1. 1. Ukrainian
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2. Theory/Philosophy
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3. Tomes
1. War and Peace
2. Don Quixote
3. Drood
4. Books from the Family
1. Decolonizing the Mind
2. Wizard of the Crow
3. Parlor Politics
4. Planning the Past or the Invasion Within
5. Left Behind
1. The Brothers Karamazov
2. Dead Souls
3.The Windup Girl
4. Landscape Painted with Tea
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6. Listed
1. Iron Council
2. Ash
3. Life of Pi
4. Gulag Archipelago
5. Beloved, Morrison
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7. South
1. Sound of Building Coffins
2. One Hundred Years of Solitude
3. North and South, Gaskell
4. A Confederacy of Dunces
5. Antarctica, Robinson
6. Zeitoun, Dave Eggers
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8. Its New to Me
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9. Science Fiction/Fantasy
1. Vivia, Tanith Lee
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10. You Tell Me
1. The Yawning Heights
2. Pastel City, Harrison
3.The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey
4. The Book Thief
5. World War Z
6. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Kundera
7. 2666, Bolano
8. Detective Story by Imre Kertesz
9. Lady Oracle, Atwood
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11. Ongoing Faulkner Challenge
1. Pylon
2. Absalom Absalom
3. The Unvanquished
4. If I forget Thee Jerusalem
5. The Hamlet
6. Go Down Moses
7. Intruder in the Dust
8. Requim for a Nun
9. A Fable
10. The Town
11. The Mansion
Explanations:
1. Ukrainian: Read a book in Ukrainian, this will take me all year
2. Theory/Philosophy: General Philosophy or some Anthropology theorist I should have already read
3. Tomes: Is it huge? I'm gonna read it! (But only three).
4. Book from the Family: Actually just books from my brother, I am embarrassed by the number of books he has bought me that I have not read.
5. Left Behind: Books I started, but never finished.
6. Listed: If its on a list -- of any kind -- it goes here.
7. South: Everywhere is south of somewhere, right? But really focused on the U.S. South and South America.
8. Its New to Me: New in 2011, or new author.
9. Science Fiction/Fantasy:
10. You Tell Me: Recommendations? I'll just pick books to read for this category based on any sort of recommendation - personal, Amazon, LT, blog, etc.
2. Theory/Philosophy: General Philosophy or some Anthropology theorist I should have already read
3. Tomes: Is it huge? I'm gonna read it! (But only three).
4. Book from the Family: Actually just books from my brother, I am embarrassed by the number of books he has bought me that I have not read.
5. Left Behind: Books I started, but never finished.
6. Listed: If its on a list -- of any kind -- it goes here.
7. South: Everywhere is south of somewhere, right? But really focused on the U.S. South and South America.
8. Its New to Me: New in 2011, or new author.
9. Science Fiction/Fantasy:
10. You Tell Me: Recommendations? I'll just pick books to read for this category based on any sort of recommendation - personal, Amazon, LT, blog, etc.
11. Ongoing Faulkner Challenge: Once upon a time I was supposed to read 8 Faulkner novels for 2008. That didn't happen, so now I'm just going to read all of them.