New Year... new whatever.

[tahiti]

So okay. I didn't really make any resolutions for this year. Basically, I said the "theme" of this year would be "More. Better. Accomplish." I want to do more, I want to do better, and then I can accomplish whatever. One of the things I want to do more is definitely write more. In Xanga, in my LJ, and in my paper journal. (So far, my embodiment project has been going strong!) I also want to read more. I want to read at least 50 new books this year. (And what I mean by 'new' is that I haven't read it before.) So far.. I've got a list of about 26 books. Here they are:
1. Girl With a Pearl Earring- Tracy Chevalier
2. In Her Shoes- Jennifer Weiner
3. Marie Antoinette- Antonia Fraser
4. Fight Club- Chuck Palahniuk
5. Stardust- Neil Gaiman
6. Son of a Witch- Gregory Maguire
7. Golden Compass- Phillip Pullman
8. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
9. Sense and Sensibility- Jane Austen
10. Fellowship of the Ring- J.R.R. Tolkien
11. The Two Towers- J.R.R. Tolkien
12. Return of the King- J.R.R. Tolkien
13. The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkien (The last two I've read before, but I haven't read since 6th grade.)
14. A Wizard of Earthsea- Ursula K. Le Guin
15. Tombs of Atuan- Ursula K. Le Guin
16. The Farthest Shore- Ursula K. Le Guin
17. Tehanu- Ursula K. Le Guin
18. Tales from Earthsea- Ursula K. Le Guin
19. The Other Wind- Ursula K. Le Guin
20. The Silver Chair- C.S. Lewis
21. The Horse and His Boy- C.S. Lewis
22. The Magician's Nephew- C.S. Lewis
23. The Last Battle- C.S. Lewis
24. Mirror, Mirror- Gregory Maguire
25. Bad Twin- Gary Troup
26. Headlong Hall- Thomas Earl Peacock
27. The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
28. The Memory Keeper's Daughter- Kim Edwards
29. Forever in Blue: Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood- Ann Brasheras
30. The Boleyn Inheritance- Phillippa Gregory
31. Water for Elephants- Sara Gruen
32. The Emperor's Children- Claire Messud
33. The Five People You Meet in Heaven- Mitch Albom
EDIT:
34. The Subtle Knife- Phillip Pullman
35. The Amber Spyglass- Phillip Pullman
36. The Twentieth Wife- Indu Sundaresan (the last three suggested by Chelle).
37. The Bible (Suggested by Antwan.)
38. All The King's Men- Robert Penn Warren
39. Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides
40. Sophie's Choice- William Styron
41. The Brothers Karamazov- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky
42. anything by G.K. Chesterton (My roommate suggested Orthodoxy, his autobiography.)
43. Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky and Constance Garnett
44. Gorgias- Plato (38 through 44 suggested by Ali aka juuzingekido. Thanks so much!)
45. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats- T.S. Eliot
46. Chronicles of Prydain- Lloyd Alexander (45 and 46 suggested by Allyson, my roommate)
47. Twilight- Stephenie Meyer
48. New Moon- Stephenie Meyer (47 and 48 I've been wanting to read, but had a brain fart about)
49. The Vampire Lestat- Anne Rice
50. Queen of the Damned- Anne Rice

So now I have 17 6 spots left. Any suggestions? List complete! Thanks to anyone who suggested books. If I finish all these (it's quite a list!), I'll open up suggestions for 10 more.

Here's to a great year.
Until we meet again,
Tahiti

Comments

[anthy.livejournal.com]

the horse and his boy is delightfully awful, the seriously worst book of the series. Read the rest, skip this one.

[kakyuu-hime.livejournal.com]

Really? I think I'm going to go ahead and read it, because I do want to have all the Narnia books read. But if it's that bad, I doubt I'll read it in the future. (I'll just scribble all over the pages. ^^)

[juuzingekido.livejournal.com]

All the King's Men, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Brothers Karamazov (reallly longass though), Crime and Punishment, Pride and Prejudice, things by G.K. Chesterton, Gorgias by Plato, Sophie's World, Middlesex are good ones off the top of my head. I'll let you know more.

[kakyuu-hime.livejournal.com]

Ah! All The King's Men should've been on my list. My roommate leant it to be back at the end of November.
I've read Memoirs of a Geisha, and oh, how I love it so.
And is the name of the book really "things"?
*adds most to her list*