The Goal:To finally read 12 books from your "to be read" pile, within 12 months.
Specifics: Can be found at the original post
My List:
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
3. 1984 by George Orwell
4. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
5. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
6. Divine By Mistake by P.C. Cast
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
8.I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
9. Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke
10. Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
11. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
12. Paradise Lost by John Milton
Two Alternates:
1. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
2. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Good luck to anyone taking this on!
Good luck with your challenge! My biggest challenge is making any headway with my TBR pile, so I know it can definitely be a struggle.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the challenge with us! You have a GREAT list - I'm super-stoked to see some of your reviews, particularly those for Everything is Illuminated (I loved Exteremely Loud and Incredibly Close) and Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Also, to my great shame, I have not yet read Catch-22 or 1984, so I look forward to hearing what you have to say about them.
ReplyDeleteMiddlesex is one of the most brilliant pieces of literature in recent times, I think. One of the very few books I would call a modern classic. I hope you enjoy it!
Just checking-in on your progress for the 2011 TBR Pile Challenge - how are things going so far?!
ReplyDeleteAlso... BIG Giveaways are happening next week, and TBR Pile Challenge participants earn extra entries for linking to their lists, so be sure to visit my Giveaways section soon! ;)