Back to the Classics Reading Challenge 2022- Sign Up Post

 

I will be participating in the Back to the Classics Reading Challenge 2022- hosted by Karen @Books and Chocolate

I ended up abandoning the challenge last year due to an onslaught of difficulties, including spending 12 days on a ventilator because of Covid, 5 weeks in the hospital, also because of Covid, and my Dad passing away due to Covid complications. 2021 was one of the roughest years of my life, and I'm not pressuring myself to complete this challenge, but I'd like to try, and I just enjoy participating. Here are my tentative choices for this year's categories:

1. A 19th century classic. Any book first published from 1800 to 1899- Dracula by Bram Stoker

2. A 20th century classic. Any book first published from 1900 to 1972. All books must have been published at least 50 years ago; the only exceptions are books which were written by 1972 and posthumously published.- The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge

3. A classic by a woman author.- Gunnar's Daughter by Sigrid Undset

4. A classic in translation.  Any book first published in a language that is not your primary language. You may read it in translation or in its original language, if you prefer. - The Arabian Nights (Haddaway Translation)

5. A classic by BIPOC author. Any book published by a non-white author. - The Arabian Nights II: Sinbad and Other Popular Stories (Haddaway Translation)

6. Mystery/Detective/Crime Classic. It can be fiction or non-fiction (true crime). Examples include Murder on the Orient Express, Crime and Punishment, In Cold Blood. - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

7. A Classic Short Story Collection. Any single volume that contains at least six short stories. The book can have a single author or can be an anthology of multiple authors. - Stories from the Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile

8. Pre-1800 Classic. Anything written before 1800. Plays and epic poems, such as the Odyssey, are acceptable in this category.- Antigone by Sophocles

9. A Nonfiction Classic. Travel, memoirs, and biographies are great choices for this category. - A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis

10. Classic That's Been on Your TBR List the Longest. Find the classic book that's been hanging around unread the longest, and finally cross it off your list! - Middlemarch by George Eliot

11. Classic Set in a Place You'd Like to Visit. Can be real or imaginary - Paris, Tokyo, the moon, Middle Earth, etc. It can be someplace you've never been, or someplace you'd like to visit again. - Roverandom by J. R. R. Tolkien

12. Wild Card Classic. Any classic book you like, any category, as long as it's at least 50 years old! - Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert