I've decided to join in Bibliophile's Challenge Books to Read Before I Die.Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
1. Between now and December 31, 2009, make a list of between 10 and 20 Books to Read Before You Die.
2. The books on your list can come from your stacks or the library, and be in print or audio format.
3. Once you've created your post with tentative titles, THEN sign up using Mr. Linky, by pasting the link to your post, along with your name/blog name. This is how you will be registered. Finalize your list by 12/31/09.
4. NOTE: If you don't have a blog, you can still sign up and join in the fun.
5. All bloggers who complete the challenge will be entered in giveaway to win an Amazon Gift Card.
My current list: (May change since I already started it.)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum
* Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury
*A Clockwork Orange - Burgess
* 1001 Arabian Nights - Burton
* Don Quixote - Cervantes
* The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Doyle
* The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas
* The Man in the Iron Mask - Dumas
* 100 Years of Solitude - Garcia-Marquez
* The Secret Garden - Hodgson-Burnett
* The Shining - King Currently reading.
* The Bell Jar - Plath
* Catcher in the Rye - Salinger
* Treasure Island - Stevenson
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* Gulliver’s Travels - Swift
* Walden Pond - Thoreau
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Some of these I read a looooooong time ago, or never finished before. I'm setting out to complete this entire list by Dec. 31, 2010.
10 comments:
So happy u r joining in. Isn't the Shining great? Loved the book, loved the movie too.
Thanks! Yeah I loved it. Read it a long time ago. And I liked the tv mini-series version of the Shining better than Kubrick's. More depth and truer to the book.
Yay for this challenge. I am excited about it. You have a great list. I keep coming across books that I forgot to put on my list...like The Boll Jar and 100 Years of Solitude. We will see if I can keep it under 20.
Jess - I agree this is a great challenge. I racked my brain to think of books. I may end up amending my list. Adding new ones and taking off ones I've completed.
Thanks for posting about it in the first place, or I might not have found it.
Interesting! Have fun, and happy reading!!
Love this! I may steal... ;)
BTW, loved Catcher in the Rye! Quick read too.
Ok, last one, I swear... The Shining is one of my top three favorite books!
Rosemary - I'll be adding your book here too. I've been meaning to read it.
Domestic Witch - 1. Feel free. It sure has jump started my reading list. 2. I'm sure after reading some of the longer books, I'll need a quick read. Thanks for the tip! 3. No worries, I love comments! Yeah, I read it a long time ago and loved it. Was freaked out of course, but loved it!
I loveeeee to read, one of my fav things to do. Right now I am reading Stephen Kings. " Rose Madder"...I am so into this book, it grabbed me from the getgo. I cant wait to finish it!! I read about Rosemary and Hey theres that rose again!!!
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