Books On France 2013 Reading Challenge

Still another reading challenge… :) This time Words and Peace invited us to read anything on France; French authors, French setting, or other French themes. I picked up the…

2^nd Level = beaucoup (‘much’ in English)

And will be reading during 2013:

Candide by Voltaire

The Masterpiece by Emile Zola

La Bete Humaine by Emile Zola

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (re-read)

Cinta Sejati (translated short stories collections) by Guy de Maupassant

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw

Back to the Classics Challenge 2013

Being one of my most fun and successful reading challenges in 2012, I’m very glad to know that Sarah will be hosting Back to the Classics Challenge 2013. It comes with some new categories, which make it more exciting! I am combining the books I will read for this challenge my 2013 TBR Pile Challenge, my WEM Self Project, and of course my long term the Classics Club project. Here they are…

The Required Categories:

A 19th Century Classic: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

A 20th Century Classic: The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

A Pre-18th or 18th Century Classic: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

A Classic that relates to the African-American Experience: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

A Classic Adventure: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

A Classic that prominently features an Animal: Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Optional Categories:

Re-read a Classic: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A Russian Classic: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

A Classic Non-Fiction title: The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Teresa of Avila

A Classic Children's/Young Adult title: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Classic Short Stories: Cinta Sejati (an Indonesian translation of short stories collection) by Guy de Maupassant