10 books, challenge crossover is allowed (I suppose) and dead line the 1st of February 2012 (I guess), if all goes well.
List of required specifications :
"Ten unique and distinct books are required.
- A book that has been previously abandoned
- A re-read. Didn’t quite get it/thought there was more/made promise to self to re-read? Time to make good.
- A book that has sat on the shelf, like, forever. (Decades.)
- A book that paralyses one with dread.
- Investigate a canonical writer hitherto most shamefully overlooked.
- Seek out a book by an author who has earned ostracism by being so good that any further novel could surely never measure up…?
- And the opposite… That author who was supposed to be really good, but didn’t go down too well? Give him/her another go!
- Take a chance. Read a book which you would rather not. For instance when the OH says ‘you’ll really like this’ and you’re thinking ‘no, I really won’t…’
- A book from an unfamiliar genre.
- Ask a friend (preferably a person of impeccable taste, and definitely not someone who might have an axe to grind) to choose a book that you will, in their opinion, like. (This does not mean ask a dozen people until you get the right answer!)"
So far I've got:
The Master and Margarita – didn’t really get it the first time, so it is a likely candidate for no 2 or 4, I’m not sure right now
no 1 – The Truth about Sascha Knisch ( I abandoned it half way)
no 3 – Anna Karenina – I have it in my library for a couple of years and I never took interest in it, but it’s about time
no 6 – Lisa’s breath by Karel G van Loon or The Invisible Ones
no 10 is pending ...
and I think that for n5 I'll go with Ernest Hemingway - is he canonical writer ? I most definitely overlooked him :D
Anyone else wanna join ? Come on , an year is a looong time :) and I might need support from time to time. It's not like you (yes you) don't read, you might as well do it for a challenge.
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