tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post8097103526489779067..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: 2015 Challenge Wrap-UpCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-83144364428709747672015-12-31T12:42:32.514-08:002015-12-31T12:42:32.514-08:00Thanks! I have higher hopes for next year!Thanks! I have higher hopes for next year!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-18051612745781491332015-12-31T11:29:24.185-08:002015-12-31T11:29:24.185-08:00You did very well indeed - well done! :)You did very well indeed - well done! :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-61459749169548072862015-12-29T14:25:32.127-08:002015-12-29T14:25:32.127-08:00I'm so bad with lists too! I can't stick ...I'm so bad with lists too! I can't stick with them. It's so funny to read what I plan at the beginning of the year and then look at what I actually read at the end of the year. Perhaps one year I should do my own Stick With It challenge. Or not ....... ;-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-64995901716430676452015-12-29T03:40:38.852-08:002015-12-29T03:40:38.852-08:00So far I'm definitely doing the Back to the Cl...So far I'm definitely doing the Back to the Classics & Mount TBR plus Brona's Aussie month & the Classic Children's Event in April?? I'm thinking about doing the Deal me in as I have some essays etc I'd like to read & doing the challenge will help me to schedule them I think. Perhaps the European challenge also - if my choices from the other challenges overlap. I'm not great with lists & tend to want to change things as I go.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-8325319499162136912015-12-27T20:17:14.178-08:002015-12-27T20:17:14.178-08:00I participated in the European Reading challenge t...I participated in the European Reading challenge the year before. I think I was one book short but it was a fun challenge. I'm a little nervous to try it this year because I have my Ancient Greek challenge and I'm reading a couple of biggies <i>Metamorphoses</i> and <i>The Faerie Queene</i> so I don't want to spread myself too thin. Although it looks like The Bible As Literature challenge and the Shakespeare challenge may be cancelled (I was going to do both) so I'll have some challenges to fill up. I'll be mulling it over in the next few days. Are you participating in any 2016 challenges, Carol?Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-82372411039170560022015-12-27T19:23:56.028-08:002015-12-27T19:23:56.028-08:00I think you did really well! Ilike the sound of th...I think you did really well! Ilike the sound of the count me in Challenge. Have you seen this one? <br />http://www.rosecityreader.com/p/the-european-reading-challenge-january.htmlCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-22956935691500800142015-12-27T10:13:43.734-08:002015-12-27T10:13:43.734-08:00I completely 5 of the 9 challenges, which doesn...I completely 5 of the 9 challenges, which doesn't look so great, BUT ...... you're right, the books I read weren't light reading. And (which I failed to mention), I read more deeply this year and made in-depth posts on Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales and Hamlet, so that's encouraging. Reading deeply has been an on-going challenge so it's nice to realized that this year I succeeded in it. Thanks for the encouragement!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-52038165605771930342015-12-27T10:03:19.576-08:002015-12-27T10:03:19.576-08:00I am like super impressed! You have not only read ...I am like super impressed! You have not only read exhaustively, but managed to do that over a wide variety of subjects and whats more completed all your challenges! I am awestruck! Great Going Cleo. especially considering most of the books hardly qualified as light reading or easy reads! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-83202397775029270212015-12-26T17:22:03.534-08:002015-12-26T17:22:03.534-08:00Ha! With over 120 books for the year under you be...Ha! With over 120 books for the year under you belt, you can hardly be inadequate! The Deal-Me-In Challenge was great. You should try it. Everything you read is short and even if you don't hit 52 for the year, I found what is read, is always worthwhile.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-75185303421908604082015-12-26T16:58:44.889-08:002015-12-26T16:58:44.889-08:00I think you did impressively well. The Deal Me In...I think you did impressively well. The Deal Me In Challenge sounds SO COOL and I feel totally inadequate.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-41442940581654368322015-12-26T11:41:47.101-08:002015-12-26T11:41:47.101-08:00Thanks for the encouragement, Ruth! But, hey, I t...Thanks for the encouragement, Ruth! But, hey, I think that you're reading at my level. And you've certainly read more books than I have this year.<br /><br />I didn't include the biographies because they're an on-going project, just like I didn't include my C.S. Lewis Project or my Barsetshire Project, the latter two of which I failed miserably. 2016 is looking to be busy and so many good challenges are popping up. It's going to be hard to stay focussed on just a few. Many I say, impossible? ;-) I admire your fortitude of resistance when it comes to challenges. :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-9745248565245753152015-12-26T10:43:23.766-08:002015-12-26T10:43:23.766-08:00That's a positive way to look at it, Nancy. I...That's a positive way to look at it, Nancy. I still have a few days left but I have a couple of big ones to finish so I'm not sure that I'll make it to 52. <br /><br />I'm so happy that I could encourage you to read The Canterbury Tales! I wonder what other interesting work is going to turn up in 2016?!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-84430592932330283052015-12-26T09:04:56.220-08:002015-12-26T09:04:56.220-08:00Cleo, you are not "pathetic!" This is q...Cleo, you are not "pathetic!" This is quite impressive, especially your list for translated works. Very nice! I cannot wait to be reading at your level, but it may happen very slowly for me. <br /><br />Can't wait for 2016!!!! Are you still with me for a new batch of WEM biographies? Hey, you didn't add that list here!!??? (I know they were dispersed among your other challenges...but that was a feat, too.)Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-46456426742136971502015-12-26T00:51:17.586-08:002015-12-26T00:51:17.586-08:00Let's turn that 'boo hoo' into a ...Let's turn that 'boo hoo' into a 'woo hoo'!<br />Great results for all the challenges, Cleo!<br />52 books 52 weeks: technically you have read more than 104 over two years (2014: 75 and 2015 50). TBR challenge, always a tough call, at least the pile is getting smaller! Canterbury Tales was wonderful and I read it ONLY due to your enthusiasm! It is truly the 'forgotten' classic. Bravo, chapeau and job well done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com