50 Books

I got inspired by Jiggy Aquino Cruz' yearly personal challenge, 50 Movies which is, well to watch 50 new movies before the year ends (I didn't really need to explain that did I? haha). So I thought of making my own challenge to read 50 new books before 2013 ends.

And since 2013 is a year of goals for me, imma write this challenge down so I won't forget. And for check and balance purposes. :)

Here's the list of books on my wish list. My birthday's still 12 months away but I wouldn't mind getting any of these anytime soon. :))

Fiction:

1. The Rug Merchant- Meg Mullins
2. Ali and Nino- Kurban Said
3. Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro (this one's been on my wish list for the past two year, would you believe that? Haha.) - Finally! One beautiful, slashwrist novel. 
4. The Noodle Maker- Mai Jan
5. Adam Resurrected- Yoram Kanuk
6. Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov (reading)

Non-fiction:

1. Six Young Filipino Martyrs
2. The End of Poverty- Jeffrey Sachs
3. Juan Ponce Enrile: A Memoir

But before I go hoarding more books, I got my own shelf to clear out of unread stash. I did some spring cleaning and found out I got a pretty long way to go. :)

1. Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen
2. Naked - David Sedaris (unfinished)
3. Love in Time of Cholera- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
4. A Death in Belmont- Sebastian Junger
5. The Dharma Bums- Jack Kerouac (unfinished)
6. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim- David Sedaris
7. Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts the News- Bernard Goldberg
8. Son of a Witch- Gregory Maguire
9. 'Tis- Frank McCourt
10. Rant- Chuck Palahniuk (unfinished)
11. Dogeaters- Jessica Hagedorn (unfinished)
12. NP- Banana Yoshimoto
13. Thoughts and Meditations- Khalil Gibran
14. Rest Area: Stories- Clay MacLeod Chapman
15. Spooked: Espionage in Corporate America- Adam L. Penenberg, Marc Barry
16. Krugers Men- Lawrence Malkin (unfinished)
17. George and Rue- George Elliot Clark
18. Luncheonette: Steven Sorrentino
19. Slam- Nick Hornby
20. Ang Mag-anak na Cruz- Liwayway Arceo
21. Suddenly They Heard Footsteps- Dan Yashinsky
22. Eating Mammals- John Barlow
23. Lion Among Men- Gregory Magguire
24. Sherds- F. Sionil Jose
25. Testaments from a Prison Cell- Benigno Aquino Sr.
26. Stranger Than Fiction- Chuck Palahnuik (unfinisehd)
27. Empire of the Sun- J.G. Ballard
28. Inklings- Jeffrey Koterba
29. Pacific Rims- Rafe Bartholomew
30. Cory: An Intimate Portrate II- Margie Juico 
31. Three Filipino Women- F. Sionil Jose
    

Whew. That should keep me busy the entire year. I also got this meme before. According to BBC, most people would have read at only six of these books in their lifetime.

I call it the 100 Books You Should Have Read Before You Die to Be Considered a Cultured Being. You can view the list here. 

This entry is getting geekier by the second. Haha.

During one of my book hoarding trips in my favorite bargain store, Bookay-Ukay.  Thanks Liway, for the pics. 

What's on YOUR reading list this year? :) 

Roanni