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Didn’t read in January since I just completed my “Read 52 Books in 2009” goal. But, here I go again. How exciting! I’ve really got to get through all these books that I’ve been accumulating faster than I can read them. Haven’t been purchasing as often, I’ve had to restrain myself. Mostly because I’m running out of bookshelf space… It’s like an addiction, these books.

But here’s my list so far for 2010:

1. The Lightning Theif by Rick Riordan
2. Dog On It by Spencer Quinn
3. When We Were Young by A.A. Milne
4. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

currently on King Lear by William Shakespeare and The Shadow of the Wind by Ruiz Zafon.

I whipped out Les Miserables by Victor Hugo… that I’ve attempted several times since I bought it in the 8th grade. It should count as five books, since it’s divided that way. It’s just so intimidating as one volume and it’s 1,400 some pages. Anyone who’s finished it has said it is amazing, and oftentimes they list it as their favorite book. I will read it. Maybe in a few months, gotta work up that courage.

And here we go…

I’m starting King Lear. This goal is going to help me complete my “Read 50 Books in 2010” goal. I’d count a play a book. Especially since I will probably have to read all the lines three times before I can understand it enough to move on.

I probably should have kept a list of the titles, but by the time I had that stroke of genius, I was a couple of months into my challenge so I just kept up with the scrap of paper and the tally marks by the months. I listed a couple when I would check into this site every so often.

I aimed for 52 since there were 52 weeks in a year and a book a week didn’t seem so daunting. But I completed my goal December 9, 2010!! Last book being, since it was the Christmas season, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Here’s a little trick: When you need a fast catch up, Newberry Honor Books are your best friend. ;)

I’m renewing this challenge for 2010, but will probably be harder since I’m pulling a few books from “classic” authors. The kind of authors that wrote the books they force us to read in school. English, French, Russian literature. Books that require a higher level of concentration that I’m not used to exhibiting in my daily life. And the thought of these books still bear the sting of endless essays explaining motifs and symbolism. Yeesh, high school Honors English, you’ve scarred me.

I am, however, comforted by the fact that everyone says they are much more enjoyable when you read them for pleasure and are even more enjoyable when you read them when you’re a bit older and can appreciate them more. And super bonus: no homework, no essays. ;)

So, here’s hoping.