New Year's Resolution
I realized that the number of books I read in 2005 was horrendously low. Most of what I read day to day is news, blogs, magazines, programming APIs and similar things.
My resolution for 2006 is to read one book each month. That may not seem like a lot, especially to people like
loststar42, but it would be a lot for me. One each month, preferably famous fiction but I'll include well recognized non-fiction as well. Any suggestions? I am going to plan this out now.
January - The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) done
February - Walden (Henry David Thoreau) done
March - Slaughterhouse Five (Kurt Vonnegut) done
April - Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift) done
May - The Water Margin (Shi Nai'an) probably not going to happen
June - Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol) recommended by
becks492 done
July - Ethics for the New Millenium (Dalai Lama) recommended by Mr. Rolin done
August - Cyrano de Bergerac (Edmond Rostand) done
September - The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath) done
October - Dracula (Bram Stoker) done
November - Anthem (Ayn Rand) recommended by
clnclarinet done
December - Wicked (Gregory Maguire) recommended by
loststar42 done
Edit: Here's my backup list, in case I have spare time.
How to be Good (Nick Hornby) recommended by
clnclarinet done
The Intelligent Investor (Benjamin Graham) currently reading
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle) recommended by
clnclarinet currently reading
Nickel and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich) (audio) done
Quarterlife Crisis (Alexandra Robbins and Abby Wilner) currently reading