 I'm doing 8 things |
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Read "The Art of War"
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10 people |
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Finish reading the Bible
2 entries |
119 people |
| 3. |
Read "Heart of Darkness"
1 cheer |
5 people |
| 4. |
Read Suite Francaise
1 cheer |
1 person |
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Read "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
1 cheer |
6 people |
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Read "Ulysses"
1 cheer |
299 people |
| 7. |
create a booklist and read every book on it
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61 people |
| 8. |
Read "A Farewell to Arms"
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3 people |
How I did it: So I've met my target for the year 3 months early!The final list is as follows, also including the poetry and plays I have read:Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia MarquezInferno by DanteGood Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L BaumBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughRight Ho, Jeeves by P. G. WodehouseLolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Unbearable Ligh… Read how I did it…
How I did it: "Electric Sheep" was a little bit doomed for me since I'm not a big fan of science fiction (apart from Ballard). However, after a shaky start I do somewhat enjoy the novel. Some of the writing was quite poor, and the plot was incredibly flimsy, but some of the parallels with today's societies and the issues it raises were valid and compelling. A good quick read. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I was somewhat distracted in reading "Orlando" to begin with by several other books, but this was by far and away my favourite of the lot, if not my favourite book of the year, alongside "Catch-22". A fantastic blend of humour and gorgeous thoughts and images, I don't know who I ended up more in love with, Orlando or Woolf. Read how I did it…
Nearly done with this challenge now and still enjoying it:
Last two reads were:
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Don’t point that thing at me by Kyril Bonfiglioli
Also read a fair bit of poetry too, which has been very enjoyable.
“Lucky Jim” wasn’t quite what I expected. For me, at least, it wasn’t “laugh out loud”, but it was amusing, and also quite genuine. Jim Dixon as a character was the true star of the novel, being both believable, painfully normal and the root of most of the humour.
At least there’s one benefit to long car journeys!
Last two reads:
Two Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
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SavageDiva wants to take my kids to Disneyworld
open a nightclub
Learn British accent for free
learn the thriller dance
Meet Ville Valo
Visit Paris France
Improve my posture
Spend more time at pubs and cafe`s
Learn how to play 'Gotta Lotta Rosa' on guitar
emired wants to listen to my body
publish my comic strips
create my own tattoo
give to a charity
find a job that doesn't feel like a job
go to great adventure
Scream MCR lyrics in the middle of the street.
take more photographs
Get organized
lemonXberry wants to travel the world
go away to college
Be kissed in the rain
Stop caring what other people think of me
