While this is a post about a reading challenge, it is also the start of a challenge to write one blog post–besides Capsule Review and Screen Burn announcement–a week. I got side tracked with all my work for both InveterateMediaJunkies.com and for school. Time to get back on track.
I am not a fast reader. I tend to analyze every element of a story as I read, which makes a book most people can read in hours or days take me at least a week. That coupled with a horrible book addiction and I don’t have a “To Be Read” pile, I have a “To Be Read” mountain. And my bookshelves haven’t seen empty spaces in a while. To combat this, I’m going to try to read a book a week. Below is the preliminary list for 2013.
- Hell House – Richard Matheson*
- The Shining – Stephen King*
- Ghost Story – Peter Straub*
- The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson*
- The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold*
- A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens*
- Grave’s End – Elaine Mercado*
- The Amityville Horror – Jay Anson*
- Bad Monkeys – Matt Ruff
- Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States – Pete Jordan
- The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
- Damned – Chuck Palahniuk
- Rant – same
- Haunted – same
- Lullaby – same
- Choke – same
- Invisible Monsters – same
- Dairy – same
- Downtown Owl – Chuck Klosterman
- The Resurrectionists – Jack O’Connelly
- Feed – Mira Grant
- John Dies At The End – David Wong
- Sandman Slim – Richard Kadrey
- Grailblazers – Tom Holt
- Strange Flesh – Michael Olson
- Leviathan Wakes – James S. A. Corey
- City of Bone – Cassandra Clarke
- Vox – Nicholson Baker
- American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis
- The Garden of Beasts – Eric Larson
- A Visit from the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
- Shotgun Sorceress – Lucy Snyder
- Switchblade Goddess - same
- Tempest Rising – Nicole Peeler
- Tracking the Tempest - same
- Sacré Bleu – Christopher Moore
- Lamb – same
- Practical Demon-Keeping – same
- Gil’s All Fright Diner – A. Lee Martinez
- Monster - same
- The Nymphos of Rocky Flats – Mario Acevedo
- The Atrocity Archives – Charles Stross
- Secret Talents – Olga Tegora
- The Rum Diaries – Hunter S. Thompson
- Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy – John le Carré
- Uncle Silas – Sheridan Le Fanu
- The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides
- Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D. H. Lawrence
- The Menstruating Mall – Carlton Mellick III
- Deity – Vic Mudd
- The Psycho Ex Game – Merrill Maroke and Andy Prieboy
- Fat White Vampire Blues – Andrew Fox
Some of this will change since I will have three classes in the fall and I don’t know what I’ll be reading. The ones for my upcoming Reading in Genres class–marked (*)–are the only permanent ones. I had planned to use this year to go through Chuck Palahniuk’s books, so those will be the last to get axed. But A Memory of Light is coming out on the 8th, so I may get the urge to try to re-read the whole Wheel of Time series. I’ve also been thinking about going through all my Ramsey Campbell books too. So, we will see how this list evolves over the years.
So what about you all? Do you have any reading challenges or certain books that you getting ready for in 2013?
Update: This isn’t the only thing I’m doing this year. Check out the other plans I have for 2013 on my Facebook Page.
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