Showing posts with label my year of reading dangerously. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my year of reading dangerously. Show all posts

13 February, 2008

My Book Challanges:

As a commitment to reading a lot this next year and as a tiny motivator I have joined in on two book challenges. Our book club at Pretty Paper is just dandy, but I seem to get through the books way fast and wanted some inspiration to keep me reading. I also wanted to put some of the book club books on my lists so that I wouldn't have way too much to read. I will try to use each book in more than one list so that I am not overwhelmed, yes, I know my limits. I have selected two challenges for this year so far. I am deciding on my books for them, so here it goes!

The Chunky Chunkster Challenge:
(Consisting of large/massive good books)
1.) Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
2.) Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
3.)What is the What, by Dave Eggers
4.)Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
5.)The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
6.) Cat's Eye, by Margaret Atwood






My Year of Reading Dangerously Challenge:
(Consisting of books or authors that you were intimidated by previously)
1.)Franny and Zooey, JD Salinger
2.)Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
3.)Cat's Eye, by Margaret Atwood
4.)Portrait of a Lady, Henry James
5.)
Transformations, by Anne Sexton
6.) As I Lay Dying,
by William Faulkner
7.) The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
8.)
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
9.)
The Secret Lives of People in Love, by Simon Van Booy
10.)
Transformations, by Anne Sexton
11.)
Maus I and II, by Art Spiegelman
12.)
What is the What, by Dave Eggers