Do the 2007 TBR Challenge

I’ve always enjoyed Geoff Nunberg’s commentaries on language. And “Going Nuclear” certainly provides interesting reading given it gathers his commentaries and essays from about 2001 through 2004, which are then placed into neat sections on business, media, politics, war, etc.

As I dropped Portnoy’s Complaint, this was waiting in the wings. I could have plowed through it quickly, but then would’ve lost the some of the reflection on the ideas presented.

I ended up having to swap out 5 of my original books with others on my TBR shelf, but it did help make a small dent in my huge tbr pile. I look forward to conquering this again in 2008.

Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo

This was originally for April

Mema AWS by Daniel Mengara

This is a substitution TBR

Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean P. Sasson

This is a substitution TBR

Pyro by Earl Emerson

This is a substitution TBR

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky

This is a substitution TBR

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

This is a substitution TBR

Amsterdam (Unabridged) (Audio) by Ian McEwan

This is a substitution TBR

this isn’t going to get finished. But I am glad I tried. I read some good books as a result and I didn’t buy as many new books as I would have if I hadn’t been trying to read books I already had.