Yeah! I finally found a couple that I want to do that I know I can achieve. I’m joining the Casual Classics 2009 Challenge. The deal is to pick 4 classics and read them before hte end of 2009. Easy? Probably not since I can’t read classics in just a few nights. So why do this? It’s the answer to my quest to read less trash. 🙂 This would equate to one supposedly worthwhile book (because “they” say it’s a classic after all) each quarter. Surely that will help de-trash my stash, no?
So here are my four picks (that I am free to change at any time I want! what a great challenge!)
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (hey, I’m easing into it)
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (the only Austen I’ve never read)
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens (Why am I doing this to myself?)
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (or Mrs. Warren’s Profession by Shaw)
I’ve also joined:
2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge–25 books. This challenge for me is a bit ridiculous since I rarely buy books anymore. There just aren’t many books that I encounter that I know I will read again and again. The last book I bought was an embroidery book–a reference type of book. In any case, I’m only doing 25 books because I just frankly have no notion of how many books I read each year. So we’ll give this a shot and see.
Oh, I’ll be keeping track of my results here. Enjoy.
February 7, 2009 at 11:01 pm
I might join that Classics challenge. It will give me a break from my regular author submitted reads.
If you do enjoy reading. Check out the post “We’re Giving Them Away…” On our site. We are giving away some novels to celebrate Read an EBook Week. We’ve partnered with Champagne Books for the event, and it’s going to be a lot of fun.
Cheers,
Trevas
February 8, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Wanted to stop in and welcome you to the Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge. If you haven’t already, feel free to join us at the Yahoo Groups where others are participating in this challenge as well as others.
Also, the links to post your reviews are up in the right sidebar at J. Kaye’s Book Blog.