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A Bakers Dozen Menu for the 2022 Buffet:
Saving space for challenges. Will choose what to do as time goes by ....

Challenge #1 - New & Old TBR
Challenge #2 - Second Place or Worse
Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium Challenge
Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge
Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge
Challenge #6 - 2022 Group Reads Challenge
Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors
Challenge #8 - Does the Passage of Time Make a Difference?
Challenge #9 �� Fiction/Non-Fiction
Challenge #10 - The Half a Millennium Challenge with a Sour Lemon Twist of Difficult
Challenge #11 - Old and New Linked Categories
Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge
Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge

Challenge #1 - Old & New TBR Challenge
One of our oldest challenges in the group, and this one is my nemesis; I have never completed this challenge. So do I just give up, or try again in 2022?

Of Course I will try again

1899 and earlier/Old School
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. Monkey: The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
3. The Analects by Confucius

1900-1999/New School
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
5. Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
6. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

My Wild Card Six
7. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
8. Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
9. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
10. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
�� 11. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
12. The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

Alternates
A-1. Young People's Concerts by Leonard Bernstein
A-2. The Source by James A. Michener
A-3. Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

Challenge #2 - Second Place or Worse


New School
1. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
2. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

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Challenge #3 - Decade/Century/Millennium Challenge

Decade (1950s) Challenge
�� 1950: Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham
1951: The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel
1952: The Borrowers by Mary Norton
1953: Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
1954: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
�� 1955: Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
1956: The Hundred and One Dalmations by Dodie Smith
1957: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
1958: Exodus by Leon Uris
1959: The Tin Drum by Günter Grass

Century (1900s) Challenge
�� 1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
1912: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
�� 1926: The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
1933: Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
�� 1941: Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
�� 1955: Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
1969: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
1970: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
1982: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
1996: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt


Good link to help plan this challenge:

Challenge #4 - Members Choice Challenge
Choose one book per category for a total of 12 books.

1. 19th Century
�� 2. 20th Century: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
3. 21st Century Potential Future Classic
�� 4. Current or Past Group Read: The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
�� 5. An Author not read before: Winston Graham - Ross Poldark
�� 6. Diversity Classic: The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
7. Science Fiction
8. A book originally written in a language other than your own
9. A Banned Book
�� 10. Nonfiction: The Battle for Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum
�� 11. Mystery/Crime : Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
12. Horror or Humor

Challenge #5 - Short Story Challenge


�� 1. The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes
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Challenge #6 - 2022 Group Reads Challenge


�� 1. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
�� 2. King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
�� 3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
�� 4. Murder on the Orient Express byAgatha Christie
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Challenge #7 - Expand Your Horizon With New Authors


�� 1. Winston Graham - Ross Poldark
�� 2. Stephen Nissenbaum - The Battle for Christmas
�� 3. W. Somerset Maugham - The Razor's Edge
�� 4. Stella Gibbons - The Woods In Winter
�� 5. L. Frank Baum- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
�� 6. Alfred Lansing - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Challenge #8 �� Does the Passage of Time Make a Difference?

1959
1) Exodus by Leon Uris
2) A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
3) Hawaii by James A. Michener
4) Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
5) Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
6) The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
�� 7) Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
8) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
9) The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
10) My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

1859
1) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2) Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
3) Adam Bede by George Eliot
4) Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev
5) The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne
6) The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
7) Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson
8) On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
9) Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy
10) Popular Tales from the Norse by George Webbe Dasent

Challenge #9 �� Fiction/Non-Fiction

1) World War I:
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain / Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War by Sebastian Faulks

2) Segregated American South by Black Women Authors:
The Color Purple by Alice Walker / I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

3) Antarctica:
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft / �� Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

4) Russian Empire:
Anna Karenina or War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy / Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie

5) Abraham Lincoln:
Lincoln by Gore Vidal / Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Challenge #10 - The Half a Millennium Challenge

19 BCE: The Aeneid by Virgil
1001: The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
1796: The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
�� 1885: King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
�� 1959: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Challenge #11 - Old and New Linked Categories

1) Beowulf:
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Unknown (8th -11th Century) / Grendel by John Gardner (1971)

2) The Environment:
Walden by Henry David Thoreau / Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

3) Epic Poetry:
The Aeneid by Virgil / The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot

4) War:
Henry VI by William Shakespeare / Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain

5) Eden:
The Book of Genesis / East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Challenge #12 - A-Z Author Challenge


�� A) Isabel Allende - Violeta
�� B) L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
�� C) Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
�� D) Daphne du Maurier - Frenchman's Creek
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�� G) Winston Graham - Ross Poldark
�� H) Langston Hughes - The Weary Blues
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�� J) Robert Jordan - The Shadow Rising
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�� L) Alfred Lansing - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
�� M) W. Somerset Maugham - The Razor's Edge
�� N) Stephen Nissenbaum - [b[book:Madam, Will You Talk?|27698]ook:The Battle for Christmas|280722]
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�� R) J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
�� S) Mary Stewart - Madam, Will You Talk?
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�� V) Tom Vanderbilt - Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
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Challenge #13 - A-Z Title Challenge


�� A) At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
�� B) The Battle for Christmas by Stephen Nissenbaum
�� C) A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
�� D) Demelza by Winston Graham
�� E) Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
�� F) The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
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�� H) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
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�� J) Jeremy Poldark by Winston Graham
�� K) King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
�� L) Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
�� M) Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
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�� R) Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
�� S) The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
�� T) Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson
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�� V) Violeta by Isabel Allende
�� W) The Woods In Winter by Stella Gibbons
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�� Now the time for planning has come ...

Which challenges to choose?

I'm intrigued by Challenge # 9
Working on the parings, and hoping to use some books on my shelf.

Katy wrote: "I'm intrigued by Challenge # 9
Working on the parings, and hoping to use some books on my shelf."

I looked at #9 and #11 and thought those will be difficult, but I now find myself looking at a book and wondering if I can make a pairing of it based on something else in the pile!

I think Challenge #9 is one that might come up naturally as one reads. Same with the Bingo square about music. I have a feeling that as I read connections will appear that I had not anticipated when I first picked up a book. How many times do we read a novel and then go on to investigate some aspect of it in a non fiction source? It happens quite a lot to me. I also suspect some book will have a music connection that I had not realized until I was actually reading it.

Thank you

I've got only a couple of days left to reconsider my Old & New challenge. I have never completed this challenge, so I'm really wanting to choose books that I have a good chance to read, and not just a real challenge for me to read.

Looks great, Katy! My Brilliant Friend is a favorite of mine. I also would love to read Anna Karenina. Isn't it supposed to be one of the best novels ever written? I hope you enjoy your challenge! I didn't finish the old and new last year either but think I chose better like you said. Have fun!

Lincoln is am amazing book. Hope you enjoy it.

I have also never finished the Old and New Challenge. I still haven't made my final choices.

You ended up with some fantastic choices, Katy. I didn't finish the Old & New this year, so I was very careful in choosing my entries there this year. I will also be reading My Brilliant Friend. I'm hoping I like it enough to do the whole series. Will be interested in seeing what you think of it.

It is time to start reading for the New Year - dinner preparations are started and now to choose my first book to start in 2022. I do have some I didn't finish in 2021 that I am still reading, but a new book is called for today.

First two books entered - so nice to have blank spaces everywhere so that they can contribute to several challenges.

I've started filling in blanks; the nice thing about challenges in January is that there are always blanks to fill.

Looks like great choices, Katy! I am also planning to read Testament of Youth thanks to member Jillian who loves it so much. I want to read the Poldark series but didn’t think about adding them to my challenges. They do fit nicely though! Have you started them yet?

And I saw Hawaii by Michener s as md I have that planned too.

Katy wrote: "I've started filling in blanks; the nice thing about challenges in January is that there are always blanks to fill."

LOL. Too often I get to December and still have those blanks staring at me, Katy. Off to a nice start.

Lori wrote: "Looks like great choices, Katy! I am also planning to read Testament of Youth thanks to member Jillian who loves it so much. I want to read the Poldark series but didn’t think about adding them to ..."

I finished the first three books in the Poldark series. They are perfect winter reading.

And I do need to read more Michener. His books that I have read so far have been really great reads for me.

Sara wrote: "Too often I get to December and still have those blanks stari..."

Well, yes... Seems there are always plenty of blanks left in December. I don't think I completed any challenges last year.

I also really liked Ross Poldark and read the first three books in quick succession. I may have to return to that series soon. My Libby/Overdrive library only had the first three ebooks.

I really liked your 1959 list. I thought A Canticle for Leibowitz and My Side of the Mountain/On the Far Side of the Mountain were both excellent.

I was in the same boat with many empty blanks last December. The only thing I finished was short stories, which gave me enough new authors.

Challenge #7 complete with 6 new authors for the year. Great year reading so far.

Wow! It's still January, and look at all those new horizons you've already expanded. Congrats, Katy!

You are making great progress, congrats!

I'm beginning to feel like a slouch. Congrats, Katy.

Congratulations on finishing your first challenge, Katy! I have Ross Poldark on the list for later this year, but I think I want to bring it forward. I've seen too many positive comments on it this year.

I'm just happy that I decided to try a small challenge (only 6 books) and that there are always plenty of authors new to me to read.

Katy wrote: "I've got only a couple of days left to reconsider my Old & New challenge. I have never completed this challenge, so I'm really wanting to choose books that I have a good chance to read, and not jus..."

I always fail that one too. And yet I keep filling it with books that I want to have read but are never in the mood to actually read! So silly and overly optimistic of me.

Well done on the new authors! Great start!