As usual, I am wide awake this evening; and I have been browsing the blogs that I follow and finding all kinds of books I want to read. I stumbled upon Crystal's My Reading Room, which has a post dedicated to a Fall Challenge. Me, being a list person, I happen to LOVE challenges. If I don't want to do something, I only add it to a list, make it a goal, and give myself a prize - and I'm all over it. Besides loving challenges, I decided to take part into the Fall Into Reading challenge, which is hosted by Callapidder Days, because I also think it is a great idea. Being newly out of college, fall is a time I associate with school, learning, and reading. Since I am no longer in school, I love the idea of challenging myself to stay into reading and continuing to learn. Plus, it keeps me from being a couch potato and constantly watching the TV. Working on a challenge with other readers and sharing the books we read an thoughts about those books is just an added plus! So here's my goal: 50 books between now (October 1, 2010) and December 22, 2010. I'm going to also give myself the challenge to make some of those books be the books I "need" to read from other lists I've started. (See my post New Thoughts for more info on my list-making obsession and other book goals I've set.) Since I've already read a few from those lists, I will exclude those on this challenge and add several other books from my forever-growing TBR pile. Alright, I'll stop rambling and list my books, in no particular order (I've linked the books to goodreads description pages):
1. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchel2. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott3. The Color Purple - Alice Walker4. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver5. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood6. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
7. The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger8. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco9. Portrait of a Lady - Henry James10. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon11. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink12. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky13. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov14. Lord of the Flies - William Golding15. A Separate Peace - John Knowles16. The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan17. The Dirty Secrets Club - Meg Gardiner18. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon19. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters - Elisabeth Robinson20. Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum21. Eragon - Christopher Paolini22. The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud23. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold24. The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux25. House Rules - Jodi Piccoult26. The Second Coming - David Burton27. The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen28. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova29. The Shadow of Your Smile - Mary Higgins Clark30. The Shack - William Young31. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Emmuska Orczy32. A Beautiful Blue Death - Charles Finch33. The September Society - Charles Finch34. The Red Rose Bride - Claire Delacroix 35. Sooner or Later - Debbie Macromber 36. Twenty Wishes - Debbie Macromber37. A Whole New Light - Sandra Brown38. Under Her Skin - Susan Mallery39. The Inn at Eagle Point - Sherryl Woods40. Harbor Lights - Sherryl Woods41. Masquerade - Melissa De La Cruz42. Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs43. One Reckless Summer - Toni Blake44. Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz45. She's Gone Country - Jane Porter46. Evermore - Alyson Noel47. Blindness - Jose Saramago48. Home for the Holidays - Johanna Lindsey49. The Snow Bride - Debbie Macomber50. The Sparkling One - Susan Mallery
Bonus:51. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy52. Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth GaskellGoodness! Seems like a lot more once I write down all of the books I want to read. I'm sure this list will change, as I find other books I want to read first. But it's a starting list. Well - better get started! I'll be back when I get my nose out of a book....  |
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