2016 Reading Challenge Wrap-Ups, Part 1

Since it's very unlikely I'll be doing much more reading for any of my 2016 challenges, I'm just going to declare years-end and start posting my wrap-ups. Here we go, in (roughly) alphabetical order:

Back to the Classics Challenge

Host: Karen K @ Books and Chocolate

Only read two books that qualified for the challenge (there were twelve categories):

1. Daisy Miller. Henry James
2. To Have and Have Not. Ernest Hemingway

Blogger Shame Review Challenge

Host: herding cats & burning soup,
and Addicted to Happily Ever After @ The Herd Presents

Read one book that qualified for the challenge: The Last September, by Nina de Gramont.

Books in Translation Reading Challenge

Host: Jen @ The Introverted Reader

I did pretty well with this challenge. Signed up for 4-6 books, and ended up reading 7 that qualified:

1. The People in the Photo. Hélène Gestern; translated from the French by Emily Boyce and Ros Schwartz
2. Villa Triste. Patrick Modiano; trans. from the French by John Cullen
3. The Disappearance of Signora Giulia. Piero Chiara; trans. from the Italian by Jill Foulston
4. This Too Shall Pass. Milena Busquets; trans. from the Spanish by Valerie Miles 
5. Inkheart. Cornelia Funke; trans. from the German by Anthea Bell  
6. Tainted Tokay (Winemaker Detective Series #11). Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen; trans. from the French by Sally Pane
7. The Nightwalker. Sebastian Fitzek; trans. from the German by Jamie Lee Searle

Color-Coded Reading Challenge

Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block

Sorry to say it, but I completely wiped out on this one. Never managed to read any books for the challenge, although it still sounds good to me. Maybe just too much "structure."

European Reading Challenge

Host: Rose City Reader

Another one I managed to finish ‒ signed up at the 4-book level, and actually read 5 that qualify:

1. The People in the Photo. Hélène Gestern; translated by Emily Boyce and Ros Schwartz (set in France, mainly Paris) 
2. The Disappearance of Signora Giulia. Piero Chiara; translated by Jill Foulston (set in Italy)
3. This Too Shall Pass. Milena Busquets; translated by Valerie Miles (set in Catalonia region of Spain) 
4. The Invoice. Jonas Karlsson (set in Sweden)
5. The Nightwalker. Sebastian Fitzek; translated by Jamie Lee Searle (set in Germany) 

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge

Host: Amy @ Passages to the Past

Signed up at the 5-book level; read 5 books:

1. Dreaming Spies (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #13). Laurie R. King
2. A Christmas Escape. Anne Perry
3. A Fine Imitation. Amber Brock
4. The Port-Wine Stain. Norman Lock
5. As Good As Gone. Larry Watson 

That's probably enough for now. More to come....