This September I am going back to school. I am super excited to move to Ontario, live in dorms, and dive into a new social pool. I am less excited, however, to be drowning in reading and essays, feel underequipped and be under constant stress. So, about a month ago I made a reading list for myself. 15 books I have to read before I go back to school. For someone with the reading compasity of Twilight, this is kind of an undertaking. And no, there is no Nicolas Sparks on the list. I pretty much looked up '100 books to read before you die' and picked the ones that didn't sound stupid or I hadn't already read.
So here's my list:
(1) Dubliners- James Joyce [which I am finished]
(2) Atlas shrugged- Ayn Rand [I think I can get a scholarship out of this one]
(3) Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
(4) Age of Innosence- Edith Wharton
(5) Searching for God knows what- Donald Miller
(6) Through Painted Deserts- Donald Miller [Currently reading...]
(7) Fight Club- Chuck Palanhniuk [Finished]
(8) On the Road- Jack Karuak
(9) Nineteen Eighty Four- George Orwell
(10) Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger
(11) The time traveller's wife- Audrey Niffenegger
(12) Alice in Wonderland- Lewis Carroll
(13) Life of Pi- Yann Martel
(14) A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens
(15) The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
I'm LOVING your reading list! :) Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorites! Dubliners is also quite good.
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ReplyDeletePerhaps I should join you in this venture! I'd love to get my nose out of the 18th century! haha
I have a few of these if you'd like to borrow them...then you don't have to have to worry about late fees at the library :)
You could also try and get your hands on your English reading list for next year if you're worried about being overloaded once classes start. That should not be too hard to access, with a couple of emails. I could lend you a hand with that if you're interested. I've often wanted to be organized enough to do it myself :P
YO Hilary, I want to do this too! All of these books sound AMAZING!! book club?!?! I think yes.
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