What have I been reading? Funny you should ask …
Up for 2012
In all honesty, I’m horrible at sticking to a reading list–I’m too easily distracted by clever covers and fanciful end papers to stay on task. That said, here are a few books that I plan to read at some point this year . . . if other titles don’t catch my eye!
The Handmaid’s Tale | Margaret Atwood
Family Roundabout | Richmal Crompton
Modesty Blaise | Peter O’Donnell
The Tapestry Shop | Joyce Elson Moore
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks| Rebecca Skloot
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Vernon
The Club Dumas | Arturo Perez-Reverte
A Spinner in the Sun | Myrtle Reed
Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes
Autobiography of Mark Twain | Mark Twain
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader | Anne Fadiman
The Chronicles of Narnia | C.S. Lewis
Swedish Folk Tales {illustrated by John Bauer} | Miscellaneous
Library of Unread Books
Jules of Pancakes and French Fries has committed to reading all the unread books in her home before purchasing another. I have not the control. Instead, I’ll post them here … and hope for the best …
The Love Affairs of an Old Maid | Lilian Bell
Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte
Arabian Nights | Richard Francis Burton (translator)
Tales from Chaucer: Selected Tales told for young People | Charles Cowden Clarke
Old Curiosity Shop and Hard Times | Charles Dickens
The Line of Love | James Branch Gabell
Monsignor Quixote | Graham Greene
Complete Fairy Tales | Brothers Grimm
Legends of the Middle Ages | H.A. Guerber
Why Sinatra Matters | Pete Hamill
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography | Washington Irving
The Prince and other writings | Niccolò Machiavelli
Joseph the Provider | Thomas Mann
The Antiquary | Sir Walter Scott
Kenilworth | Sir Walter Scott
Waverly Novels: Bride of Lammermore and Legend of Montrose | Sir Walter Scott
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun | J.R.R. Tolkien
Walk in the Light While There is Light | Leo Tolstoy
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Lew Wallace
The Outline of Man’s Work and Wealth | H.G. Wells
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Medieval Wisdom Series: Alchemy, Chivalry, and Mysticism | Chronicle Books
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