Charlottesville Words

I meant to post the 1001 list as a page, not a yea-long post, but that’s how it goes in Blogland. Once that “publish” button is pushed, it’s out there. So now the challenge — from pages turned:

…why not commit to the 1% Well Read challenge? Ten books from the list below before the end of February 2009

The 1% Well Read challenge:

The goal of this challenge is to read 10 books in 10 months from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list. For you non-math people, 10 out of 1001 is approximately 1%, hence the title. The challenge will run from May 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009. You may change your list at any time and cross-posting to other challenges is permitted. The only requirement is that your ten book choices must be on the ‘1001 List.’

I’m already 10 days behind! I see so many books on that list that I want to read, and so many authors who are new to me. I’m not going to pick any particular ten, but I feel good knowing the list is there to refer to.