1001 Books to Read Before you Die Challenge

Jeanne · 01-01-2009, 10:01 AM

The goal of this challenge is to read 10 books in 10 months from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list. For you non-math people, 10 out of 1001 is approximately 1%, hence the title. The challenge will run from Jan 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

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**Titles may count toward multiple challenges.

buchluver · 01-01-2009, 05:42 PM

Hm, I've already read 39 of these. But I'll participate in this challenge for 2009.

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Jeanne · 01-01-2009, 06:17 PM

Judyn · 01-01-2009, 06:53 PM

there are some really good lists on there...and some really really bad ones. Billy Bud?????BLECH

Jeanne · 01-01-2009, 07:04 PM

read that in college.

Wendy · 01-02-2009, 11:06 AM

went through the list and discovered I have read 19...woohoo, only 982 to go! I better get busy

mathmam · 01-02-2009, 11:26 AM

Reading the list was my first challenge!

Jeanne · 01-02-2009, 12:08 PM

Judyn · 01-02-2009, 07:13 PM

whose list is it anyway? Just wondering?

Jeanne · 01-02-2009, 08:11 PM

this dude http://search.barnesandnoble.com/100.../9780789313706

01-01-2009, 10:01 AM	#1
Jeanne Web Mistress Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: right by the pool! Posts: 13,439 Rep Power: 100	1001 Books to Read Before you Die Challenge The goal of this challenge is to read 10 books in 10 months from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list. For you non-math people, 10 out of 1001 is approximately 1%, hence the title. The challenge will run from Jan 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. **Titles may count toward multiple challenges. __________________

01-01-2009, 05:42 PM	#2
buchluver Mistress of the Novel Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: living room recliner in the east texas piney woods Posts: 340 Rep Power: 26	Hm, I've already read 39 of these. But I'll participate in this challenge for 2009. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. __________________ <vbsigh>So many books, so little time!</vbsigh> Blog Listology 2010 Challenges: Color, Historical, New Author, Big Book, Borrowed Book, 100 in '10, and Read the Book/See The Movie "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey "Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?" ~ Henry Ward Beecher

01-01-2009, 06:17 PM	#3
Jeanne Web Mistress Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: right by the pool! Posts: 13,439 Rep Power: 100	__________________

01-01-2009, 06:53 PM	#4
Judyn Resident Librarian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Don't make me shush your ass! Posts: 9,460 Rep Power: 503	there are some really good lists on there...and some really really bad ones. Billy Bud?????BLECH __________________ http://judyn.blogspot.com/

01-01-2009, 07:04 PM	#5
Jeanne Web Mistress Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: right by the pool! Posts: 13,439 Rep Power: 100	read that in college. __________________

01-02-2009, 11:06 AM	#6
Wendy Mistress of the Novel Join Date: May 2008 Location: Spring Texas Posts: 378 Rep Power: 21	went through the list and discovered I have read 19...woohoo, only 982 to go! I better get busy __________________ See Ya!

01-02-2009, 11:26 AM	#7
mathmam Princess Know-It-All Join Date: May 2006 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 4,826 Rep Power: 264	Reading the list was my first challenge!

01-02-2009, 12:08 PM	#8
Jeanne Web Mistress Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: right by the pool! Posts: 13,439 Rep Power: 100	__________________

01-02-2009, 07:13 PM	#9
Judyn Resident Librarian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Don't make me shush your ass! Posts: 9,460 Rep Power: 503	whose list is it anyway? Just wondering? __________________ http://judyn.blogspot.com/

01-02-2009, 08:11 PM	#10
Jeanne Web Mistress Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: right by the pool! Posts: 13,439 Rep Power: 100	this dude http://search.barnesandnoble.com/100.../9780789313706 __________________

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