The Next Best Book Club discussion

My goal last year was to read 100 books in a year. This year, in addition to reading 100 books, I am trying to focus more on "making myself" read classics as well as what I usually read. So I guess now that I am writing this down, I truly must accomplish it. :)

Since January 1, 2009:
1- My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
2- London by Peter Ackroyd
3- The Fugitive by Robert Fish
4- The Lost Prophecies by the Medieval Murderers
5- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
6- Into the Dark by Peter Abrahams
7- Uncle Montague's Tales by Chris Priestly
8- Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
9- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
10- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
11- The Good Thief's Guide to Paris by Chris Ewan
12- Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
13- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
14- Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
15- The River by Gary Paulsen
16- Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen
17- Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen
18- Behind the Curtain by Peter Abrahams
19- The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain
20- Firmin by Sam Savage
21- Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Peacock
22- Richard III by William Shakespeare
23- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
24- The Warden by Anthony Trollope
25- Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
26- 1601 by Mark Twain (short story)
27- Adam's Journal by Mark Twain (short story)
28- Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
29- Letters on the English by Voltaire
30- Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
31- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
32- Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
33- Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
34- The Well Beloved by Thomas Hardy
35- Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris
36- Gryll Grange by Thomas Peacock
37- First Test by Tamora Pierce
38- Page by Tamora Pierce
39- Squire by Tamora Pierce
40- Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
41- The Perils of Certain English Prisoners by Charles Dickens


Thanks for holding me accountable! :)
Happy Reading!

Best of luck Kevin!

It's very ambitious, but I'm sure you will be successful!

Kevin C

Wow, that's a pretty impressive list, those aren't exactly picture books that you're reading. I'm about a third of the way into Anna Karenina. I really like it so far, but what did you think overall?

Kevin wrote: "My goal last year was to read 100 books in a year. This year, in addition to reading 100 books, I am trying to focus more on "making myself" read classics as well as what I usually read. So I gue..."

Thanks, Kevin!

Megan wrote: "Wow, that's a pretty impressive list, those aren't exactly picture books that you're reading. I'm about a third of the way into Anna Karenina. I really like it so far, but what did you think over..."

I frankly thought Tolstoy needed a good editor. I always wanted to read it, but I was thrilled when I was finished. Good story line in sections, but certain characters bored me. Good luck...I hope your experience is better! :)

42) King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
43) The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
44) Shakespeare's Trollop by Charlaine Harris
45) Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
46) Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris
47) Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
48) In Praise of Folly by Erasmus
49) At the Back of the Northwind by George MacDonald

50) The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
51) Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
52) Open Season by C.J. Box
53) An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
54) Savage Run by C.J. Box

55) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
56) Winterkill by C.J. Box
57) The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
58) Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box
59) Out of Range by C.J. Box
60) In Plain Sight by C.J. Box
61) Free Fire by C.J. Box
62) Mourning Becomes Electra br Eugene O'Neill
63) Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum

64) Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky
65) Blood Trail by C.J. Box
66) The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
67) Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C.J. Box
68) The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois
69) Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
70) A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe