A librarian recently took a number of Top 100 Literature Lists and cross-referenced them to find out which books made multiple list. This is the URL if you want to look at it: http://lisnews.org/top_books_derived_from_11_top_100_lists.
I looks at the lists she used, and I think to myself, "I should read all those books - that would be a good project for me (a la Julie Powell from "Julie and Julia" fame). Then I get realistic. 100 books in a year is approximately one book every 3.5 days, which takes reality out of the picture. I know, honestly, that that's just not going to happen. What this librarian also did, however, is made a short list of the books that were on at least six of the eleven lists she looked at. That list is only 26 books - one every two weeks, which seems much more reasonable and quite doable.
Over the weekend, I will decide on a starting date, and then I will post my schedule. I'm not sure how my posts will work, but I am really looking forward to reading and re-reading the ten I have already read at least once. They are all true masterpieces (except the Faulkner entry, but that's just a personal opinion, and I will reread it for this project). Wish me luck!!
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