I’ve decided to participate in my first reading challenge. This one is right up my alley and it should help me clear off my shelves. The challenge is to read books already on my shelf. If you haven’t seen how many that is for me, check this out.
I perused the hundreds of titles on my shelves and chose these 50 that I’m committed to reading in 2009. I know I will read more than that, but these are titles that have been on my shelves awhile and I need to get them read!
I know it’s early, but these are the 50 I’ve chosen…
1. A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
2. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
3. Second Nature by Alice Hoffman
4. Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. The Pigman by Paul Zindel
6. Skinny Legs & All by Tom Robbins
7. The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
8. The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood
9. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
10. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
11. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophi Kinsella
12. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
13. The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver
14. Naked Came the Matinee by Hiaasen et al.
15. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
16. Summer’s Child by Luanne Rice
17. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
18. Mercy by Jodi Picoult
19. The Tenth Justice by Brad Meltzer
20. An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender
21. Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
22. Joy School by Elizabeth Berg
23. Nickel & Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
24. Damage by Josephine Hart
25. Wacky Chicks by Simon Doonan
26.. The Rival by Brenda Joyce
27. Deep Shaker by Les Roberts
28. Small Town Girl by Lavyrle Spencer
29. Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
30. The Angel by Carla Neggers
31. Summer in the City by Robyn Sisman
32. Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
33. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
34. Watchers by Dean Koontz
35. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
36. The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer
37. The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
38. Bump & Run by Mike Lupica
39. Billy Budd by Herman Melville
40. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
41. Murder by the Glass by Michele Scott
42. The Stone Monkey by Jeffrey Deaver
43. The Time Machine by HG Wells
44. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
45. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
46. Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker
47. Dead Sleep by Greg Iles
48. On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Kaye Gibbons
49. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
50. The Thieves of Faith by Richard Doetsch
(Yes, I’ve doubled my original goal. I looked at my shelves and decided I needed to do it.)
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Good luck with your challenge. I’m participating in 2 right now and not doing so well in either one, so I’m holding off on picking up anymore. You have some good books on your list.
I took the 50 off the shelves thinking that my shelves would look better. I can barely tell any are missing! I have a lot of reading to do!
Good call on #1 – my all time favorite. Keep me posted as you read, I’d be interested in your reaction (good or bad) along the way.
It seems that people who have read it, love it. I probably won’t read them in order, but I’m very much looking forward to Meany.
A really interesting selection – there are a couple on your list I’ve been meaning to read for a while and never managed to get around to. Or that I’ve started and left half-read.
Is Pride and Prejudice a read or a re-read? I look forward to reading your thoughts on these as you finish each of them!
I have never read Jane Austen (shocking!). I have so many books that I tried to pick long, serious, short, fun and everything in between, so that I had a good variety. Actually I had my classics in a different spot and forgot about them until I was almost done, so there aren’t many.
I’ll keep you posted!