Well, I gave it a go and here is how far I got in 2008:
1. A Certain Slant of Light – Laura Whitcomb
2. The Road to Avalon – Joan Wolf
3. Rope Burns – F.X. Toole
4. We Need to Talk about Kevin – Lionel Shriver
5. A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
6. Battle Royale – Houshun Takami
7. I Haven’t Dreamt of Flying for a While – Taichi Yamada
8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
9. Rape – A Love Story – Joyce Carol Oates
10. How to Survive a Horror Movie – Seth Grahame-Smith
11. The Ice Queen – Alice Hoffman
12. Breakfast At Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
13. The Book with No Name – Anonymous
14. Winkie – Clifford Chase
15. Lost Girls and Love Hotels – Catherine Hanrahan
16. Nefertiti – Michelle Moran
17. Tan Lines – J.J. Salem
18. The Fifth Child – Doris Lessing
19. Candide – Voltaire
20. Real World – Natsuro Karino
21. The Choice – Nicolas Sparks
22. Almost Transparent Blue – Ryu Murakami
23. The Tartar Steppe – Dino Buzzati
24. Out – Natsuro Kirino
25. After Dark – Murakami
So, just short of half my target. 2009 will have to be better. So, here’s my first resolution of the year. My friends will understand how difficult this will be for me, but I won’t buy another book until I’ve read 52 books from my exisiting library. I have about 200 unread books to choose from, so I shoudn’t want for options… wish me luck in 2009.
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