How do these things always start? It's generally sort of a joke, right? You say something on a whim or have a random idea, and before you know it you find yourself saying, yeah, let's do it! And later you stop and go, wait, what was I thinking!?
That's how I decided to start reading 100 books.
I was trying to come up with a book to read - my usual dilemma - and I mentioned to a friend that I'd read an article called "100 Novels Everyone Should Read." "I should just read all of them," I said. Next thing I knew, ten minutes later I was at the library checking out book #100 on the list.
Lists like this are inherently contentious, and I'm really not here to argue the merits of this particular list one way or the other. People make a living out of these kinds of arguments - and I'm not one of them. One of my grad school friends wrote his entire master's thesis debating the canon of Canadian literature. Ugh. No thanks. I'm sure I won't agree with all of the choices on the list, but this isn't about that.
Really, I just want to read some books. Some of these I've read before; some I may want to read again; some I've never even heard of; some I'm dreading, really, really dreading; and some I bet will surprise me with how good they are, or how bad. Ultimately, I'll learn a lot as I go along and will enjoy having the opportunity to talk about what I read.
For now, what I know for sure is that I don't have to worry about not having something to read for a REALLY long time... and this silly adventure of mine just might end up being a lot of fun!
This is such a cute blog and such a grat idea! Enjoy and good luck Kerry.
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