Back to the Classics challenge: Wrap Up and Sign Up

I am glad to note that I have successfully completed the Back to the Classics Challenge hosted @ Books and Chocolate.

I have not only completed the six essential categories but also four of the five optional categories, which gives me two entries in the prize-draw.

 Here are the books read:

A 20th Century Classic: Oil! by Upton Sinclair
A 19th Century Classic: Resurrection by Lev Tolstoy
A Classic by a Woman Author: Prison and Chocolate Cake by Nayantara Sahgal
A Classic in Translation: Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
A Classic About War: The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
A Classic by an Author Who Is New To You: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth

Optional Categories:
An American Classic: The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
A Classic Mystery, Suspense or Thriller: The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
A Historical Fiction Classic.  This is any classic set at least 50 years before the time when it was written: Mille de Scuderi by E.T.A Hoffmann
A Classic That’s Been Adapted Into a Movie or TV Series: Up at the Villa by Somerset Maugham

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Karen K is hosting the challenge for 2015 too and I am signing up for it.

If you are interested in joining, you can do so over here.