1% Well Read Challenge

Again another challenge that I did in 2009. I didn't complete this one but I did pretty well with it.

Rules:

The goal of this challenge is to read 13 books in 13 months from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die combined list. The challenge official runs from April 1, 2010 through April 31, 2011.

I have decided to do this challenge a little different. I am still working with the 1001 BYMRBYD list from 2008. I also only plan to read 10 books. I will read more if time premits.

Planned Books:

The Color Purple By Alice Walker

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Emma by Jane Austen

Native Son by Richard Wright

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desia

TBR Challenge 2011

I completed the TBR Challenge in 2009 and enjoyed it very much. So, I decided to do another round.

What is the TBR Challenge?

** Pick 12 books – one for each month of the year - that you’ve been wanting to read (that have been on your “To Be Read” list) for 6 months or longer, but haven’t gotten around to.

** OPTIONAL: Create a list of 12 “Alternates” (books you could substitute for your challenge books, given that a particular one doesn’t grab you at the time)

** Then, starting January 1, read one of these books from your list each month, ending December 31. )

Planned Books:

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

The Witching Hour by Ann Rice

Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair

Ain't Gonna Be The Same Fool Twice by April Sinclair

Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas

The Color of Family by Patrica Jones

The Hand That's Dealt by Rosalind Coats

The Fifth Vial by Michael Palmer

The Warmest December by Bernice L. McFadden

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pulman

Alternates: (9 with room to put 3 more)

The Amber Spy Glass by Philip Pulman

26a by Diana Evens

Memiors of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

The King of Colored Town by Darryl Wimberley

The Isis Papers: The Keys To The Color by Frances Cress Welsing

The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B DuBois

Mississippi in Africa by Alan Huffman

The Naked Truth: Young Beautiful and (HIV) Positive by Marvelyn Brown

Kinky Gapach: Life, Love and Spain by Lori Tharps

It's Been So Long

I really cannot believe that it has been over a year since I have written anything for this blog. This year has been busy, when it started I had plans to continue with my reading challenges and get loads of books read this year.



I completely failed.



I got a job and really found it hard to want to read after a hard days work. When I did get the time, I only wanted to do light reading. Mostly romances and a little paranormal. Nothing major and nothing big.



I miss it. I can't believe how much I miss reading.



I plan to fix this problem by next year. I am going to enter reading challenges and find the time. Maybe for an hour or so before work.



I really don't know yet but I will make it work.