2022 Back to the Classics Challenge

I am so happy that the 2022 Back to the Classics Challenge is on for this year and thank you Karen K at Books and Chocolate for once again hosting the challenge.  Here is my list:

Choose a 19th Century Classic-  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley -  Written by Mary Shelley when she was 19 and staying at a resort in Geneva with Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and Lord Byron's personal physician, John Polidori.  The four challenged each other on a stormy night to come up with a really good ghost story and after a few days of struggle Mary began writing Frankenstein and a classic was born.

Choose a 20th Century Classic - Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington - Saw the movie with Joseph Cotton which I enjoyed and so would like to give the novel a try.

Classic by a Woman Author -  Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - I've never read Rebecca but have always been meaning to and so this year I will finally check it off my to do list.

Classic Mystery or Crime Book - Laura by Vera Caspary - When it comes to mid- twentieth century crime noir fiction there are not many novels by women but Vera Caspary along with Dorothy Hughes (In a Lonely Place) were two exceptions and the plot of Laura, a detective obsessed with the mysterious woman whose death he has come to investigate has always intrigued me.

Choose a Classic in Translation - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius -  Guido Brunetti the lead detective in Donna Leon's marvelous mystery series reads Marcus Aurelius at night when he's at home to relax.  So I want to try reading him as well.  

Choose a Classic written before 1800 - The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster - A very early American novel published in 1797.  

Choose a Classic from Your TBR shelf - Aylmer Vance: Ghost Seeker by Alice and Claude Askew - The book I believe has been on my TBR pile the longest.  The Askew's were a British husband and wife writing team who wrote novels influenced by Sherlock Holmes but the two detective friends in the Askew's short stories investigate the paranormal.

Choose a Classic from a Place You Would Love to Visit - Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote - Would love to visit New York again.

Choose a Classic Book of Short Stories - Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories by Edgar Allen Poe - Eager to begin reading these classic stories but maybe not just before I go to bed. 

Choose a Classic Book of Non-Fiction - Silent Spring by Rachel Carson - A classic in environmental literature.

Choose a Classic by a BIPOC author - Passing by Nella Larsen - Been meaning to read this novel and now there is a Netflix film as well.

Choose a Wild Card Classic - Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone -  This is another book from my TBR list,  a big, sprawling history of the American far west from 1840 - 1900.  And I have read Irving Stone's historical novel about the marriage of John and Abigail Adams and it was well done.  

So those are my choices for 2022.