personal list....
As I'm feeling really bad/naesuous/cranky from being sick for the past week, I came up with somethign positive. I'm thinking of it as a new years resolution, even if it is a week late....
I miss reading. And Though I know i won't be able to do the 50 book challenge on livejouranl (though, that looks really cool to do), I instead will try to do 25...I'm basing my list on BBC's top 100 books to read (and if I'e already read them, then i'm replacing them with whats next on the list, and adding on till it's 25, and deleting the ones i don't think i'll have any interest in) All in all, i need to read more!
So..my list to keep me on top of that...
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams*
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell*
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë*
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller*
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden (YAY! it's on the list!)
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (i've been wanting to read somethign by either of them....)
(blue hilighted ones are already read. If they are deletd, then you can see the numbers disappear. the * ones are ones i;ve started...and should reread anyway..unless it's Jane Eyre))
Well, this is the list I am choosing from....25....in a year. Most of which are classics. Some of which I've read or have begun to read. I'm surprised to only see one of the great american novels on this list (Huckleberry Finn and Moby Dick being the other two, according to Nicoll) But then again, this is a British Lit...
If you have any suggestsion, please comment. I'm going to adjust this as the year goes on...but I just need to read 25 books (atleast!!)
List from http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml if you're interested
I miss reading. And Though I know i won't be able to do the 50 book challenge on livejouranl (though, that looks really cool to do), I instead will try to do 25...I'm basing my list on BBC's top 100 books to read (and if I'e already read them, then i'm replacing them with whats next on the list, and adding on till it's 25, and deleting the ones i don't think i'll have any interest in) All in all, i need to read more!
So..my list to keep me on top of that...
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams*
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell*
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë*
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller*
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden (YAY! it's on the list!)
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (i've been wanting to read somethign by either of them....)
(blue hilighted ones are already read. If they are deletd, then you can see the numbers disappear. the * ones are ones i;ve started...and should reread anyway..unless it's Jane Eyre))
Well, this is the list I am choosing from....25....in a year. Most of which are classics. Some of which I've read or have begun to read. I'm surprised to only see one of the great american novels on this list (Huckleberry Finn and Moby Dick being the other two, according to Nicoll) But then again, this is a British Lit...
If you have any suggestsion, please comment. I'm going to adjust this as the year goes on...but I just need to read 25 books (atleast!!)
List from http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml if you're interested