My reading really dropped during my first semester in grad school,so I am hoping to read some of the books that I didn't read in 2010.
Check out A Novel Challenge for more reading challenges.
Master Level - 3 Books
- Enigma - The Battle for the Code - Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
- A book about the Arctic (saving this for the summer)
- New Orleans Architecture - Vol. III - The Cemeteries - Leonard Huber, Peggy McDowell, and Mary Christovich (just looked at the pictures :} )
Dip Level - 3 to 5 Books
- March - Geraldine Brooks
- Redemption Falls - Joseph O'Connor
- If the South Had Won the Civil War - MacKinlay Kantor
I will read most of the books on my TBR stacks that I either started and never finished, or the ones that I never even cracked open.
- Microscripts - Robert Walser (I won this novel in July 2010, looked at it, but haven't started it yet ;{)
- Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
- The Winter of Our Discontent - John Steinbeck
- The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
- New Voices - A Collection of Soviet Short Stories - Raduga Publications - Moscow
- Shorter Fiction - Oscar Wilde
- Lady Susan - Jane Austen
- Martin Sloan - Michael Redhill
- Moby Dick - Herman Melville (Daily Lit - still need to read a few more emails)
- To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf
- We - Evgeny Zamyatin
- William - An Englishman - Cicely Hamilton
- The Coming Race - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
- The Law of Eternity - Nodar Dumbadze
Sheep Man - 3 Books
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - A Memoir
- and .3 - still deciding
Marco Polo - 10 books or more
This is an easy one for me: I am a member of the International Fiction Book Group of New Orleans.- After Leaving Mr. McKenzie - Jean Rhys (London and Paris) COMPLETED
- The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga (India) COMPLETED
- Through Black Spruce – Joseph Boyden (Canada)
- The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
- Suite Française - Irène Némirovsky (France)
- Purge - Sofi Oksanen (Estonia and Germany)
- After the Fire, a Still Small Voice - Evie Wyld (Australia, Viet Nam, Belgium)
- A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
- By Night in Chile Roberto Bolaño
- The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills (Northern England)
9 comments:
We've listed you on the U.S. Civil War participants page. Thanks for joining the challenge.
Nice lot of challenges Isabel. I looked at you Murakami. I've read the memoir - you might like to check out my review when you've read it.
I also like the idea of the TBR challenge ... I had a bit of a resolution about TBRs last year and managed to improve my achievement there are bit as a result. I hope to improve even more this year.
And, a Happy New Year to you. I wish you a year full of good books, much fun and all the things your heart desires.
Oh, and nice selection for your International Challenge.
Thanks for signing up for my Dewey Decimal Challenge! A book about the Arctic should be a nice mental break from the heat this summer! Good luck with your other challenges as well! You've chosen some great books!
Serena - Thanks, I like your challenges. Looking forward to everyone's posts.
WG-Thank you for all the good wishes! I really need to work on Moby Dick. The Steinbecks have been on my TBR for about 10 years!
The International Challenge is easy for me. I just copied what the book club is reading.
IJen- I always read about some cold area during the summer. The summers in New Orleans are getting more unbearable for me. I need to win the lottery, so I can spend 1/2 year somewhere else.
I love your button for your challenge.
Glad to see you're joining us for the Civil War challenge! I'm looking forward to your reviews. I've only selected 2 books so far, and I have no idea what else to read. I haven't read much about that war before.
Anna,
I read Gone with The Wind. I don't want to read it again: too long.
I'll send you some links with my review of GWTW
I am also looking for more books to read.
Thanks for joining the Murakami challenge. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is one I'm hoping to read this year as well. Happy reading!
Tanabata - Love your picture!
I am happy to join your challenge
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