...is to read the 100 greatest novels of all time. I believe I casually thought about this idea sometime in high school, but it's only now that I'm seriously pursuing this goal. Though reading students' papers every weekend definitely takes a chunk out of my available classic literature reading time, I am still determined. I haven't set a specific time-limit for this goal; rather, I want to enjoy reading these works- I most definitely do not want to be rushed and feeling as though it's an assignment for school I must complete.
As you can imagine, there are many different lists of the greatest novels compiled by various individuals, organizations, and publications. I came across this one a while back, and I'm currently using it as my guide. I was actually fairly surprised to see how few on this list I've completed; I say this only because we read about 30 books in my AP English class my senior year in high school and thought that more of those would have made the cut. On the brighter side, that just means there's more classic literature I get to enjoy! If any of you know me very well, you know about my love/borderline obsession with classic literature. I'm a nerd in the truest sense.
I'll let you know how the reading goes...
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Hmmm...that seems like a great list of books. I've only read a few of those. What are you reading now?
Yay, Jenny :) That sounds like a lot of fun!! Keep us updated on how it goes :) Oh, ya.....you have another sister-in-law that tries to keep up with your blog :) Hehe!
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