Coming out of a Reader's Block

[Shreya]

I am gonna be brave and Publish my 2014 Reading list of 52 books here, one book each week. Time line is not strict as some are 100 page books and some go over 1000.
Here it goes:
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and clay - Michael Chabon
2. White Tiger - Arvind Adiga
3. Slaughter House 5 - kurt Vonnegt
4. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
5. Equal Music - Vikram Seth
6. rest of the Hitchhicker's guide to the galaxy
7. Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R.Tolkein
6. Shantaram
7. The year of the Donkey
8. Man and Animals & Animals on a Pedestal
9. Norwegian Wood
10. The Lord god made them all- James Herriot
11. Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
12. The Good doctor
13. Tin Drum - Gunter Grass
14. Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse
15. Things fall Apart
16. God of small things - Arindhati Roy
17. The Disposessed (or)The Earth Sea - Ursula K Le Guin
18. My name is Red - Orhan Pamuk
19. Infinite Jest
20. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
21. 1984 - George Orwell
22. India after Independence - Ramchandra Guha
23. Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
24. Creative Workshop - David Sherwin
25. My Uncle's Dream- Dostovesky
26. Dead Souls- Nikoloi Gogol
27. The Game of Thrones
28. The spectacular Now
29. Alice in the Wonderland
30. Extremely curious and incredibly close
31. Surely you must be joking Mr.Feyman
32. The Graveyard Book/ Good Omens and Sandman comics
Neil Gaiman
33.The Good Earth- Pearl s Buck
34. Fight Club/ Choke
35. The Book Thief
36. Call me by your Name
37. Illusions - Richard Bach
38. Bossy Pants - Tina Fey
39. the Lost Continent - Bill Bryson
40. A short history of nearly everything - Bill Bryson
41. Notes from Gallows
42. The Prague Cemetry - Umberto Eco
43. Lost World - Arthur Conan Doyle
44. Casual Vaccancy - J.K Rowling
45. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahari
46. The Lighthouse - Virginia Wolf
47. Lady Chatterly's lover - D.H.Lawrence
48. the cat Inside - William S Burroughs
49. IT - Stephen King
50. Angela's Ashes
51. Middle sex
52. The man who was Thursday - G.K.Chesterton

In addition Short Stories I have been reading from various collections including:
1. Ultimate Roald Dahl Short story collection
2. Cat O nine Tales - Jeffery Archer
and 2-3 other such collctions

I hope the range of writers and genres covered is extensive enough.
Wish me Luck!!!

[Kassandra]

Best of luck Shreya. Shantaram is one of my all time favourites - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[Shreya]

Kassandra wrote: "Best of luck Shreya. Shantaram is one of my all time favourites - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did."

Thanks.

[Shreya]

Iasa wrote: "That's a good selection of books, good luck!"

Thank you Iasa

[Amber]

Good luck shreya! The graveyard book is a pretty good read. :-)

[Shreya]

Amber wrote: "Good luck shreya! The graveyard book is a pretty good read. :-)"

Thanks. I have been wanting to read Neil Gaiman ever since Sandman comics.

[Shreya]

I might as well add:
53. Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
54. My Family and other Animals - Gerald Durrell
55. Final Diagnosis - Arthur Hailey
as am reading them now.

Oh and Short Story Collection by D.H.Lawrence

[Faye, The Dickens Junkie]

Looks like you'll have a great year! I plan on reading quite a few of those myself. :)

[Shreya]

Faye wrote: "Looks like you'll have a great year! I plan on reading quite a few of those myself. :)"

Its been good so far. At least I am keeping up with the quota :)
Nice to have common books to read between us. Lets see how we'll like them.

[Shreya]

It started again.....Where, despite of myself, I begin reading too many books at once and dont' finish anything b4 the flavor of the book wears off....

Curse the ADHD!

[Holly, That Geeky One]

Shreya, that's why I rarely read multiple books at a time. I never get any of them finished!

[Kassandra]

I'm the same way Holly - I get overwhelmed by multiple books. Shreya, I hope you are able to focus on one of your selections and enjoy it!

[Shreya]

I am trying to kick the habit. I finished Fahrenheit 451 now, my initial book. Now I am back to Hunger Games book 2 and try by best to finish the series without interruptions. May be I should get a buddy read. Never did that before though.

[Shreya]

Tonight- Bossy pants and My family and other animals or no nap naps

[Kassandra]

I'm reading Bossypants now too!

[Shreya]

40/60 books ain't bad. I may not finish the challenge but am very happy with the reading I did this year. Explored some new genres, which I am delighted to find very engaging and made a headway through non-fiction books. Not a lot but put a tiny dent in the to-read. Strayed from the list half way through the year but found some very interesting books like The Martian An Abundance of Katherines

[Manish]

I see that you have read Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury and 1984 - George Orwell, so you might as well enjoy Brave New World and Little Brother.