{"id":7880,"date":"2020-12-31T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T22:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?page_id=7880"},"modified":"2021-12-31T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T22:19:21","slug":"2021-reading-challenges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/2021-reading-challenges","title":{"rendered":"2021 Reading Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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4 \/ 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aubrey\/Maturin 4 Year Chapter-a-Week Read-along Odyssey – Year One<\/strong>\u00a0– Hosted by yours truly<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Master and Commander\u00a0<\/em>by Patrick O’Brian (January 1 to March 21) – Finished 3\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Post Captain<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian (March 22 to June 27) – Finished 6\/27\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. H.M.S. Surprise<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian (June 28 to September 12) – Finished 9\/12\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. The Mauritius Command <\/em>by Patrick O’Brian (September 13 to November 21) – Finished 11\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Desolation Island<\/em>, chapters 1-5 by Patrick O’Brian (November 22 to December 31) –\u00a0Finished 12\/27\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    5 \/ 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

    2021 Chapter-a-Day Read-along <\/strong>– Hosted by yours truly<\/a><\/p>\n

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    1. The Divine Comedy<\/em> by Dante Alighieri (January 1 to April 10) – Finished April 10, 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. Quo Vadis<\/em> by Henryk Sienkiewicz (April 11 to June 23) – Finished June 23, 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. The Hunchback of Notre<\/em> Dame by Victor Hugo (June 24 to August 21) – Finished August 21, 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. David Copperfield<\/em> by Charles Dickens (August 22 to October 24) – Finished October 24, 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. The Three Musketeers<\/em> by Alexandre Dumas (October 25 to December 31) – Finished December 31, 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      12 \/ 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Back to the Classics Challenge<\/strong> – Hosted by Karen at Books and Chocolate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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      1. A 19th Century Classic:<\/strong>\u00a0David Copperfield<\/em> by Charles Dickens – Finished 10\/24\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. A 20th Century Classic: <\/strong>The Living Wood<\/em> by Louis de Wohl – Finished 7\/3\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      3. A Classic by a Woman Author:<\/strong> The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em> by Baroness Orczy – Finished 4\/12\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      4. A Classic in Translation:<\/strong> The Divine Comedy<\/em> by Dante Alighieri – Finished 4\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      5. A Classic by a Non-White Author: <\/strong>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass\u00a0<\/em>by Frederick Douglass – Finished 3\/22\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      6. A Classic by a New-to-Me Author:<\/strong> Goodbye, Mr. Chips<\/em> by James Hilton – Finished 3\/22\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      7. A New-to-Me Classic by a Favorite Author: <\/strong>The Hunchback of Notre<\/em> Dame by Victor Hugo – Finished 8\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      8. A Classic with an Animal in the Title:<\/strong> The Lone Wolf<\/em> by Joseph Vance –\u00a0Finished 12\/31\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      9. A Children’s Classic:<\/strong>\u00a0Pinocchio<\/em> by Carlo Collodi – Finished 4\/7\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      10. A Humorous or Satirical Classic:<\/strong>\u00a0Flatland<\/em> by Edwin Abbott – Finished 12\/31\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      11. A Travel or Adventure Classic: <\/strong>Master and Commander<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 3\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
      12. A Classic Play:<\/strong>\u00a0A Man for All Seasons<\/em> by Robert Bolt – Finished 12\/30\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Classics Club<\/a> Titles for 2021<\/p>\n

        9 \/ 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. The Divine Comedy<\/em> by Dante Alighieri – Finished 4\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. The Nameless Breed<\/em> by Will C. Brown – Finished 2\/1\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        3. The Living Wood: A Novel of St. Helena<\/em> by Louis DeWohl – Finished 7\/3\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        4. David Copperfield<\/em> by Charles Dickens – Finished 10\/24\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        5. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass\u00a0<\/em>by Frederick Douglass – Finished 3\/22\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips<\/em> by James Hilton – Finished 3\/22\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        7. The Hunchback of Notre<\/em> Dame by Victor Hugo – Finished 8\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        8. The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em> by Baroness Orczy – Finished 4\/15\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
        9. Quo Vadis<\/em> by Henryk Sienkiewicz (April 11 to June 23) – Finished June 23, 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          5 \/ 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

          European Reading Challenge<\/strong> (Aiming for Five Star Deluxe Entourage Level, 5 books) – Hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader<\/a><\/p>\n

          European Countries:<\/p>\n

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          1. Italy:<\/strong> The Divine Comedy <\/em>by Dante Alighieri (author from Italy) – Finished 4\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
          2. France:<\/strong> The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em> by Baroness Orczy (set in France) – Finished 4\/15\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
          3. Poland:\u00a0<\/strong>Quo Vadis<\/em> by Henryk Sienkiewicz (author from Poland) –\u00a0Finished 6\/23\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
          4. United Kingdom<\/strong>: David Copperfield <\/em>by Charles Dickens (set in UK) – Finished 10\/24\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
          5. Germany:<\/strong> Night School<\/em> by Lee Child – Finished 5\/8\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            10 \/ 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Historical Fiction Reading Challenge<\/strong> (Aiming for Renaissance Reader Level, 10 books) – Hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader<\/a><\/p>\n

              \n
            1. The Nameless Breed<\/em> by Will C. Brown – Finished 2\/1\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            2. The Living Wood<\/em> by Louis De Wohl – Finished 7\/3\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            3. The Three Musketeers <\/em>\u00a0by Alexandre Dumas – Finished 12\/31\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            4. The Hunchback of Notre<\/em> Dame by Victor Hugo – Finished 8\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            5. Master and Commander<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 3\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            6. Post Captain<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian – Finished<\/b> 6\/27\/2021<\/b><\/li>\n
            7. H.M.S. Surprise<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 9\/12\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            8. The Mauritius Command<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 11\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            9. The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em> by Baroness Orczy – Finished 4\/15\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
            10. Quo Vadis<\/em> by Henryk Sienkiewicz –\u00a0Finished 6\/23\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              28 \/ 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

              Mount TBR Reading Challenge<\/strong> (Aiming for Mount Blanc, 24 books) – Hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block<\/a><\/p>\n

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              1. Men-of-War: Life in Nelson’s Navy<\/em> by Patrick O’Brian – Finished 1\/2\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              2. A Short Summa<\/em> by Peter Kreeft – Finished 1\/17\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              3. The Booklover’s Guide to Wine<\/em> by Patrick Alexander –\u00a0Finished 1\/18\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              4. The Nameless Breed<\/em> by Will C. Brown – Finished 2\/2\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              5. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass<\/em> by Frederick Douglass – Finished 3\/22\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips<\/em> by James Hilton – Finished 3\/22\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              7. Pinocchio<\/em> by Carlo Collodi – Finished 4\/7\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              8. The Divine Comedy<\/em> by Dante Aligheiri – Finished 4\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              9. Make Me<\/em> by Lee Child – Finished 4\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              10. The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em> by Baroness Orczy – Finished 4\/15\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              11. Night School<\/em> by Lee Child – Finished 5\/8\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              12. The Midnight Line<\/em> by Lee Child – Finished 5\/16\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              13. Present Tense<\/em> by Lee Child – Finished 5\/23\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              14. Blue Moon<\/em> by Lee Child – Finished 6\/16\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              15. Quo Vadis<\/em> by Henkryk Sienkiewicz – Finished 6\/23\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              16. No Middle Name<\/em> by Lee Child –\u00a0Finished 7\/11\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              17. The Hunchback of Notre Dame<\/em> by Victor Hugo – Finished 8\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              18. Life and Holiness<\/em> by Thomas Merton – Finished 8\/23\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              19. David Copperfield<\/em> by Charles Dickens – Finished 10\/24\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              20. Happy Deathday!<\/em> edited by Alfred Hitchcock – Finished 11\/21\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              21. Return <\/em>by Brandon Vogt – Finished 11\/23\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              22. Thou Shalt Not Kill<\/em> edited by Cynthia Manson – Finished 11\/29\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              23. Happiness Is a Warm Corpse<\/em> edited by Alfred Hitchcock –\u00a0Finished 12\/5\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              24. Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Christ Through Mary\u00a0<\/em>– by Fr. Hugh Gillespie Finished 12\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              25. Murder Racquet<\/em> edited by Alfred Hitchcock –\u00a0Finished 12\/26\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              26. A Man for All Seasons<\/em> by Robert Bolt\u00a0– Finished 12\/30\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              27. The Lone Wolf<\/em> by Louis Joseph Vance – Finished 12\/31\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n
              28. Flatland<\/em> by Edwin Abbott – Finished 12\/31\/2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                \"Deal<\/p>\n

                Deal Me In Short Stories Challenge (carried over from 2020)<\/strong>\u00a0– Hosted by Jay at Bibliophilopolis<\/a> – My short story challenge got sidetracked in 2020 (as so many other things did), so I am going to bring the rest of this challenge into 2021, picking up with 37 stories left to go.<\/p>\n

                52 \/ 52<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \u2666<\/span> Diamonds\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(From\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder Racquet<\/em>)<\/p>\n

                \"\"<\/span>A\u2666<\/span> “The Sawbuck Machine” by Frank Sisk – Read 3\/8\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n2\u2666<\/span> “Contraband” by James Holding –                 Read 4\/18\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n3\u2666<\/span> “For Every Evil” by Douglas Farr –                 Read 7\/11\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n4\u2666<\/span> “You Can’t Win ‘Em (at) All” by Ed Lacy –                 Read 12\/26\/2017<\/strong><\/a>
                \n5\u2666<\/span> “Murder in Mind” (Novelette) by C. B. Gilford –                 Read 12\/12\/2021<\/strong><\/a>
                \n6\u2666<\/span> “Charley’s Charm” by Alice-Mary Schnirring                 Read 9\/26\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n7\u2666<\/span> “Murder Door to Door” by Robert Colby –                 Read 6\/27\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n8\u2666<\/span> \u00a0“Ransom Demand” by Jeffrey M. Wallman –                 Read 7\/11\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n9\u2666<\/span> “I’ll Race You” by Fletcher Flora –                 Read 12\/26\/2021<\/strong><\/a>
                \n10\u2666<\/span> “I Am Not a Thief, Mr. Kester” by Gilbert Ralston –                 Read 8\/3\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \nJ\u2666<\/span> “Mousetrap” by Edwin P. Hicks –                 Read 5\/9\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \nQ\u2666<\/span> “Mildly Murderous” by Elijah Ellis –                 Read 3\/1\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \nK\u2666<\/span> “An Element of Risk” (Novelette) by Richard Deming –                 Read 10\/31\/2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

                \u2665 Hearts\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(From\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock’s Happiness is a Warm Corpse)<\/em><\/p>\n

                \"\"<\/span>A\u2665<\/span> “Once Upon a Bank Floor” by James Holding, Jr. – Read 6\/13\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n2\u2665<\/span> “The Egg Head” by Rog Phillips –                 Read 6\/20\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n3\u2665<\/span> “Each Night He Pulled the Trigger” by Robert Edmond Alter –                 Read 2\/16\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n4\u2665<\/span> “The Waiting Game” by Pat Stadley –                 Read 7\/17\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n5\u2665<\/span> “Destruction Is Always Arranged” by Gilbert Ralston –                 Read 8\/2\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n6\u2665<\/span> “The Happy Death” by John Cortez –                 Read 8\/22\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n7\u2665<\/span> “The Sweater” by Richard O. Lewis –                 Read 7\/25\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n8\u2665<\/span> “IQ–184” by Fletcher Flora –                 Read 3\/15\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n9\u2665<\/span> “Kill, If You Want Me!” by Richard Deming –                 Read 4\/25\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n10\u2665<\/span> “Antique” by Hal Ellson –                 Read 1\/12\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \nJ\u2665<\/span> “Mrs. Gilly and the Gigolo” by Mary L. Roby –                 Read 8\/15\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \nQ\u2665\u00a0<\/span> “This Day’s Evil” by Jonathan Craig –                 Read 10\/17\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \nK\u2665<\/span> “Private and Confidential” by Diane Frazer –                 Read 12\/5\/2021<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

                \u2663 Clubs<\/strong> (From\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock’s Happy Deathday<\/em>)<\/p>\n

                \"\"A\u2663 “Settlement Out of Court” Fletcher Flora – Read 5\/16\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n2\u2663 “Drawer 14” by Talmage Powell –                 Read 1\/5\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n3\u2663 “An Echo of Evil” by Mary E. Nutt –                 Read 5\/31\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n4\u2663 “The Hypothetical Plan” (Novelette) by Richard Deming –                 Read 11\/14\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n5\u2663 “With One Stone” by Jack Ritchie –                 Read 11\/7\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n6\u2663 “Obedience School” by John Lutz –                 Read 6\/6\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n7\u2663 “The Sound of Murder” by Robert Colby –                 Read 8\/29\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n8\u2663\u00a0\u00a0“Journey with a Murderer” by Donald Honig –                 Read 3\/22\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n9\u2663 “Murder a la Davy Jones” by Richard Hardwick –                 Read 10\/10\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n10\u2663 “A Quiet Backwater” by Stanley Abbott –                 Read 8\/8\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \nJ\u2663 “The Return of Crazy Bill” by Frank Sisk –                 Read 2\/23\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \nQ\u2663 “Three Miles to Marleybone” (Novelette) by Henry Slesar –                 Read 11\/21\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \nK\u2663 “The Sheriff’s Rainy Day” by Elijah Ellis –                 Read 2\/10\/2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

                \u2660 Spades\u00a0<\/strong>(From\u00a0Thou Shalt Not Kill<\/em> edited by Cynthia Manson)<\/p>\n

                \"\"A\u2660 “The Dutiful Son” by Ralph McInerny – Read 9\/5\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n2\u2660 “The Second Commandment” by Charlotte Armstrong –                 Read 11\/29\/2021<\/strong><\/a>
                \n3\u2660 “Straight Down the Middle” by Thomas Adcock –                 Read 10\/24\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n4\u2660 “Death of an Alumnus” by Janet O’Daniel –                 Read 8\/1\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n5\u2660 “The Price of Light” by Ellis Peters –                 Read 2\/2\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n6\u2660 “A Face to Remember” by Mary Amlaw –                 Read 10\/3\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n7\u2660 “The Man in the Passage” by G. K. Chesterton –\u00a0                Read 8\/3\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \n8\u2660 “Justina” by Dorothy Salisbury Davis –                 Read 9\/12\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n9\u2660 “In the Confessional” by Alice Scanlan Reach –                 Read 5\/2\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \n10\u2660 “Rumpole and the Man of God” by John Mortimer –                 Read 9\/19\/2021<\/a><\/strong>
                \nJ\u2660 “A Neighborly Observation” by Richard Hardwick (From\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock’s Murder Racquet<\/em>) –                 Read 1\/26\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \nQ\u2660 “Never Come Back” by Robert Colby (From\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock’s Happiness Is a Warm Corpse<\/em>) –                 Read 1\/19\/2020<\/a><\/strong>
                \nK\u2660 “Consult the Yellow Pages” by Phillip Tremont (From\u00a0Alfred Hitchcock’s Happy Deathday<\/em>) –                 Read 5\/23\/2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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