/3/2019
  9. Gaudete et Exsultate by Pope Francis – Finished 4/5/2019
  10. Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Mindsets for Change by Eric Jensen – Finished 4/17/2019
  11. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes – Finished 5/8/2019
  12. Echo Burning by Lee Child – Finished 6/15/2019
  13. Pasta Al Dente by Mark Hartley – Finished 6/18/2019
  14. Without Fail by Lee Child – Finished 6/24/2019
  15. Persuader by Lee Child – Finished 7/1/2019
  16. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes – Finished 7/4/2019
  17. Wrestling with God by Ronald Rolheiser – Finished 7/7/2019
  18. The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion – Finished 7/15/2019
  19. The Enemy by Lee Child – Finished 7/26/2019
  20. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón – Finished 8/3/2019
  21. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett – Finished 9/1/2019
  22. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 9/2/2019
  23. One Shot by Lee Child – Finished 9/8/2019
  24. The Hard Way by Lee Child – Finished 9/14/2019
  25. Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child – Finished 9/30/2019
  26. Lilith by George MacDonald – Finished 10/19/2019
  27. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne – Finished 10/28/2019
  28. 75 Short Masterpieces edited by Roger Goodman – Finished 12/28/2019
  29. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole – Finished 12/30/2019
  30. The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens – Finished 12/31/2019

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Classics Club Titles for 2019

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  1. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster – Finished 1/7/2019
  2. The Vicomte of Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 3/17/2019
  3. Louise de la Vallière by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 3/31/2019
  4. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 4/3/2019
  5. Lilith by George MacDonald – Finished 10/19/2019
  6. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne – Finished 10/28/2019
  7. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes – Finished 5/8/2019
  8. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 9/2/2019
  9. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole – Finished 12/30/2019
  10. The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens – Finished 12/31/2019

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European Reading Challenge 2019

5 / 5 – Challenge complete!

European Reading Challenge (Aiming for Five Star Deluxe Entourage Level, 5 books) – Hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader

  1. Vatican City: The Fisherman’s Tomb: The True Story of the Vatican’s Secret Search by John O’Neill – Finished 1/2/2019
  2. Italy: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster – Finished 1/7/2019
  3. France: The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 3/17/2019
  4. Spain: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes – Finished 3/8/2019
  5. United Kingdom: Lilith by George MacDonald – Finished 10/19/2019

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Deal Me In Short Story Challenge 2018

Deal Me In Short Stories Challenge – Hosted by Jay at Bibliophilopolis

All stories are from 75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World’s Literature, edited by Roger Goodman. In order to finish all 75 stories in 52 weeks, there are some weeks in which I will read two stories.

52 / 52 Weeks – 75 / 75 Short Stories – Challenge Complete!

♦ Diamonds

A♦ “A Wedding without Musicians” by Sholem Aleichem and “He Swung and He Missed” by Nelson Algren – Read 10/6/2019
2♦ “Señor Payroll” by William Barrett and “Houseparty” by Walter Bernstein – Read 7/21/2019
3♦ “How Light Belief Bringeth Damage” by Bidpai and “A Psychological Shipwreck” by Ambrose Bierce – Read 6/30/19
4♦ “The Father” by Björnstjerne Björnson and “Neifile’s Story” by Boccaccio – Read 5/19/2019
5♦ “I See You Never” by Ray Bradbury and “The Lottery Ticket” by Ventura Garcia Calderón – Read 12/28/2019
6♦ “Daughter” by Erskine Caldwell and “A Wicked Boy” by Anton Chekhov – Read 3/10/2019
7♦ “Luck” by Samuel Clemens – Read 4/12/2019
8♦  “The Chaser” by John Collier – Read 10/28/2019
9♦ “The Upturned Face” by Stephen Crane – Read 12/28/2019
10♦ “A Game of Billiards” by Alphonse Daudet – Read 7/29/2019
J♦ “Fear” by Rhys Davis – Read 8/8/2019
Q♦ “The Riddle” by Walter de la Mare – Read 12/28/2019
K♦ “The Jewels of M. Lantin” by Guy de Maupaussant – Read 1/20/2019

♥ Hearts

A♥ “The Heavenly Christmas Tree” by Fyodor Dostoevsky and “The Ghosts” by Lord Dunsany – Read 1/27/2019
2♥ “The Scoop” by James T. Farrell and “The Bedchamber Mystery” by C.S. Forester – Read 2/24/2019
3♥ “Mr. Andrews” by E.M. Forster and “The Test” by Angelica Gibbs – Read 5/5/2019
4♥ “Truth and Consequences” by Brendan Gill and “The Disabled Soldier” by Oliver Goldsmith – Read 12/28/2019
5♥ “Virtuoso” by Herbert Goldstone and “Her Lover” by Maxim Gorky – Read 6/16/2019
6♥ “Proof Positive” by Graham Greene and “The Butterfly” by James Hanley – Read 6/23/2019
7♥ “Absent-mindedness in a Parish Choir” by Thomas Hardy – Read 7/15/2019
8♥ “The Hollow of the Three Hills” by Nathaniel Hawthorne – Read 2/10/2019
9♥ “A Question of Blood” by Ernest Haycox – Read 7/7/2019
10♥ “The Boy Who Drew Cats” by Lafcadio Hearn – Read 10/20/2019
J♥ “The Lost Soul” by Ben Hecht – Read 8/18/2019
Q♥  “The Exact Science of Matrimony” by O. Henry – Read 3/24/2019
K♥ “Fard” by Aldous Huxley – Read 4/21/2019

♣ Clubs

A♣ “The Wife” by Washington Irving and “Charles” by Shirley Jackson – Read 1/12/2019
2♣ “Then Came the Legions” by Mackinlay Kantor and “If Not Higher” by Isaac Loeb Perez – Read 5/27/19
3♣ “The Wild Duck’s Nest” by Michael McLaverty and “A Toast to Captain Jerk” by Russell Maloney – Read 3/17/2019
4♣ “Germans at Meat” by Katherine Mansfield and “Born of Man and Woman” by Richard Matheson – Read 2/17/2019
5♣ “The Ant and the Grasshopper” by Somerset Maugham and “The Guardian Angel” by André Maurois – Read 5/12/2019
6♣ “The Fiddler” by Herman Melville and “The Pearl of Toledo” by Prosper Mérimée – Read 12/28/2019
7♣ “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty – Read 12/28/2019
8♣  “The Crime on Calle de la Persequida” by Armando Palacio Valdés – Read 2/3/2019
9♣ “How the Devil Lost His Pancho” by Ricardo Palma – Read 12/28/2019
10♣ “The Standard of Living” by Dorothy Parker – Read 10/6/2019
J♣ “The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allan Poe – Read 10/20/2019
Q♣ “Three Letters…and a Footnote” by Horacio Quiroga – Read 6/16/2019
K♣ “A Dangerous Guy Indeed” by Damon Runyan – Read 3/4/2019

♠ Spades

A♠ “Reginald’s Choir Treat” by Saki and “The Kiss” by William Sansom – Read 8/18/2019
2♠ “The Shepherd’s Daughter” by William Saroyan and “The Foreigner” by Francis Steegmuller – Read 12/28/2019
3♠ “Tom Varnish” by Richard Steele and “Over the Hill” by John Steinbeck – Read 10/6/2019
4♠ “An Attempt at Reform” by August Strindberg and “The Three Hermits” by Leo Tolstoy – Read 4/28/2019
5♠ “The Doctor’s Heroism” by Villiers de L’Isle-Adam and “The Beggar-Woman of Locarno” by Heinrich von Kleist – Read 10/6/2019
6♠ “The Phoenix” by Sylvia Townsend Warner – Read 10/6/2019
7♠ “Slipping Beauty” by Jerome Weidman – Read 4/7/2019
8♠ “The Hour of Letdown” by E.B. White – Read 10/6/2019
9♠ “Moonlight Sonata” by Alexander Woollcott – Read 1/6/2019
10♠ “God” by Eugene Ivanovich Zamiatin – Read 12/28/2019
J♠ “How Grandpa Came into the Money” by Elsa Zanter – Read 6/6/2019
Q♠ “The Three Veterans” by Leane Zugsmith – Read 3/31/2019
K♠ “Kong at the Seaside” by Arnold Zweig – Read 10/6/2019