Back to Classics: Wrap-Up Post

In January, I joined the  Back to Classics challenge as a way to help me tackle more of the classic novels I have been wanting to read! Basically, there are twelve categories. The more books you read within these categories, the more times you are entered into an year-end drawing for a $30 gift card for buying more books! I read books in 9 of the 12 categories, so that gives me 2 of the possible 3 entries in the drawing. (Since contact info is requested: If I should win, I can be contacted at epost622@gmail.com). Here is the wrap-up post with my list. The titles of the books are linked to my reviews.

1. A 19th century classic: any book first published from 1800 to 1899

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (1864) [READ 2/2021]

2. A 20th century classic: any book first published from 1900 to 1971. 

The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton (1911) [READ 2/2021]

3. A classic by a woman author.

Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie (1936) [READ 11/2021]

4. A classic in translation, meaning any book first published in a language that is not your primary language. 

The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter (#1) by Sigrid Undset (1920) DID NOT READ

5. A classic by a new-to-you author, i.e., an author whose work you have never read.

Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers (1935) [READ 11/2021]

6. A classic by BIPOC author; that is, a non-white author.

Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall (1959) DID NOT READ

7. New-to-you classic by a favorite author -- a new book by an author whose works you have already read. 

A Place on Earth by Wendell Berry (1967) [READ 6/2021]

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott (1874) [READ 3/2021]

8. A classic about an animal, or with an animal in the title. 

The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter (1925) [READ 7/2021]

9. A children's classic. 

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (1906) [ READ 5/2021]

10. A humorous or satirical classic.

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery (1926) [READ 1/2021]

11. A travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction). 

The Hobbit  by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937) [READ 2/2021]

12. A classic play. Plays will only count in this category.

The Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein (1964)  DID NOT READ