Challenges Complete (Round 2 of Wrap-Up Posts)

I participated in a lot of reading challenges this year. And amazingly, I completed them, too! In an effort not to flood all my awesome readers with a bazillion wrap-up posts, I'm aiming to cover several challenges at a time. Here is round two of challenges I somehow managed to complete this year.

Hosted by You, Me, and a Cup of Tea

You needed to read a book each month by an author who had his or her birthday in that month. This was a really fun challenge, and I used it to make a dent in my Classics Club list!

January: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
February: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
March: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
April: Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
May: Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
June: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
July: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
August: The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
September: The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
October: ​The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
November: ​The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
December: ​The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith

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Hosted by You, Me, and a Cup of Tea

I signed up to reread anywhere from 10 to 20 books. I made it with 16 (and rereading the Chronicles of Narnia for the umpteenth time certainly helped!)

​1. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
3. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
4. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
7. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
8. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
9. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
10. The Princess by Lori Wick
11. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
12. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
13. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
14. Holes by Louis Sachar
15. The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
16. Emma by Jane Austen

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Hosted by Becky's Book Reviews

Book published in serial format: Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Anthony Trollope: The Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Book published in the 1880s: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

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Hosted by Behold the Stars

I read a lot of books set in England. I signed up for level two, which is to read books set in 4-6 different counties. I actually managed to reach 9 counties, plus about 10 additional books set in London!

1.  Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (London)
2. The Tale of Applebeck Orchard by Susan Wittig Albert (Cumbria)
3. An Accomplished Woman by Jude Morgan (Somerset)
4. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (Cornwall)
5. Sorcery & Cecelia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer (London & Essex)
6. The Dress Shop of Dreams by Menna van Praag (Cambridgeshire)
7. The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett (Oxfordshire)
8. Emma by Jane Austen (Surrey)
​9. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (Yorkshire)

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Hosted by Rose City Reader

I also read quite a few books set in Europe, but I'm only allowed to count one book from each country. So here are the ones I picked to count for this challenge:

Ireland: The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
Austria: The Little Book by Selden Edwards
United Kingdom: An Accomplished Woman by Jude Morgan
France: Keys to the Castle by Donna Ball
Sweden: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Spain: The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera
Italy: The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland