I officially completed the 1% Well-Read Challenge. The goal was to read 10 books from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list. I only replaced 1 of the books from my original list. The books I read (with links to my reviews) are:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain -- review here
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh -- review here
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller -- review here
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck -- review here
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- review here
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison -- review here
Life of Pi by Yann Martel -- review here
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- review here
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre -- review here
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh -- review here
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller -- review here
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck -- review here
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- review here
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison -- review here
Life of Pi by Yann Martel -- review here
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- review here
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carre -- review here
A new 1% Well-Read Challenge has already started, so I've got to get on it and pick my next group of books. For others interested in participating, note that you now have 3 choices because of the changes made to the 1001 list.
The Lit Flicks Challenge is officially over and I completed 4 out of 5 books. Not bad, I guess, but still disappointing. Again, a list of the books I read with links to my reviews (if not given above):
The Lit Flicks Challenge is officially over and I completed 4 out of 5 books. Not bad, I guess, but still disappointing. Again, a list of the books I read with links to my reviews (if not given above):
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Howards End by E. M. Forster -- review here
The World According to Garp by John Irving -- review here
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Howards End by E. M. Forster -- review here
The World According to Garp by John Irving -- review here
Also ended was my self-imposed Banned Books Challenge (I picked 12 books to read by this year's Freedom to Read week). I completed 11 in all. In addition to Huck Finn, Catch-22, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, Invisible Man, and One Hundred Years of Solitude, I completed:
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl -- review here
East of Eden by John Steinbeck -- review here
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
East of Eden by John Steinbeck -- review here
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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