Back to the Classics Challenge 2011

Back to the Classics 2011

This challenge is hosted by Sarah Reads Too Much.  The challenge runs from January 2011 – June 2011.

In bullets below are the books I chose for this challenge.  Items crossed out and in green have been completed and Blog posts leading to remarks on the books can be found in bullets below each item.

The goals to complete:

1. A Banned Book Completed
   • Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
   • BLOG POST
2. A Book with a Wartime Setting (can be any war)Completed
   • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
   • BLOG POST
3. A Pulitzer Prize (Fiction) Winner or Runner Up:  a list can be found here
   • One of Ours by Willa Cather
     
4. A Children’s/Young Adult Classic
   • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
     
5. 19th Century Classic Completed
   • A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
   • BLOG POST
6. 20th Century Classic Completed
   • The Abyss by Marguerite Yourcenar
   • BLOG POST
7. A Book you think should be considered a 21st Century Classic Completed
   • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
   • BLOG POST
8. Re-Read a book from your High School/College Classes
   • Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald