We did this at the end of the year last year, and so I suppose it shall become the very first regular feature of my very irregular blog.
The Challenge: What have you read this past year? What was your favorite? What was your least favorite? What book would you most recommend to others to read? Also list one or two reading goals for next year. What do you hope to read? Do you hope to read more? Do you hope to read more of a particular type of material?
Even if you haven't read any books- what blogs, news sources, message boards, or magazines have you read?
Either leave your list in the comments or on your own blog with a link in the comments!!
What I've Read 2009:
One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Mr. Ives' Christmas- Oscar Hijuelos
Bridge of San Luis Rey- Thorton Wilder
Things They Carried- Tim O'Brien
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace-
Mister Pip-Lloyd Jones
Bachelor Brother's Bed and Breakfast-Bill Richardson
Robber Bridegroom-Eudora Welty
Between, Georgia- Joshilyn Jackson
Going After Cacciato- Tim O'Brien
Roxanna Slade- Reynolds Price
Steve and Me- Terri Irwin
Fathers and Sons- Ivan Turgenev
The Good Earth- Pearl S Buck
My Mortal Enemy- Willa Cather
The Open Boat and Other Stories- Stephen Crane
Camino Real- Tennessee Williams
The Autobiography of Santa Claus- Jeff Guinn
Favorite: Roxanna Slade Least Favorite: Going After Cacciato. What Everyone Should Read: Mr Ives' Christmas.
Goals For 2010
Mostly I just want to complete the War Through The Generations reading challenge. I want to be realistic in what I am able to do while not sleeping and having a wee baby in the house. Though I think in the next few weeks here, the time has absolutely come for me to read Nabakov. It astounds me often, the big gaps in my reading! Time to ammend at least this one.
Looks like you read quite a bit. Congrats on reading as much as you did. Happy new year and good luck with your goals in 2010.
ReplyDeleteSerena- if you examined closely, the common theme amongst nearly all of these books is that they are all short! LOL! So while there are several books, the total page count is pretty low. It's my survival mode for reading when my life is full--since not reading always leave me a shell of myself.
ReplyDeleteYou know, what I just need to do this year is WRITE DOWN what I have read so I can remember!! I do know that the book that pops into my head the fastest from this last year is Breakfast with Buddha by Roland Merullo. I really loved that one. But if I had a list I bet there were others. I wonder if I could get a history print-out from the library of what I checked out this year... Anyway, off to start this year's list right now!!
ReplyDeleteooh! A print out would be so cool!!
ReplyDeleteDo you have a little notebook you could write them in??