2014 Challenges/Projects

This is the projection of what I’ll be doing in my bookish life during 2014. I put all projects/events/challenges that I’ll be hosting and participating. If you find many books appear in more than one project/event/challenge, it’s because I’ve limited myself to join only events/challenges that can serve one another. I will try to read them on schedule, but I may change/substitute the books and/or schedule, and the list may be extended throughout the year.

This serves as the master page for all my projects/events/challenges both in this blog AND Fanda Classiclit blog.

Occasional Events

DONE!  Laurie R. King Read Along (Jan)

In conjuction with Maria's A Mystery Books Club, I'm hosting a read along of Laurie R. King's Mary Russell series.

- A Monstrous Regiment of Women

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DONE!  Reading Dickens Event (Feb)

In the event of Charles Dicken's birthday month, I'm hosting Reading Dickens Event, to read any books by Dickens or books about Dickens.

- The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin

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DONE!  Zoladdiction 2014 (Apr)

Following last year's success, I'm going to host another Zola reading event, to celebrate my most favorite classics author, in April.

- Nana

- The Kill

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DONE!  Austen in August (by Jenna)

This would be my first ever Jane Austen, and I would try to read:

Sense and Sensibility

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Year Long Challenges

DONE!  History Reading Challenge

To challenge myself to read non fiction books, in particular History, I'm hosting this challenge. The aim is to explore history books (pure ones, written through researches).

- Roman Lives by Plutarch

- Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome’s Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt

- The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

- The History of the Decline and Fall ofthe Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

- The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An IndianHistory of the American West by Dee Brown

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DONE!  2014 TBR Pile Challenge (by Adam)

Following last year's success, I'm rejoining Adam's TBR Pile Challenge this year, the air is the same, reading 12 books + 2 alternates from my TBR pile.

The Professor and the Mad Man by Simon Winchester

The Help by Kathryn Stockett  

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Angel’s Cake by Gaile Parkin

Contact by Carl Sagan

The Debacle by Emile Zola 

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Terre des Hommes (Wind, Sand and Stars) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Kill by Emile Zola

Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy by John le Carré

Alternates:

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson

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DONE!  Back To The Classics 2014 (by Karen)

Required:

• A 20th Century Classic: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
• A 19th Century Classic: Nana by Émile Zola
• A Classic by a Woman Author: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
• A Classic in Translation: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
• A Wartime Classic: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 
• A Classic by an Author Who Is New To You: The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

Optional Categories:

For the optionals, I only picked these three categories (of five), as the other two do not fit my reading schedule for 2014.

• An American Classic: Tender is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• A Classic That's Been Adapted Into a Movie or TV Series: Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
• Extra Fun Category:  Write a Review of the Movie or TV Series adapted from Optional Category #4: The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)

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Themed Reading Events

DONE!  Twelve Months of Classic Literature: 2014 (by The Classics Club)

Another cool program from The Classics Club, unfortunately it seems I would not be able to join all the months. I'm planning to post for these three months:

Jan - William Shakespeare: Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

Nov – Victorian: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Dec - freebie (Children Lit): Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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DONE!  Baca Bareng BBI (by Blog Buku Indonesia)

Together with my Indonesian blogger fellows, I would join at least three of our themed reading program:

Jan – Fable: Aesop’s Fables by Aesop

Feb – Indonesian Historical Fiction: Untung Surapati by Yudhi Herwibowo

Apr – Woman Lit: Nana by Emile Zola

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Long Term Projects

The Classics Club (until March 2017) - @ Fanda Classiclit

All classics I’ll be reading this year will be included in this project. Please navigate to my project list to check my whole progress.

Books I've read for 2014:

1. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

2. Aesop's Fables by Aesop

3. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

4. Roman Lives by Plutarch

5. Terre des Hommes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

6. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

7. The Kill by Emile Zola
8. Nana by Emile Zola
9. The Prince by Nicollo Machiavelli
10. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
11. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
12. If on winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
13. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
14. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
15. The Debacle by Emile Zola
16. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
17. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
18. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
19. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
20. Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
21. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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WEM (Well Educated Mind) Self Project (@ Fanda Classiclit)

From my own list, I hope to get through these books during 2014:

1.  Roman Lives by Plutarch

2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
3. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
4. If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
6. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

My list is here.

Books I have read for 2014:

1. Aesop's Fables by Aesop

2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

3. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
4. Nana by Emile Zola
5. Contact by Carl Sagan
6. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
7. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
8. If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
10. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
11. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré 
12. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
13. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
14. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
15. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
16. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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Historical Fiction Challenge 2013 - 2015 (@ Fanda's Historical Fiction)

Hosted by Maria, my list is here. Level: Curator (read 15 - 20 books/3 years)
Result: 2013 = 8 books
           2014 = 4 books
           2015 =

Books I have read for 2014:
1. Untung Surapati by Yudhi Herwibowo
2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
3. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
4. The Debacle by Emile Zola