2020 Reading Challenges

Classics Club Titles for 2020

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  1. A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler – Finished 3/22/2020
  2. Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos – Finished 4/11/2020
  3. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – Finished 12/18/2020
  4. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky – Finished 1/20/2020
  5. The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany – Finished 2/3/2020
  6. The Light Princess by George MacDonald – Finished 12/22/2020
  7. City by Clifford Simak – Finished 8/2/2020
  8. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux – Finished 8/15/2020
  9. How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy – Finished 12/21/2020
  10. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Finished 12/30/2020

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5 / 5 – Challenge complete!

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

European Countries:

  1. Russia: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky – Finished 1/20/2020
  2. Italy: Death in Springtime by Magdalen Nabb – Finished 8/17/2020
  3. France: Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos – Finished 4/11/2020
  4. Turkey: A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler – Finished 3/22/2020
  5. United Kingdom: The Golden Ocean by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 7/19/2020

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32 / 24 – Challenge complete!

Mount TBR Reading Challenge (Aiming for Mount Blanc, 24 books) – Hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block

  1. The Liturgical Year Volume 1 by Adrien Nocent – Finished 1/11/2020
  2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky – Finished 1/20/2020
  3. The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany – Finished 2/2/2020
  4. Nothing to Lose by Lee Child – Finished 2/16/2020
  5. Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child – Finished 2/27/2020
  6. 61 Hours by Lee Child – Finished 3/9/2020
  7. A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler – Finished 3/22/2020
  8. The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún by J.R.R. Tolkien – Finished 3/25/2020
  9. Worth Dying For by Lee Child – Finished 3/28/2020
  10. Deacons: Servants of Charity by Pope Francis – Finished 4/8/2020
  11. Seeking a Center by Otto Bird – Finished 4/8/2020
  12. Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos – Finished 4/11/2020
  13. A Deacon’s Retreat by James Keating – Finished 4/16/2020
  14. The Golden Ocean by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 7/19/2020
  15. Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster – Finished 7/21/2020
  16. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin – Finished 7/22/2020
  17. The Affair by Lee Child – Finished 7/26/2020
  18. City by Clifford Simak – Finished 8/2/2020
  19. A Wanted Man by Lee Child – Finished 8/13/2020
  20. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux – Finished 8/15/2020
  21. Death in Springtime by Magdalen Nabb – Finished 8/17/2020
  22. Never Go Back by Lee Child – Finished 8/18/2020
  23. Personal by Lee Child – Finished 8/30/2020
  24. Hope Against Darkness by Richard Rohr – Finished 10/11/2020
  25. Armchair Mystic by Mark Thibodeaux – Finished 10/11/2020
  26. Falling Upward by Richard Rohr – Finished 10/15/2020
  27. Deacons and the Church by Owen Cummings – Finished 11/1/2020
  28. Praying the Liturgy of the Hours by Timothy M. Gallagher – Finished 11/7/2020
  29. Sacred Reading: The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina by Michael Casey – Finished 11/14/2020
  30. How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy – Finished 12/21/2020
  31. The Light Princess by George MacDonald – Finished 12/22/2020
  32. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Finished 12/30/2020

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Russian Literature Reading Challenge – Hosted by Keely at A Common Reader

  1. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky – Finished 1/20/2020
  2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Finished 12/30/2020
  3. How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy – Finished 12/21/2020

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What’s In a Name Reading Challenge – Hosted by Andrea at Carolina Book Nook

Categories:

  1. An ampersand: The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún by J.R.R. Tolkien – Finished 3/25/2020
  2. An antonym: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Finished 12/30/2020
  3. 4 letters or fewer: City by Clifford Simak – Finished 8/2/2020
  4. A given/first name: A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler – Finished 3/22/2020
  5. Reference to children: The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany – Finished 2/3/2020
  6. One of the 4 natural elements – water, air, fire, earth: The Golden Ocean by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 7/19/2020

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Deal Me In Short Story Challenge 2018

Deal Me In 10th Anniversary Short Stories Challenge – Hosted by Jay at Bibliophilopolis

15 / 52 – Challenge incomplete – moved to 2021

♦ Diamonds (From Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder Racquet)

A♦ “The Sawbuck Machine” by Frank Sisk – Read 3/8/2020
2♦ “Contraband” by James Holding
3♦ “For Every Evil” by Douglas Farr
4♦ “You Can’t Win ‘Em (at) All” by Ed Lacy
5♦ “Murder in Mind” (Novelette) by C. B. Gilford
6♦ “Charley’s Charm” by Alice-Mary Schnirring
7♦ “Murder Door to Door” by Robert Colby
8♦  “Ransom Demand” by Jeffrey M. Wallman
9♦ “I’ll Race You” by Fletcher Flora
10♦ “I Am Not a Thief, Mr. Kester” by Gilbert Ralston – Read 8/3/2020
J♦ “Mousetrap” by Edwin P. Hicks
Q♦ “Mildly Murderous” by Elijah Ellis – Read 3/1/2020
K♦ “An Element of Risk” (Novelette) by Richard Deming

♥ Hearts (From Alfred Hitchcock’s Happiness is a Warm Corpse)

A♥ “Once Upon a Bank Floor” by James Holding, Jr.
2♥ “The Egg Head” by Rog Phillips
3♥ “Each Night He Pulled the Trigger” by Robert Edmond Alter – Read 2/16/2020
4♥ “The Waiting Game” by Pat Stadley
5♥ “Destruction Is Always Arranged” by Gilbert Ralston – Read 8/2/2020
6♥ “The Happy Death” by John Cortez
7♥ “The Sweater” by Richard O. Lewis
8♥ “IQ–184” by Fletcher Flora – Read 3/15/2020
9♥ “Kill, If You Want Me!” by Richard Deming
10♥ “Antique” by Hal Ellson – Read 1/12/2020
J♥ “Mrs. Gilly and the Gigolo” by Mary L. Roby
Q♥  “This Day’s Evil” by Jonathan Craig
K♥ “Private and Confidential” by Diane Frazer

♣ Clubs (From Alfred Hitchcock’s Happy Deathday)

A♣ “Settlement Out of Court” Fletcher Flora
2♣ “Drawer 14” by Talmage Powell – Read 1/5/2020
3♣ “An Echo of Evil” by Mary E. Nutt
4♣ “The Hypothetical Plan” (Novelette) by Richard Deming
5♣ “With One Stone” by Jack Ritchie
6♣ “Obedience School” by John Lutz
7♣ “The Sound of Murder” by Robert Colby
8♣  “Journey with a Murderer” by Donald Honig – Read 3/22/2020
9♣ “Murder a la Davy Jones” by Richard Hardwick
10♣ “A Quiet Backwater” by Stanley Abbott
J♣ “The Return of Crazy Bill” by Frank Sisk – Read 2/23/2020
Q♣ “Three Miles to Marleybone” (Novelette) by Henry Slesar
K♣ “The Sheriff’s Rainy Day” by Elijah Ellis – Read 2/10/2020

♠ Spades (From Thou Shalt Not Kill edited by Cynthia Manson)

A♠ “The Dutiful Son” by Ralph McInerny
2♠ “The Second Commandment” by Charlotte Armstrong
3♠ “Straight Down the Middle” by Thomas Adcock
4♠ “Death of an Alumnus” by Janet O’Daniel
5♠ “The Price of Light” by Ellis Peters – Read 2/2/2020
6♠ “A Face to Remember” by Mary Amlaw
7♠ “The Man in the Passage” by G. K. Chesterton – Read 8/3/2020
8♠ “Justina” by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
9♠ “In the Confessional” by Alice Scanlan Reach
10♠ “Rumpole and the Man of God” by John Mortimer
J♠ “A Neighborly Observation” by Richard Hardwick (From Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder Racquet) – Read 1/26/2020
Q♠ “Never Come Back” by Robert Colby (From Alfred Hitchcock’s Happiness Is a Warm Corpse) – Read 1/19/2020
K♠ “Consult the Yellow Pages” by Phillip Tremont (From Alfred Hitchcock’s Happy Deathday)