Back to the Classics Challenge 2013

Bloggeren Sarah er for tredje år på rad vertskap for leseutfordringa Back to the Classics. I år har ho gjort endringer i forhold til ifjor, og eg sakser frå Sarahs innlegg:

I am making a few small changes this year, including requiring less categories to complete. Wait, did I say *requiring*? Yes, I did. This year will feature 6 required categories that all participants must complete. Then, I will have additional categories that those super-motivated participants can choose to complete if they'd like. All reviews must be linked on the appropriate pages again, and those will be listed on the left hand side of this page. When you've finished, you will also need to link a wrap-up post. Everyone who completes the 6 required categories and the wrap up post will be entered to win a $30US Amazon.com gift card or choice of book(s) from The Book Depository. Any one who completes 3 categories from the optional list will earn one additional entry into the prize drawing. Any one who completes all 5 categories from the optional list will earn two additional entries into the prize drawing.

• 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.
• If you do not have a blog, you may link your review from Goodreads or other publicly accessible online format.
• Please sign up for the challenge using the linky below BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2013. Please link to your sign-up announcement post (if possible/applicable)
• 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)
• You can decide to attempt the optional categories at any point (you can also bow out of the optional categories at any point as well).
• Please identify the categories you've read in your wrap up post so that I may easily add up your entries for the prize drawing!

KATEGORIER:

Krevde kategorier:

1. A 19th Century Classic (1801-1900): Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter (1850)
2. A 20th Century Classic (1901-2000): Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse (1927)
3. A Pre-18th or 18th Century Classic (Pre 1701 or 1701-1800): Jean-Jaques Rousseau - Confessions (1782)
4. A Classic that relates to the African-American Experience (This can be an African-American author, or a book relating to slavery, civil rights, or African-American culture.): Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
5. A Classic Adventure: Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of Baskervilles (1901)
6. A Classic that prominently features an Animal (This can feature animal characters or animals in the title (real or imagined.): Herman Melville - Moby Dick (1851)

Valfrie kategorier:

A. Re-read a Classic: Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South (1855)
B. A Russian Classic: Lev Tolstoy - War and Peace (1869)
C. A Classical Non-Fiction title: Helen Keller - The Story of My Life (1903)
D. A Classic Children's/Young Adult title: Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Little Princess (1888)
E. Classic Short Stories (Collection must include at least 3 short stories by the same author, or at least 3 stories collected together by genre, time period, etc.): Edgar Allan Poe - The Complete Short Stories (1944)

I 2012 har det gått relativt dårleg med denne utfordringa (1, 5 og 9 vart lest), men så vart eg ikkje oppmerksom på den før i slutten av juni. I år kjenner eg meg betre førebudd, og dei fleste av bøkene er allereie med i leseplanene for 2013. Eg er usikker på om bloggere som ikkje skriver på engelsk kan vinna premie, men eg er påmeldt om eg vinn noko eller ikkje. Hiv deg gjerne på!

XOXO