I've signed up for another reading challenge. I know, I know, I'm crazy to even try. But this one seems really doable. I only have to read one book a month, and I get to choose from those books on my To Be Read list. You know, the ones that I've been wanting to read foever (well, for at least 6 months anyway). My list isn't etched in stone--if I don't finish my other challenge, I'll probably transfer those books to this challenge. And I might do some substitutions depending on my moods, which is why I'm including an alternates/extras list, too. But this is what I've decided on for now:
On Writing Well by William ZinsserFinished 1/31/07The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsFinished 3/15/07- The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Me & Emma by Elizabeth FlockFinished 6/24/07Any Place I Hang My Hat by Susan IsaacsFinished 9/25/07- I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer WeinerFinished 2/16/07Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriFinished 8/16/07The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriFinished 4/29/07Digging to America by Anne TylerFinished 7/27/07
The alternates/extras:
This is Not Chick Litby Elizabeth Merrick (editor)Finished 12/28/07How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. FosterFinished 4/7/07- Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
- Writing Your Life by Lou Willett Stanek, Ph.D.
- Writing Life Stories by Bill Roorbach
- Writing Articles from the Heart by Marjorie Holmes
Imagineby Steve Turner Finished 11/19/07Blue Like Jazz by Donald MillerFinished 12/3/07- Hollywood Worldviews by Brian Godawa
I'm setting my heights high, but it would be nice if I could finish all of these books in 2007. Of course, those lists don't include any of the books I've added to my TBR list in the last 6 months, or any that I might come across during the year.
2 comments:
Ooooh...I own quite a few of the writing books you've listed. On your top list, I own the top 3 and have read them (well, I'm in the middle of The Memory Keeper's Daughter right now).
I understand about having to make limits on books. I'm bad about buying books. Lot's and lot's of books.
Great list! I have read a couple of your listed books(Me and Emma, The Mermaid Chair) and really liked them. I Know This Much Is Ture is one of my Chunkster Challenge books this next year--I'm looking forward to reading it. And I hope to get to The Memory Keeper's Daughter this next year as well. Good luck with the challenge!
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