Well, for me, the answer to the first question is YES - I want to prioritize. I want a plan. I don't want to say, in another three years, I still haven't read anything by Murakami. I want to feel like I'm making progress with my reading. I know to some people that will sound silly. Reading should be fun! Just read what you want! It doesn't matter! Truly, it doesn't matter. I encourage everyone to read what they want, what they enjoy. But part of my enjoyment is tied to crossing certain books of a mental checklist.
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| Haruki Murakami |
- Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi
- The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
- Something by Haruki Murakami. I don't really care which book.
- Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich (done)
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (done)
- The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank (done)
- Beloved, Toni Morrison (reread)
- A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf
- Invitation to a Beheading, Vladimir Nabokov
- Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The Illiad, Homer
- The Odyssey, Homer
- The Color Purple, Alice Walker
- Candide, Voltaire
- The Golden Bowl, Henry James
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens (reread)
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (reread)
- Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Mill on the Floss, George Eliot (done)
- Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Sojourner Truth
- Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
- Death in the Afternoon, Ernest Hemingway
- The Education of a British-Protected Child, Chinua Achebe
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown
- If Not, Winter, Sappho
- The Princess Bride, William Goldman
- The Way We Never Were, Stephanie Coontz
- The Power Broker, Robert Caro
- Delusions of Gender, Cordelia Fine
- Emancipation Betrayed, Paul Ortiz
5 comments:
That's a good list. My problem is that there is SO MUCH I want to read to feel well-read that I could never narrow it down to just 30. Well, that, and I'm way past thirty now anyway. ;) I've read six off your list so far, so maybe I've at least gotten a start on being "literary." These days, I feel like just reading at all is an accomplishment.
I like this challenge you've set up for yourself, and your list is fantastic.
Good luck with this! I've got a similar list, only mine is more 30 things I want to do before I'm 30... doesn't help that I've only done about 5 of them and I turn 30 in about 6 months! Good luck with getting these books read and hope you enjoy them all!
@Lexi: Thanks! There are a lot more I want to read, too, but this is at least a start.
@Heather: Thank you! If you have any input on where to start, I'd be happy to hear it.
@Candice: I started a 30 things by 30, but didn't get very far with it. Then my priorities shifted a bit, anyway :-)
This is a great list MJ!! I really like reading with purpose--even if it's not every book. Some of my favorites are on here and many I'd still love to read. I've only read Kafka on the Shore but loved it!
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