02.Nov.2008 10 out 100 out of 1001 Wrap-up
About 6 months ago in April, I made a personal challenge and asked people if they want to do it with me. The initial post here. The rule is to pick 1 book out of every group of 10 books. For this challenge, we’re doing number 1 to 100 in the 1001 Books list.
So here we are 6 months later. Apparently time goes faster than I thought, so I didn’t manage to really complete the challenge. I had to read 6 books and managed to read only 3.
[01-10] #1 Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro read 12/05/08 (review)
[11-20] #19 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon read 01/07/08 (review)
[21-30] #28 Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami (still reading, review to come)
[31-40] #40 Platform – Michael Houellebecq
[41-50] skipped – I’ve read #42 Atonement and #49 Life of Pi
[51-60] #51 An Obedient Father – Akhil Sharma
[61-70] either #63 The Blind Assassin or #64 After the Quake
[71-80] skipped – I’ve read #78 Sputnik Sweetheart. Might read #80 Intimacy.
[81-90] skipped – I’ve read #90 Veronika Decides to Die. Might read #85 Tipping the Velvet.
[91-100] skipped – I’ve read #93 Memoirs of a Geisha. Might read #92 The God of Small Things or #95 Enduring Love.
I’m still quite happy with the attempt nevertheless and will continue the challenge to the second set of 100 books, which is number 101 to 200. Meanwhile I could still continue to clear up the first set of 100 books. Congratulations for those of you who finished the challenge and those who attempted to :). Hope you can join me again for the next challenge. I’m thinking 1 February 2009, since I’ll be super busy at the end of year (and probably everyone else too).
The participants
Lena (Reading Obsession)
Wendy (caribousmom)
Sharon (Ex Libris)
3M (1morechapter)
Joanna (Lost in a good story) (wrap-up)
Kim H (My Literary Travels)
Alessandra (Out of the Blue)
Tammy (Tammy’s Book Nook)
Jan (Jottings from Jan)
Let me know if I missed anyone! Thanks everyone for joining!
mee