The Next Best Book Club discussion

My goal is to narrow down my currently-reading list. I'm not actively working on all of those books, a handful of them are rereads but most of them I was or am reading for class. I want to get it down to two books and keep it that way as much as possible. Right now I'm trying to read bits of The Dunciad before bed.

I would like to read 2 books over my 5 week spring break. One of these will be Beyond Ragnarok, a fantasy novel I picked up for three pounds at a charity auction. I haven't decided on the other one.

I would like to read at least 8 books over my summer break, including Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell and Gulliver's Travels. This should last from June 2nd to about August 15th ish.

Wish me luck, I'll keep you updated with my progress!

good luck!

ahhh another Liz A! Hi there, doppledanger!

Thanks Lori and hi fellow Liz! I appreciate your comments. So far the only progress I've made is finishing The Taming of the Shrew...

So I thought I should post again...another goal I've made for myself this semester is to keep up with academic reading, which has been going really well! Unfortunately, I haven't narrowed down my currently-reading list. For one thing, I picked up Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps because the title was iressistible--itwas enjoyable on the whole. I pick up the Dunciad and read few pages when I have time. However, I plan on picking up Beyond Ragnarok over break regardless just because I want to get through something for fun. My spring break starts in just over a week--maybe I can get The Dunciad finished by then!

I've kept up with academic reading (The Comedy of Errors and some short stories this week) and finished reading The Dunciad tonight. This means I'll have time to finish A Theory of Adaptation before I go on vacation Tuesday! I know I need to read Dracula over this break, but for now I'll take Beyond Ragnarok for fun.

Finished A Theory of Adaptation, even though it wasn't before I went on vacation. So, for the sake of keeping track of what I've read so far:
A Theory of Adaptation
The Dunciad
Beyond Ragnarok
Dracula
Coraline
Waiting for Godot
The Comedy of Errors

Did you like Coraline? I don´t know if I want to read it lol

Carol, yes I enjoyed Coraline, I gave it 4 stars. I'd also reccomend that you see the movie!
Hvae also, since last posting here, finished:
A Doll's House
The Cherry Orchard
and several books from the Worst Witch Series.

An updated, more accurate list starting from January 2009.
1.) A Theory of Adaptation
2.) The Dunciad
3.) Beyond Ragnarok
4.) Dracula
5.) Coraline
6.) Waiting for Godot
7.) The Comedy of Errors
8.) The Monk
9.) Frankenstein
10.) The Bloody Chamber
11.) Great Expectations
12.) Tolkien's Gown
13.) The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
14.) The Worst Witch
15.) The Worst Witch Strikes Again
16.) A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch
17.) The Worst Witch All at Sea
18.) The Worst Witch Saves the Day
19.) The Worst Witch to the Rescue
20.) A Gathering Light
21.) I Capture the Castle
22.) Valeria's Last Stand
23.) The French Lieutenant's Woman
24.) Only In Your Dreams
25.) On the Fringe
26.) Twilight

27.) A Lost Lady by Willa Cather

28.) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
29.) Quicksand by Nella Larsen
30.) Stardust by Neil Gaiman

31.) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. I by Alan Moore
32.) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. II by Alan Moore

33.) Passing by Nella Larsen

34.) She's Not There by Jennifer Finney Boyland

Whoops have forgotten to count
35.) A Doll's House by Henry Ibsen
36.) The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov

How was The Cherry Orchard?

Chekhov is pretty depressing (yeah, Russian stereotype). It liked it, but I didn't love it. It's more enjoyable than Chekhov's other play Ivanov because in that one you get annoyed with Ivanov, which is kind of the point.
I read Crime and Punishment a few years ago and it was for school, and I was irritated by the pace of that because it set me behind on all of my other reading.
So generally, I"m not sure if I've been fair to the Russians, but what I know of them I don't love. I want to pick up some Tolstoy, and I've heard Dostoyevsky's other work is really good. I want to try re-reading Crime and Punishment soon.

37.) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

38.) New Moon

39.) Tender Is The Night

40.) Lady Windemere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

41.) Guyland by Michael Kimmel

42.) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

43.) The Big Money by John Dos Passos

44.) The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen

45.) The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

46.) Feminism Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics by Bell Hooks

47.) Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

I've forgotten to include something from earlier in the year, a re-read of The Great Gatsby. I think rereads totally count because you still read the book and usually get more out of it.
48.) The Great Gatsby

49.) The Woman Who Watches Over the World A Native Memoir by Linda Hogan

50.) Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Woohhoo! Goal for 2009 met!

Brava!! Well done!

Way to go, Liz.

Yay Liz!!!!!

Congrats on meeting your goal! :D

Thanks guys :) It's going to be a stretch, but I'm going for 75 in 2010!

Stretching is good and I have no doubt you'll make your 75 next year.

Thanks, Dan! I think I can do it. Graduating will help (unless I end up doing more schooling eventually). I read more than you can tell on GR because of academic articles.

LOL, school is getting in the way of your reading!

I concur with you about school, it does get in the way of reading.

Congrats on hitting 50! You can definitely hit 75 in 2010.

Well, sort of. I am an English major, and I actually knock off a lot of my TBR through school reading. But I have a long, ever-expanding TBR.

Thanks April! Would've replied to you early but your comment took a bit to appear.