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The reason I'm still thrilled with challenges, is because I step outside my comfort zone and try either new genres or new writers that I had not heard before. Of course, I may not actually like what I'll read, but more often than not it will the case of a little gem that will open yet another door for me! Still, I have to stress that I'm not bound by the challenges - if I don't feel like reading books from a challenge within the deadline, I simply will not...
These are my achievements so far:
- What's in a name 5 - completed!
- Mystery & Suspense reading: 5/12
- Back to the Classics: 6/9
- Ireland reading: 2/5
- Graham Greene reading: 1/4
- European Reading Challenge: 4/6
- We want you to read French authors: 1/3
As of June, I also participate in the Japanese Literature challenge: 0/5 so far
And then, there are the not-exactly challenges:
- The classics club: 11/52 (I have to watch out, otherwise I'll end it up in one year instead of the original five...)
- Century of books: 20/100 (here I have found very nice gems...)
My year-long project, War and Peace, has been left to its own devices, and I've set August aside for this book.
- The Scarlet Letter, by N. Hawthorne
- Ten days in a Madhouse, by N. Bly
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by A. Bronte (a re-read that I always enjoy...)
- Le tour du monde en 80 jours (Around the world in 80 days), by J. Verne
as well as:
- The Quiet American, by G. Greene
- Our man in Havana, by G. Greene
- Middlemarch, by G. Eliot (start at least...)
- something by A. Christie... A little Poirot while sunbathing?
All this should take me nicely into August... and from then on, it's beach reading:
- 1Q84, by H. Murakami
- The importance of being Earnest, by O. Wilde - a read-a-long with the Unputdownables
- a little bit of French, a little bit of German... (to break the English monopoly...)
OK - I'm done with all my lists... Now, where is the sun hiding???
That's a lot of progress! Yay you =)
ReplyDelete*blush* thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou might try Evil Under The Sun, that's a perfect Poirot for the beach :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on seven months of blogging! Do visit!!
very good suggestion - thanks for your kind words!
DeleteWow! I'm terribly impressed! I was a bit skeptical, seeing you gobble up challenges like there was no tomorrow. I still haven't decided if I'm re-reading Middlemarch of the bookclub discussion or if I just revive my memory through Wikipedia & other bloggs...
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I've never read the whole thing. I think I should do that at least once ;-)
DeleteI am amazed you managed to read so much! Has been great following your blog.
ReplyDeletethank you thank you!
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