Wrapup: Back to the Classics 2019 Challenge

At the beginning of the year I joined the Back to the Classics 2019 challenge hosted by Karen at her BooksAndChocolate blog: Read 12 books from the twelve given categories in 2019.

Now here's my wrapup post for the challenge. I've completed 7 parts of the challenge, reading and reviewing books for 7 categories, so I have earned 1 entry to the prize drawing. Karen, you can contact me at DuchessMaude [at] gmail [dot] com .

I enjoyed doing this as it gave me some structure to the rather vague notion of "reading more classic books". I don't think there will be another one next year, which is sad. But I have signed up for the 2020 Mount TBR Challenge and there are plenty of Classic Novels on my shelves.

Books read with links to my reviews:

1. 19th Century Classic.
"Northanger Abbey", Jane Austen (1817)
http://booktapestry.blogspot.com/2019/12/northanger.html

2. 20th Century Classic.
"God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater", Kurt Vonnegut (1965)
http://booktapestry.blogspot.com/2019/04/god-bless-you-mr.html

3. Classic by a Female Author.
"Lolly Willowes", Sylvia Townsend Warner (1926)
http://booktapestry.blogspot.com/2019/03/lolly-willowes.html

4. Classic in Translation.
"Grand Hotel", Vicki Braun (1929)
http://booktapestry.blogspot.com/2019/02/1929-berlin.html

5. Classic Comedy.
"Queen Lucia", E.F. Benson (1929)
http://booktapestry.blogspot.com/2019/02/village-culture-wars.html

8. Classic Novella.
"Adrift on the Nile", Naguib Mahfouz (1966)
http://booktapestry.blogspot.com/2019/03/in-blue-haze.html

10. Classic From Africa, Asia, or Oceania.
"A Cat, a Man, and Two Women", Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (1936)
http://booktapestry.blogspot.com/2019/08/cat-fights.html