1% Well Read Challenge 2009

It’s another round of the 1% Well Read Challenge, however this is my first year. I thought of joining in late last year but I was already past the goal by the time I found it.

I’ve been waiting for the new year to start and here it is. You can find all the details HERE.

I’m going to choose Option 1 – Read 10 titles from the original list from March 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

1. Watchman by Alan Moore – finished May 23
2. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – finished October 25
3. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver – finished December 20
4. Atonement – finished June 1
5. Northanger Abbey – finished April 27
6. Gone With the Wind – finished December 31
7. Emma – finished November 23
8. Lady Chatterley’s Lover – finished Sept 28
9. Memoirs of a Geisha – finished Aug 23
10. Roxana – finished Oct 22

Alternatives

• Interview With a Vampire (from original list)
• Wuthering Heights (from original list)
• Mansfield Park (from original list)
• Blonde
• The Blind Assassin
• Life of Pi
• David Copperfield
• Villette
• A Farewell to Arms
• the Hobbit
• Lord of the Rings
• The Bell Jar
• The Graduate
• The Shining