Decades ‘08 Challenge
Posted by: Janet on: December 29, 2007
The concept of the Decades ‘08 Challenge, explained here, intrigues me: read 8 books in 8 consecutive decades in ‘08. I’m in with the following list:
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1890’s: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
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1900’s: A Room With a View, E. M. Forster
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1910’s: Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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1920’s: Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
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1930’s: The Sword in the Stone, T.H. White
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1940’s: The Ill-Made Knight, T.H. White
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1950’s: The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
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1960’s: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, C.S. Lewis
That’s it as it stands now. I’m looking forward to this!
8 Responses to "Decades ‘08 Challenge"
December 31, 2007 at 11:21 am
You’re a true friend, Ruth, reading all my blather. :-) Hope the beach was fun.
Do you ever do challenges–? I picked books for this one from the decades leading up to my birthday.
December 31, 2007 at 6:18 pm
No, I’ve never done any of the reading challenges, though I see them all the time. I mostly just read whatever I happen upon. :-)
This year I was going to read War and Peace. I think I got 400 pages into it – but that’s not even a third of the way through! Now it’s been so long that I’ll have to start again.
December 31, 2007 at 6:36 pm
There’s always the Henry Fonda – Audrey Hepburn movie…. (she says, wimpily). (I confess, it’s the only version I’ve ever made it through…)
January 3, 2008 at 12:15 am
Ahhh… Excellent challenges! I too am catching up on your blog over break. I have downloaded Dorian Gray in both text ebook format and audio. Have not started it yet. You other list is filled with “easy” books. This list looks a bit more challenging. My resolution is not so much as to take up any challenges, but to read all of the books piled up that I already have. It may take me all year. I’ve tried reading Moby Dick this year. I’m only a third through that. War and Peace is just not ever going to happen.
Enjoy the reading!
January 3, 2008 at 3:14 am
Maybe we can compare notes on Dorian Gray!
Yes, easy books in the other. But go easy on me–I’m making a commitment! :-)
I liked Moby Dick, but I doubt that I’ll ever reread it. It was so dense with symbolism it made my head hurt with “achings and breakings.”
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December 31, 2007 at 2:45 am
Just got through reading the posts you’ve made while I’ve been gone. You’ve been busy! :-)
This reading challenge looks fun.