Challenge Complete: Back to the Classics

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 Back to the Classics Challenge 2013!!  Sponsored by Sarah Reads Too Much

A short run-down of some of the rules:

• All books must be read in 2013.  Books started prior to January 1, 2013 are not eligible.  Reviews must be linked by December 31, 2013.
• E-books and audio books are eligible!  Books can count for other challenges you may be working on.
• You do not have to list your books prior to starting the challenge, but it is more fun that way :)  You can always change your list at any time.  You can read the books in any order (including mixing in the optional categories at any time)
• Please identify the categories you've read in your wrap up post so that she may easily add up your entries for the prize drawing!  
• Yes, there's a prize drawing!  Hop on the link above for the full details.

I opted to do both the required categories as well as the optional ones and have just finished the last  category today (8/20/13).  Here are the Categories and the books read:

The Required Categories:

1. A 19th Century Classic: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8/1/13)

2. A 20th Century Classic: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (7/8/13)

3. A Pre-18th or 18th Century Classic: The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (3/6/13)

4. A Classic that relates to the African-American Experience: Break Any Woman Down by Dana Johnson [Modern Classic: winner of the 2001 Flannery O'Connor award for short fiction] (6/17/13)

5. A Classic Adventure:  The African Queen by C. S. Forester (4/6/13)
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne (Extra! 11/27/13)

6. A Classic that prominently features an Animal: The Call of the Wild by Jack London (7/14/13)

Optional Categories:

A.  Re-read a Classic:  Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2/25/13)
B.  A Russian Classic: Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov (6/23/13)
C.  A Classic Non-Fiction title: Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers (7/31/13)
D.  A Classic Children's/Young Adult title: Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers (3/11/13)
E.  Classic Short Stories: Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen [trans. by Mrs. E. V. Lucas & Mrs. H. B. Paul] (8/20/13)