Hi. To make everything less daunting I am going to the step challenge. I am such a random mood reader that I could never squeeze 100 books into 10 categories.

Anyway I have been dithering over my categories and making things far too complicated, but at least I am having fun.

My current idea is all based on themes
10 books for 10 decades
9 books inspired by the muses
8 books one for each colour of magic
7 books for seven continents
6 books to stimulate the senses
5 books to create the Japanese elements
4 books for each nation of the UK
3 books one each for Maiden, mother & crone
2 books on good & evil
1 book just for me

Bonus 10: The books I steal off others in this challenge.

If I pin the books down now I will never want to read them so I will add (and review) as I go along.

10 books for 10 decades
starting in 1910 -1920, a book from each decade

1. (1910 -1920)
2. (1920 - 1930)
3. (1930 - 1940)
4. (1940 -1950)
5. (1950 - 1960)
6. (1960 - 1970)
7. (1970 - 1980)
8. (1980 - 1990)
9. (1990 - 2000)
10. (2000 - 2010)

1959 - The Haunting of Hill House by Susan Hill

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9 books inspired by the muses
A book for each domain: (epic poetry, history, lyric poetry, music, tragedy, choral poetry, dance, comedy, astronomy)

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Choral poetry: The MIdnight Choir by Gene Keririgan
Comedy: The Pirates! In An Adventure With Napoleon by Gideon Defoe
Tradgedy: Not sure which Greek tragedy yet.
History: Too many to choose from!

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8 books one for each colour of magic
books with a colour theme or title and of course a reread of the Colour of magic by Terry Pratchett

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Potentials:
The Bizarro Starter Kit (Orange)
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong

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7 books for seven continents
one book per landmass based on setting or author origin. The list of course is Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia

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Thoughts:
Europe: Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf by Alfred Doblin
North Americ: hmm maybe a Steinbeck or Big Machine by Victor LaValle
Asia: Too many choices! Maybe Audition by Ryū Murakami or something classical like The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon

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6 books to stimulate the senses
taking each sense as insipiration (yes I include the mysterious sixth sense).. expect an audio book..!

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Ideas:
Taste: Tongue by Kyung-Ran Jo Or Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook by Mark Robinson
Sight: He Died with His Eyes Open by Derek Raymond or The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert or Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Smell: Perfume by Patrick Suskind (thanks callen610!)

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5 books to create the Japanese elements
each book must have a tenuous link to one of: fire, earth, air, water and void

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Musings:
Void: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman or Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

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4 books for each nation of the UK
from or set in England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales

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Preferences:
Scotland: Volapuk by Andrew Drummond
Wales: The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen or One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard
Ireland: Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu or City of the Snakes by Darren Shan (no touchstone)
England: Spider by Patrick McGrath

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3 books one each for maiden, mother & crone
female authors, 1 new, 1 established and 1 deceased

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Possibilites:
Mother: Margaret Atwood probably Oryx and Crake
Crone: The Last Man by Mary Shelley

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2 books on good & evil
books may encompase both or either theme.. expect Dante to make an appearance

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Hopefully:
Our Inner Ape: The Best and Worst of Human Nature by Frans De Waal

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1 book just for me
this shall be the last book I read, my reward

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oops italics error!

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Good categories + fun titles! I agree, messing about with the categories is part of the fun!!

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I love your categories!

"this shall be the last book I read, my reward". Not ever, I hope?

Great categories, little challenges in themselves. Will be very interesting to see you fill them.

I do like the way you've selected your categories. chrine might have some trouble fitting them into the stats though.

100 might be too much for me as well so I'm thinking of cutting my challenge back a bit just to give me some leeway in what I read. Don't want to feel restricted into having to read something just to fill in a slot to be able to complete the challenge.

Clfisha's categories just went into the compiled list this afternoon, Wolfy. lol I did have to think about them. Here is how I sorted them.

10 books for 10 decades - timeframe dependent
9 books inspired by the muses - specific theme
8 books one for each colour of magic - specific theme
7 books for seven continents - specific places
6 books to stimulate the senses - specific theme
5 books to create the Japanese elements - specific theme
4 books for each nation of the UK - specific place
3 books one each for Maiden, mother & crone - misc. categories
2 books on good & evil - specific theme
1 book just for me - catch all

Bonus 10: The books I steal off others in this challenge. - recommendations (LT)

I do like the way she/you choose her/your categories.

Thanks the for the compliments guys. I just hope I can do it.

#14 I do hope its not the last book ever ;) Lets hope the challenge is not hard enough to put me off reading for life!

#15 I am very bad at forcing myself to read something so the step idea allowed me to take part, although it is also a great way of readings outside your comfort zone (my original list had the catageory 2 plays & I haven't read any plays since school)

#16 Chrine thank you for taking the time to do that, sorry to cause you a bit of trouble. I admit I just stuck them all on late last night to stop the indecision without a thought for the consequences!

I love your categories! And, like GingerbreadMan said, each one is a challenge on its own.

Afraid I'm no help on that choral poetry bit - the murder mystery set in an abby sounds good to me. Aso, I did a double take when I saw your Maid, Mother & Crone category. For years, I've dreamed about having enough land to plant a large herbal garden and those were the exact terms I've been using in my own mind to describe the 3 main sections I plan to have.

Hi clfisha, I love your creative categories and can hardly wait to see what books you will be reading.

Thanks, I can wait for 2010 to start now :)

#18 Sorry for the late reply. Your idea for a herb garden just sounds amazing, I really hope you get the chance to do it. I am not much of a gardener but I get much more interested once I the plant becomes eatable!

I absolutely love the way you have organized your categories! I'm going to check back on this thread during 2010 to see how you will fill them in.

I love your categories. Especially the 9 muses one, that's just inspired!

Thank you. I came up with a book in each continent and then got carried away :-) I must admit the 9 muses category is intimidating me a bit!

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Terrific categories! I can't wait to see what you choose for each of them!

I really like your categories, especially the 7 continents and the decades! I'm excited to see what you pick.

Thanks. I am starting to search for the actual books now and having much fun. Hopefully I will have just as much fun reading them!

Have you read the novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind? It would be a perfect fit for your senses category.

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#28 Thank you that sounds perfect!

Perfume is a really really good book. Made me smell my world in a new way :)