Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Challenge Complete: The Classic Bribe.


The Classic Bribe – Challenge & Giveaway (sponsored by quirkygirlsread):

  • Read at least 1 Classic over the summer – between Memorial Day and the end of Labor Day Weekend, September 3rd

That's it...that's all I had to do for this one.  Mission accomplished on June 3.  But...being the over-achiever that I am (and having signed up for various **cough** other challenges **cough**) I had plenty more where that come from.  Challenge closed on 9/3/12....so I'm claiming that as my completion date.

Classics Read:
1. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (6/3/12)
2. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer (6/12/12)
3. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (6/30/12)
4. The 39 Steps by John Buchan (7/4/12) [Classic spy thriller]
5. File No. 113 by Emile Gaboiau (7/11/12) [Classic French detective story]
6. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (7/12/12)
7. North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell (7/18/12)
8. The Four Million & Other Stories by O. Henry (7/21/12)
9. Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen (8/13/12)
10. Crime on Her Mind: Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties by Michele B. Slung, ed (8/18/12) [Classic/Vintage Mysteries]