Monday, December 28, 2009

Challenge failed - Decades '09


My challenge:

Read a minimum of 9 books in 9 consecutive decades in 2009.

My list:

1910s -
1920s -
1930s - Invincible Louise by Cornelia Meigs - finished 3/29/09, rated 8/10
1940s -
1950s - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - finished 2/27/09, rated 8/10
Gentle Infidel and Queen's Cross by Lawrence Schoonover - finished 7/09, rated 7/10 & 8/10
On the Road by Jack Kerouac - finished 10/22/09, rated 5/10
1960s -
1970s - Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson - finished 7/8/09, rated 7/10
The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing - finished 8/16/09, rated 7/10
1980s - Midnight's Children by S. Rushdie - finished 4/23/09, rated 6/10
Alaska and Journey by James Michener - finished 2/14/09, rated 8/10
Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee - finished 5/8/09, rated 7/10
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons - finished 9/7/09, rated 8/10
1990s - By the Shore by Galaxy Craze - finished 1/23/09, rated 8/10
Skellig by David Almond - finished 6/09, rated 9/10
A Good House by Bonnie Burnard - finished 7/4/09, rated 7/10



I like this challenge - it encourages me to read such great books. I haven't seen if it will be offered again in 2010, but I would certainly consider participating again!

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