The intrepid Rox Populi has read 52 Books in 52 Weeks last year. As I remarked a couple of weeks ago, a formidable enterprise indeed. And Andrea has done twice that. Wow! I am not going to try for a hundred, but I will keep track of my reading for the year, going for 52 in 52. I have added a new category, "52 Books in 52 Weeks", to "check them off" there.
I read mostly fiction, but I have a stack of non-fiction and subject-matter reading here too. I won't count technical reading for work. I will count re-reads, and story collections, like the two on top of my night stand. And the three books that I started last week, those will count too if and when I finish them.
So there you have it.
Elkit, if you need a breather or a palate cleanser of sorts, I highly recommend Persepolis, the memoir in graphic novel form (and in two parts), by Marjane Satrapi. It's wonderfully honest, the drawings are lovely and whimsical and clever and moving, and it's a unique insight into the life of a progressive girl in Iran during the Revolution.
Best of luck. This is a wonderful thing to do. I'm jealous because I know that I'll be lucky to get my mind to shut up long enough to read 10 books!
Posted by: ae | Jan 03, 2006 at 11:16 PM
It sounded so good when I read about it on your blog that I already made a note of it, as well as of A Million Little Pieces. That one hadn't sounded interesting to me at all when I first heard about it, but your description gave me second thoughts ... you might well find it in my list soon. Do let me know what else I should read!
Posted by: Elkit | Jan 04, 2006 at 05:08 PM