My 2018 Reading Challenges

The most exciting month has come! December is always full of fun; from Christmas, holiday, and arranging for next year’s reading challenge! Besides Goodreads challenge (I will challenge myself to read 28 books—two books more than this year) and The Classics Club Challenge (I am doing my second round—2018 is the second year), I will be participating in three cool challenges:

Back to the Classics Challenge 2018

Host: Books and Chocolate

Duration: January – December 2018

Goal: Read 12 books

A 19th century classic: Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

A 20th century classic: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

A classic by a woman author: The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall by Anne Brönte

A classic in translation: The Sin of Abbe Mouret by Émile Zola

A children's classic: Five Go to Billycock Hill (Famous Five)  by Enid Blyton
A classic crime story, fiction or non-fiction: Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

A classic travel or journey narrative, fiction or non-fiction: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

A classic with a single-word title: Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy

A classic with a color in the title: The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

A classic by an author that's new to you: Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

A classic that scares you: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkiens

Re-read a favorite classic: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Official 2018 TBR Pile Challenge

Host: Roof Beam Reader

Duration: January – December 2018

Goal: Read 12 books (with 2 alternatives)

*The year is publication year of my copy*

1. Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier (2002)

2. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene – Indonesian translation (2003)

3. March by Geraldine Brooks – Indonesian translation (2007)

4. Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy – Indonesian translation (2005)

5. Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau (2009)

6. Cleopatra: A Life by Tracy Schiff - Indonesian translation (2012)

7. The Siege by Helen Dunmore (2002)

8. An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (2014)

9. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2001)

10. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton – Indonesian translation (2013)

11. Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens (1995)

12. The Origin: A Biographical Novel of Charles Darwin by Irving Stone (1982)

Alternatives:

1. World Without End by Ken Follett (2012)

2. A Spiritual Canticle by St. John of the Cross

2018 Victorian Reading Challenge

Host: Becky's Book Reviews

Duration: January - December 2018

Personal Goal: Read 6 Victorian books

_ Book published between 1841-1850: The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall by Anne Brönte

_ Character name in the title: The Sin of Abbe Mouret by Émile Zola

_ Gothic, suspense, mystery: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

_ Translated into English from another language: A Love Story by Émile Zola

_ British author: Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

_ American author: Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

The Classics Club #2

Host: The Classics Club

Duration: January – December 2018 (second year of originally five years)

Personal Goal: Read 13 books

1. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

2. East of Eden by John Steinbeck

3. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

4. The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder

5. The Sin of Abbe Mouret by Émile Zola

6. Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy

7. The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall by Anne Brönte

8. Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

9. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkiens

10. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

11. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

12. Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

13. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Now, let’s hope nothing huge and unexpected will happen next year, so that I can read and blog calmly throughout the year!