TBR Challenge

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Hooray! i get to post my regular list for my last challenge i am signing up for the beginning of the year. For this the idea is to read 12 books in 2008 that have been on your "to read" list for a while. The guidelines are anything you've had or wanted to read for more than 6 months. I've tried to mix up some non-ficton, regular books and some 1k1 books. I don't have my alternates set but here's my list for what i intend to read.
  • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
  • On Beauty by Zadie Smith (1K1)
  • Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (1K1)
  • A Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (NF)
  • The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1K1)
  • The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer (NF)
  • Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1K1)
  • The Lover by Marguerite Duras (1K1)
  • All The President's Men by Woodward and Bernstein (NF)
  • The Society of S by Susan Hubbard
  • Purity of Blood by Arturo Perez-Reverte
I feel these are all pretty doable. i am so excited about what i am set to begin reading in January.

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