10 Out of 100 Out of 1001 challenge complete!

Thanks to this past weekend's Readathon, I was able to finish this challenge with a week to spare. For some reason, the 1001 book list intrigues me -- I'm sure it's partly just because I'm a list person and this sort of thing is a great opportunity to make another spreadsheet, lol.

The goal of this particular challenge was to read 10 of the first 100 books (first meaning the most recent) from the 1001 list, with 1 book from each group of 10. I skipped the groups of 10 that contained a book that I had already read. I had to make some adjustments to my original choices, here's what I actually ended up reading:

[1-10] skipped, previously read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

[11-20] skipped, previously read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

[21-30]Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

[31-40] Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II by J.M. Coetzee

[41-50] Life of Pi by Yann Martel

[51-60] The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation by Paulo Coehlo

[61-70] skipped, previously read The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

[71-80] Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi

[81-90] skipped, previously read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

[91-100] The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

I don't know if Books of Mee will be hosting a sequel to this challenge for the next group of 100, but I'd sign up if it's offered. If you're interested in the 1001 books list, you can also check out the 1% Well-Read Challenge -- it runs through February 2009.

It's also occurred to me that this list would make a good perpetual challenge. I've looked around and haven't seen one offered yet. I'd be interested to know if others would like to see such a challenge offered.