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110+ Books I Have Every Intention Of Reading Next

2/23/2012

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We all have them: books we pretend we’ve read; books so covered in the dust of good intentions that we’ve forgotten we already own two copies *cough*The Jungle*cough*; those awful books glaring at us from the nightstand. I spend a lot of time browsing the internet looking at lists of things, especially book-related things and those lists are all well and good, but they are basically meaningless to me. Does this mean I won’t try to read all the National Book Award, Pulitzer, Printz, and Newbery award winners? Hell no, that is very much still on my agenda. I guess when I said "meaningless" one sentence ago I merely meant of lesser importance than my own handmade and extremely well-thought-out list. Yeah, let’s go with that. I actually sat down and looked through my books and my to-be-read lists to see what I had and to analyze my intentions and objectives. A high priority for me is cutting down the number of stunned looks from people who find out I haven’t read something. 

Exhibit A: 

1.     The last two Twilight books. I never finished these because I was so bored by the plot of New Moon that the thought of continuing on felt like I was signing up for a voluntary colonoscopy. If I wanted to read about a teenager who can do nothing but mope around for an entire book, I’d look into a mirror and tell myself to get a life because I should never want to read about that. Nevertheless, I HEAR that books 3 and 4 are better and though it is depressing to me, a lot of people want to talk about this series. I’d prefer it if all those people adapted to me and read better books but we all know the universe doesn’t work that way. So I will read these two books.

Exhibit B:

2.     The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor: This is the one book I am most chickenshit about. I’ve been hearing about this since I was released from my mother’s womb and not so coincidentally, I’ve also been dreading it since then. What if I don’t like the stories of the woman I was named for? Does it get any more embarrassing than that? I’ve made it 28 years but I can’t make it another while actually considering myself a respectable, well-read person. Stay tuned on this one.  
The Complete Stories of Flannery O Connor cover
Another high priority is getting through the books on my shelf that make my heart hurt when I look at them: GIFTS. My biggest hurdle in this arena will be motivating myself to read more nonfiction. My dad always buys me books related to my interests, for sure. But they are also primarily nonfiction books and it is so much easier for me to just shelve them and get back to my genre fiction. Here are some of my gift books from the list:

3.     Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
4.     Solovki by Roy Robson 
5.     Emperor of All Maladies by  Siddhartha Mukherjee 
6.     Ireland by Frank Delaney
7.     Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Next up? Series I’ve started and need to finish or catch up on. In some cases, this just means one book. In others, it means I’ve majorly dropped the ball and need to run the entire length of the field to catch up. These are some of my slacking series:

8.     The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde (1 behind)
9.     The Grimspace/Sirantha Jax series by Ann Aguirre (4 soon to be 5 behind)
10.  The Newflesh series by Mira Grant (1 soon to be 2 behind)
11.  The Native Star series by M.K. Hobson (1 behind)
12.  The Unearthly series by Cynthia Hand (1 behind)
13.  The Baker Street Irregulars series by Robert Newman (8 to finish)
14.  The Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French (2 soon to be 3 behind)
15.  The In Death Series by J.D. Robb (4 behind)

And series I’ve wanted to start  for ages:

16.  The Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve (3 to catch up)
17.  The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson (4 to finish)
18.  The Fionovar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay (3 to finish)
19.  The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (only going for ONE here, way too much of an investment to go for the entire series)
20.  The Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness (3 to finish)
21.  The Parasol Protectorate books by Gail Carriger (4 soon to be 5 to catch up)
22.  The Mary Russell books by Laurie R. King (11 to catch up)
23.  The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold (at least one)
24.  Charles de Lint’s Newford series (at least one)

I have so many reader friends and their opinions mean a great deal to me. There are a few adjectives that are a quick sell for me in a review and when any of my friends use words like “perfect,” “horrifying,” “shocking,” “life-changing,” or “favorite,” I’ve already added the book to my to-be-read list before I finish reading their sentence. Here are some books I will read because they are other people’s favorites:
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25.  As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
26.  The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgalov
27.  All-Of-A-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
28.  We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
29.  The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
30.  Madapple by Christina Meldrum
31.  Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
32.  Between Shades of Gray by Rita Sepetys
33.  Kristin Lavransdattar by Sigrid Undset
34.  Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
35.  The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
36.  Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
37.  The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge
38.  The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
39.  Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
40.  The Taste of a Man by Slavenka Drakulic
41. Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks by Donald Harington
42. The Stand by Stephen King 

Young Adult books I’ve heard wonderful things about:

43.  Chime by Franny Billingsley
44.  Being Billy by Phil Earle
45.  Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
46.  Split by Swati Avashti
47.  The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan
48.  The Survival Kit by Donna Frietas
49.  How To Save A Life by Sara Zarr
50.  Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
51.  The Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
52.  The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
53. Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Perhaps my favorite part of the list is the section of books I pretend I’ve read. There are a few books I’ve had multiple conversations with people about—long, drawn out discussions of the author, the history, why I liked it, why I didn’t, etc. which provides me with a lot of smug satisfaction that my lies were believable. It always reminds me of that Oscar Wilde quote: “I love talking about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about.” I get some sort of sick enjoyment from being able to make conversation about anything.

54.  Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (I’ve been on two architectural boat tours in Chicago so I’ve got a few factoids in my back pocket)
55.  Blindness by Jose Saramago (I’m surprised I don’t have more on the list where I’ve only seen the movie yet persist in discussing the book like I’ve read it)
56.  Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
57.  To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (!)
58.  The Road by Cormac McCarthy (in which I tell them about Cormac Tweets and then I divert the discussion to useful skills for the apocalypse)
59. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (This one is easy. Let’s just talk about how creepy some songs by The Police are…)
60. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (these people don’t want to talk about the book anyway, they want to talk about existentialism)
61.  The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (I base all my knowledge of this one on a tiny excerpt included in our sixth grade reading textbook)
62. On The Road by Jack Kerouac (Have to be able to converse with the hipsters. See also: Dave Eggers, Confederacy of Dunces, House of Leaves, DFW, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Jonathan Lethem)
63. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (I like these conversations because whoever it is probably loves comics so I can quickly change the subject to comic books and movies.)

I’m probably most looking forward to the following section: Children’s and middle grade books that I want to reread or experience for the first time.

64.  The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
65.  The 15-book boxed set of Roald Dahl (I saw this at Costco for $25! Best deal ever!) - includes Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, Esio Trot, Matilda, Danny the Champion of the World, Going Solo, The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, The Giraffe and the Pelly and me, Boy Tales of Childhood, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, George's Marvellous Medicine
66.  The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
67.  Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt

In terms of lists that I find online, I always get most excited about science fiction and fantasy lists. I am so far behind on the classics in both genres that it honestly makes me question my devotion to the genres. These aren’t all classics but they’re still on my list:

68.  Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
69.  Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
70.  1984 by George Orwell
71.  Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
72. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
73.  The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
74. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
75.  Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
76. Earthseed by Pamela Sargent (for my YA space genre fix)
77. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
78. Green Rider by Kristen Britain

In an effort to be able to cross SOME classic literature off of my Pulitzer/National Book Award lists (since at last count my Pulitzer list was somewhere around, oh right, ONE book), here are some classics for my list: 
Classic Books
Some of the many classics lurking around my house.
79.  Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
80.  Middlemarch by George Eliot
81.  A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
82.  All The King's Men by Robert Penn
83.  Animal Farm by George Orwell
84.  The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
85.  My Antonia by Willa Cather
86.  Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbull
87.  The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 
88.  The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
89.  Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
90.  Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
91. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
92. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 

And the catch-all group, to round it off. These are books that don’t necessarily fit in another category but I’ll read them, gosh darn it!

93. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
94. The Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 
95. Beloved by Toni Morrison
96. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
97. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
98. The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
99. The Magus by John Fowles
100. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
101. The Things They Carried by Patrick O'Brien
102. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
103. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
104. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
105. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
106. The World According to Garp by John Irving
107. The Alienist by Caleb Carr
108. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
109. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
110. Shhh, I still haven’t read Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning.

I thought for a while about the time constraints and how long it will take for me to realistically finish off every book in this list. There are only 110 numbered spots but when I include the series, it is about 150+ books. Considering I read between 100-150 books a year, I think it is plausible that I could finish all of these books in 3 years. So it's set. HEAR YE, HEAR YE: Let it be known that I will finish every book on this list by February 23rd, 2015. Be sure to check back on that day, three years from now. Write it down in your Trapper Keeper so you don't forget.

Do you have a list of books you're trying to finish? Will you share it with me? I'm fascinated by them. Do you think something is omitted from my list or that something shouldn't be there? TOUGH LUCK! Just kidding, but I'm not going to change it. It took me a long time to wheedle it down to where it is now. In the next few weeks, I'll post the whole list on a separate page under the top navigation bar so you can watch my progress...that is, if anyone is interested in that sort of thing. Come on, there must be more list makers and lovers for crossing off things around these here interwebz! 
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52 Comments
VeganYANerds link
2/23/2012 06:51:10 am

Great list, Flannery and I wish you luck in finished all of them!

I just have a huge to-read list on Goodreads but every day I at least one more book to it and the list grows and grows!

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 06:55:01 am

Well hopefully you can knock one or two off the list every week:) It's an endless battle, you're right. But just imagine what our counts will be later in life! I'm happy we have websites to keep track for us.

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Bonnie link
2/23/2012 06:55:41 am

I love this list; such variety! :) There are several on here that I have every intention of reading (at some point in my life) as well.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 07:03:26 am

You should try to make a list, Bonnie! It is actually really interesting to look at your mountainous TBR lists and think about what you WILL read and about the ones you want to make a priority. Do it, do it, *slow clap*

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Bonnie link
2/23/2012 07:07:46 am

You know that's a good idea... because I (dumbly) made it a life goal of mine to read the books off the BBC Book List and the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list. There are some I definitely plan on reading sooner than some on those lists (I seriously don't understand how some of those make it on that list). Anyways, I'm blabbing. I should do that.

Bonnie
2/23/2012 02:00:57 pm

Alright, you asked for it. :P

http://sweet-tidbits.blogspot.com/2012/02/100-reads-for-2012-and-2013.html

Tatiana (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 06:59:02 am

Although I am very much tempted to give advice on how to shorten this list (for example, removing Twilight books - the series does not get better!:), I'd rather commit to reading some of these along with you. Such as Flannery O'Connor's works. Let me know if you want to do a read-along.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 07:05:14 am

I can't delete the Twilight books! Those are the ones I have to talk about the most with people. When people find out you're a reader, they automatically assume you've read them. I can't lose street cred, even if the general population's understanding of good books is questionable:)

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Andrea
2/23/2012 03:06:07 pm

I read a two-paragraph extract of Twilight. It was a paeon to Edward's toes, IIRC. After that I just read parodies and rants, and now have a moderately thorough knowledge of a bunch of books I have no intention of reading.

jowearsoldcoats link
2/23/2012 07:21:35 am

What a great post, Flann!

I have never ever read a Twilight book (or seen the film!) but, unlike you, I have no intention of ever reading them. Ha.

You've not read To Kill a Mockingbird? *gasp* I love that book.

I'll be back in 3 years. IT'S A DATE.


(Good luck, mon amis!)

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jowearsoldcoats
2/23/2012 07:22:27 am

Me again.
READ CHAOS WALKING TRILOGY NOW NOW NOW.
*whistles*


Or you know... when you want to.

*cough*

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 07:30:16 am

I knew you'd catch that one:) I know you've got a bit of a crush on Mr. Ness. Don't worry, though, so do I. I have that autographed book I won from you in a sweet spot in my bedroom. Plus, I have Age of Innocence on my "favorites of friends" list because of you!

Kate C.
2/23/2012 07:38:38 am

Yeah, I hate to sound like a pessimist, but it will never happen. I have a STACK of books on my shelf that is in my to-read pile, but in my experience, if you're not motivated to read them, then you're not going to.

BTW- I'm sad for you about some of these. The Blue Sword? Amazing! Anything by John Steinback, MUST READ! I would personally read Summerland by Michael Chabon instead. Or listen to him read it, AWESOME!

Breaking Dawn is a HOT MESS, really. Skip it with pleasure. Or let me mail you my copy. hahaha The same goes for As Meat Loves Salt (depressing and pointless) and Gone with the Wind (unless you love selfish, spoiled, hateful MC's). Animal Farm and 1984 made me want to kill myself. Very depressing. I've read Edith Wharton, but I've never understood what all the fuss is about. I prefer Austen.

Obviously, this is just my opinion. :)
I have a to-read list, but I keep it short and simple.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 07:49:15 am

Hahaha, I don't think you sound like a pessimist. I might not get through all of them, you're totally right but I am super motivated to get through this list. For every book on here, I probably have at least 4 more that I know I'll never read or that aren't a priority at all.

Breaking Dawn and Eclipse will be a cinch to knock out--those books are ridiculous and take about 5 minutes to read. Even if Animal Farm sucks, it is something like 150 pages so I can get through that easily as well. You're right that books like Gone with the Wind might be a long battle--that one is the favorite book of one of my college roommates and we have similar personalities so I'm wondering what she sees in it.

How the heck can you keep your to-be-read list short and simple? I'm in awe of your restraint.

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michael j kearney
2/23/2012 11:45:43 am

another book that is better listened to is Angela's Ashes read by the author.

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Cassi Haggard link
2/23/2012 08:34:03 am

Your TBR pile looks as out of control as mine. Nice job organizing them. I really ought to do that at some point.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 10:49:10 am

You're absolutely right, Cassi. Funnily enough, I hardly made a dent with this list in the number of books that are actually shelved. Great news for me, though, is that it WILL make a large dent in the books that are in piles around the house with no home on a shelf.

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Heidi link
2/23/2012 09:17:51 am

This list is awesome. I can tell you there are many on there that you should read and a bunch others that I could say skip but I guess that is for you to decide my dear. The one book on your list that I was like OMG you need to read is Gone with the Wind. I am always rambling on my blog about Scarlet and Rhett and how much I love that book. Seriously I read it when I was twelve and have read it several times since then and it is amazing. I fret to look at my TBR pile anymore. I have decided that the month of April is going to be all about me reading a few books that I want to not for tours and the blog and Netgalley,,we will see how far I get on my own list!

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 10:51:34 am

Exactly! I need to read GwtW to see why some people love it down to the ground and others want to throw it out the window of a moving train. I'll probably cross them off the list if I give a book a fair shake and it turns out that I can't make it through the rest. Good luck on your April goals!

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Wendy Darling link
2/23/2012 09:45:58 am

A huge and daunting list...but I have faith you will make your way through them! Should we place bets on how long it will take you to finish? :)

Like Tatiana, I will try to refrain from trimming your list. But I refuse to stop trying to make you add to it, hee hee.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 10:53:21 am

You WOULD want to place bets on it;-) I'm really curious how long it will take me. I know I'll try to knock 10 or 20 out quickly and there are a lot of books I can plow through easily. (what up, series?) Ask me again in 6 months when I lose steam.

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Catie (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 10:34:51 am

Great list! You've really motivated me to get mine more organized. I usually just wander around aimlessly. Once I get my list together, I think that we should just go ahead and schedule a two-week long readathon for mid February 2015. I think we both know it's going to happen. :)

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 10:54:50 am

Put it on our Google calendar LOL. Actually, a regular checkup post might be in order. Once a month I revisit to see what I've accomplished. Get your list in order and post it up, Catie. I WANT TO SEE IT!

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Rachel
2/23/2012 11:51:06 am

Wow. I'm going to stop complaining about my TBR. Your list overwhelms me! Good luck. :)

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/24/2012 05:30:24 am

Never stop complaining about your TBR pile:) It's your right as an avid reader.

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Rebecca link
2/23/2012 02:41:26 pm

Woah baby, what a LIST!

Alot I didn't recognise, as a lot were Adult, but a few stcuk with me. The post was that long, I actaully had to write down what I wanted to metnion, ha! Anyway, onto it:
- Hallowed, Book 2 of The Unearthly Series - I read this last week and LOVED it. It completely out did the first book. But I must admit, the ending was a sob fest!
- Roald Dahl Books - These are must reads! I don't know if you've read them all, or nearly, but they are brilliant classics and are heaps of fun!
- To Kill A Mockingbird - I've heard alot about this book and want to read it, but with all the new books, I find it hard to read classics! If you read this soon, count me in! We both need the motivation to pick this up!

I wish you the best of luck Flannery with this list! I'll be back to check up on you on, February 23rd, 2015!

Cya! :)

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 02:50:33 pm

Haha, thanks, Rebecca:)

I am excited to read Hallowed. Wendy Darling harasses me all the time about not having read that one yet.

I've read a lot of the Dahl books but there are a few that will be new to me, plus I haven't read any in at least 10 years so it will be exciting either way.

Pretty much everyone reads To Kill A Mockingbird in school here but somehow I made it all the way through without every having to read it.

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Rebecca link
2/23/2012 03:00:17 pm

Wendy Darling has every right to harass you! Seriously, I enjoyed Unearthly but I LOVED Hallowed. Blew me away.

I believe I would of read To Kill A Mockingbird, last year, but the thing is, even though I'm in highschool I'm doing school from home. So if I'm to fit it in, it'll be on my own time.
Well, if you do decide to read it, feel free to tell me so I can read along too!

:)

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Holly link
2/23/2012 04:02:25 pm

Flannery, I love this list and the sentiment behind it. SO TRUE! I want to make one of my own now, though without a deadline. That would be too much pressure. I would just give myself a lifetime. :)

I have to agree with the comments above. Skip Breaking Dawn, or at least skim . It was horrible, and that's coming from someone who enjoyed the first three books.

Also, get to the Chaos Walking trilogy and The Lost Conspiracy soon! They are personal faves. And FYI, I am reading Where Things Come Back at the moment. :)

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/23/2012 04:52:29 pm

Thanks, Holly:) I hope you do make one--I'd love to see it. I wanted to give myself a deadline of some sort because I clearly keep buying books and just letting them pile up. I have over half of these as regular books and they're taking up a lot of room. If I don't like a few of them, at least I can clear some out.

I am going to read Chaos Walking with Wendy Darling soon! We are pumped up about that.

I can't skip Breaking Dawn--I'm going to make it to that awful birth scene no matter what. I hear it is gruesome:) hahaha

Looking forward to your review on WTCB. I don't think I've read any reviews of it, actually!

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Jasprit
2/23/2012 06:37:55 pm

I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves making lists!! You have a great set of books to get through Flan, definitely start with the Roald Dahl collection, Esio Trot, George's marvellous medicine and The Twits are definitely my favourites! I made a list at the beginning of this year of my tbr pile, I had over 100 books, this year I'm really trying to cut it down, so far I've read two books off it ha! Good luck with getting through your list! :)

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/24/2012 05:32:23 am

I've never read George's Marvelous Medicine! I'm so excited for that one. I always read The Witches and Matilda as those two were my favorites of his. Hey, 2 book is 2% of your list. Slow progress is still progress:) Good luck to you, too!

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Lisa @ Fic Talk link
2/23/2012 10:19:22 pm

Dear Flannery,

I think this calls for a read-a-long? Y/Y/Y?
MEET ME ON GOODREADS. haha.

*EPIC GASPS* YOU HAVE NOT READ TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD??

You've not met the wonderful Atticus? *GASPS AGAIN*

I need to read Hallowed, join meeeee.

I will admit *shame face* I used to like the Twi series but I've only watched the first two movies and they're worse than the books. Sigh.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/24/2012 05:34:34 am

To Kill A Mockingbird is definitely one of the books I'm most ashamed I've never read:-/ I think I'll read it next week. And sure! Let's read Hallowed together! I'll message you on Goodreads and we'll work out a date.

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starryeyedjen link
2/23/2012 10:38:46 pm

I *love* this post, almost as much as I enjoy making lists myself. I'm seriously behind on the books I want to read, as well, so I started a list this year to help me toward my goal. My list is nowhere near as epic as yours, and I'm trying very hard not to add to my list after having read yours. :P Good luck on your goal!

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/27/2012 07:55:17 am

If you do end up making a definitive list, you should post it to your blog so I can enjoy it:)

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Rita J Webb link
2/24/2012 12:57:36 am

I have over 300 books collected on my Goodreads "to-read" list, but I don't know how much I really wanted to read all of those books. I should prune it down to the best. Since I only read about 60 to 70 books a year, I'll never get through all 300 since most of my actual reads aren't on that list.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/24/2012 05:37:20 am

I thought 3 years would be a realistic goal for me considering how much I actually read. Only 300 on your list? Sometimes I like to think about it this way: If you read only from that list, and you read 60 books a year, that entire list would be completed in 5 years. At least it is a manageable number--even if it never happens. Now if I could only stop adding 10+ books to my list every week, I'd be all set! :) Good luck working on your TBR piles!

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Emily link
2/24/2012 09:40:01 am

Awesome list, Flan! I love taking a sneak peak into other reader's to-read piles.

You've inspired me to make my own list! :)

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/27/2012 07:56:57 am

That's my goal. To inspire/BULLY people into making their own lists so I can use my reading time wisely...by spending it reading about the progress other people are making on their lists on their blogs:) Muahahaha.

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Chachic link
2/26/2012 05:46:26 pm

Oooh great idea to list everything that you're planning to read! I'm tempted to do the same, it might help me go through the giant TBR pile. I've heard great things about the Newsflesh series but I plan to wait for the third book to come out before I read it. I also plan to read the Fionavar books (I have the first two) and finish the Chaos Walking trilogy (I've only read one). And I have most of the Vorkosigan books but I've only read one so far. Let me know if you want to do a readalong of any of those! I just realized I haven't done a readalong with you.

I hope you get to read The Blue Sword and Howl's Moving Castle soon. Those two are included in my list of favorites. Waiiit, have you read the Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner? Because if you haven't, it kind of makes me sad that they're not included in your list.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/27/2012 07:58:45 am

I read the first one with Maja a few weeks back. It was a 3-starrer for me. BUT I started the second one and was loving it--just no time to finish it just then. Don't worry, I'll finish it this year as well:) I know how much you looooove Eugenides. Your two mentioned favorites are two of my sister's favorites as well. That's the reason they are on my list:)

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Chachic link
2/28/2012 01:08:27 pm

Oh right, I forgot about your readalong with Maja! I remember you mentioned that you unleashed her to finish and fall in love with the rest of the series. Yay, good to know you're interested in reading the rest of the books.

So you're sister is a reader as well? That's awesome! I bet it's always nice to talk about books with her. Can't wait to see what you think of both Robin McKinley and DWJ. :)

Missie, The Unread Reader link
2/27/2012 04:20:59 am

Wow! This is the year Flannery reads Flannery! I can imagine a Flannery vs Flannery showdown now. It's gonna be epic!

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/27/2012 08:00:49 am

Oh, it will be epic. But she is already famous and awesome, and I am just awesome sometimes. Plus, she has very high ratings and is considered to be a good writer. I think she wins by nearly any measure before I've even begun. I guess I can win ONE way--my name is actually Flannery--and that was not her given name:) Success!

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Steph @ The Night Bookmobile link
2/28/2012 01:14:35 pm

I am basically in love with this post. I am having a total nerdgasm over the organization of it all. I need to make one now. Of course my way of dealing with my massive to-read list thus far has been to A) move all of the books I was feeling guilty about but probably wouldn't read any time soon to a closet I never visit and B) delete my entire Goodreads to-read shelf and start over. Why get done with hard work what you can accomplish with a little bit of avoidance and denial, I always say.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
2/29/2012 11:41:46 am

I am pretty getting high on the possibility of completing it. I've been busy with life for the past few weeks and I am simply chomping at the bit to start CROSSING OFF ALL THE THINGZ!!! Are you kidding me about deleting your entire Goodreads TBR list? That sounds like something that would make me have a panic attack. LOL at your closet tactics, though. I'd probably open it and stare once in a while--sometimes it is so relaxing to think of all the waiting potential. We'll never run out of adventures.

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Yvonne
3/12/2012 12:49:20 pm

This definitely speaks to my inner list-maker. I love the idea of having all those nagging must-reads gathered together in one organised place. I feel a vague sense of anxiety whenever I look at my sagging bookshelves (of course this doesn't stop me accumulating new books...)

Btw, consider sparing yourself the pain of Breaking Dawn.

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Flannery (The Readventurer) link
3/12/2012 01:45:34 pm

Sagging bookshelves!? I loved making this list because these are the books that are always lurking behind every corner and giving me the evil eye when I walk past my bookshelves. They are everywhere I look and I will have no peace and tranquility until I've read them all:)

I wish I could just skip over Breaking Dawn but I want to be able to converse with all these readers who've only read that series. I can't move them on to bigger and better things if I don't know what scenes they are talking about. (though maybe I can move it to the "books I fake having read" list and then just watch the movie;-))

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Yvonne
3/12/2012 07:27:04 pm

The bookshelves are Ikea, so it doesn't take all that much to make them sag ;) That being said I do have a serious book-buying habit. And I thought it was only my (unread) books that gave me the evil eye. I don't know why but The Shipping News seems to be one of the worst offenders...

Breaking Dawn was made for your 'books I fake having read' list. Watch the movie and you'll be just fine!

Tina link
3/18/2012 12:06:48 pm

What a fun list. :P I would discourage you from reading Twilight too...but then again maybe we just need to get it over with, yes? If it's any comfort, I liked Eclipse a lot. Breaking Dawn was just blah. :/

On another note: Thursday Next! Chaos Walking! Newsflesh! Unearthly! :D

I'm a sucker for lists, too, so maybe I'll make one like this soon. :D

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Heidi link
8/20/2012 07:15:27 am

Flannery--you were right! This is the perfect inspiration for me. I'm totally going to make a list such as this, post it, and give myself a deadline (I think 3 years is perfectly reasonable). I will at least TRY every book on the list. Love it, and we can totally cheer each other on. =)

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