#1: David Clement-Davies - The Sight
Begin: January 13 * End: February 7
#2: Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Begin: February 8 *End: can't remember. :P
#3: Matthew Paul Turner - Hokey Pokey: Curious People Finding What Life's All About
Begin: February 16
#4: Anne Lamott - Traveling Mercies
#5: Frank Beddor - The Looking Glass Wars
#6: Don DeLillo - White Noise
Begin: April 18
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2007 List
1.16.2008
1.01.2008
Happy 2008!
Well, it's over. And for the Final Count...
50 books. 3 unfinished, but I should be able to wrap up #50 tomorrow.
Okay, in the end I fudged a bit and included Japan Ai, because even though it is kind of in the form of a sketch travel journal (read: full of pictures), I figure it has enough words to qualify. I might have made the goal if I'd let graphic novels count, but hey. :P
I can't believe I did it. It's an awesome feeling, actually looking back on a new year goal and knowing you didn't fail in the first two weeks. And I've read so many wonderful books this year... the entire Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia... some classics in Christian literature like Augustine and Chesterton... some I've never touched... others I love to read over and over.
So, what now? Start all over, or course! :)
I don't feel as pressured to hit the 50 mark, but I discovered that keeping track of what you read is a fun and enlightening habit, so I plan to continue in 2008. Start up a new list. Maybe revisit some of the stuff I read in college, and hunt down some classics I've never touched.
Oh, and finish those two pesky books that I didn't survive this year. I will find out how Eldest ends, dangit! :P
Here's to a new year! Looking forward to even more good reads in the year to come.
50 books. 3 unfinished, but I should be able to wrap up #50 tomorrow.
Okay, in the end I fudged a bit and included Japan Ai, because even though it is kind of in the form of a sketch travel journal (read: full of pictures), I figure it has enough words to qualify. I might have made the goal if I'd let graphic novels count, but hey. :P
I can't believe I did it. It's an awesome feeling, actually looking back on a new year goal and knowing you didn't fail in the first two weeks. And I've read so many wonderful books this year... the entire Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia... some classics in Christian literature like Augustine and Chesterton... some I've never touched... others I love to read over and over.
So, what now? Start all over, or course! :)
I don't feel as pressured to hit the 50 mark, but I discovered that keeping track of what you read is a fun and enlightening habit, so I plan to continue in 2008. Start up a new list. Maybe revisit some of the stuff I read in college, and hunt down some classics I've never touched.
Oh, and finish those two pesky books that I didn't survive this year. I will find out how Eldest ends, dangit! :P
Here's to a new year! Looking forward to even more good reads in the year to come.
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