I’m going to do it: I’m going to take the TBR Challenge.Here’s my list for 2007:
January — Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
February — The City is a Rising Tide by Rebecca Lee
March — Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
April — Bigfoot Dreams by Francine Prose
May — Cellophane by Marie Arana
June — Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
July — Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
August — Dig by C. R. Corwin
September — Red Weather by Pauls Toutonghi
October — Eating Heaven by Jennie Shortridge
November — Minaret by Leila Aboulela
December — Hunting Unicorns by Bella Pollen
December 11, 2006 at
Ooooh, what a great idea! I have to admit, I’ve not heard of any of those books, but I’m off to follow your links.
December 11, 2006 at
Yep, none of these are really best-sellers but I’ve heard good stuff about all of them. Occupational hazard. :-)
December 11, 2006 at
Speaking of good books, I just read the best thriller. It’s called SHARP OBJECTS and it’s by Gillian Flynn. I think I’ll post about it briefly. Wow. Harrowing but very well done!
December 29, 2006 at
Great list! Good luck with the challenge. It’s going to be a fun reading year.
January 8, 2007 at
Magic for Beginners is a lovely book. I got to hear the author speak at a local book festival this fall. She’s wonderful, funny and intelligent.
February 27, 2007 at
In case you don’t check my blog for my reply to your comment, I’m putting it here, too!
Yes, your name IS on the TBR Challenge Participant list — it was just under “Kristin” before, and linked to your Blogspot blog.
I’ve changed it, though, so that it links here, to your WordPress one — and I’ve changed the name on the list to “Kristinsdottir” so you can find yourself easier. ;o)
Hope that helps!
May 3, 2008 at
[...] Here is a link to an interesting idea — a challenge to read books you’ve had hanging around for a while. It looks like it’s from 2007, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to do again. I’m thinking about it. [...]