The 75 of 2009

Hey everyone, I'm new to this site. Good to see people are still reading.

I've newly rediscovered my joy for books and I really hope I'll be able to make this challenge! 75 books is a challenge indeed.

Alright, so books on my (for now short) list so far:

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (check!)
Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (check!)
Deception Point - Dan Brown (check!)
Digital Fortress - Dan Brown (check!)
Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien (check!)
The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien
The Return of the King - JRR Tolkien
The City and the Stars - Susan Smit
Tales & Poems of EA Poe - David Pinching
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice (reread)
The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice (R)
Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice (R)
Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice (R)
William Blake Poems - ...
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Ulysses - James Joyce
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Guess I'll start with those 25 and we'll see where I end up. :)

nice to see you! and good luck with your challenge.

Welcome and good luck. Have fun reading. You've got some great reads there.

Welcome to the group!

Welcome! Quite a few people in the group are reading The Count of Monte Cristo this year, so we were thinking about starting it as a group read this summer. Please join if you are interested!

Nice list!

Yay, another potential Count of Monte Cristo participant! I also see you have Dorian Gray on there... It's on my list to finish too, since I found it on my bookshelf a few weeks ago with a bookmark halfway through. o_O

Hey everyone! Thank you for the welcome! I'll see where I get with my reading. I'd love to join the group read, it sounds interesting! I'm almost through Fellowship of the Ring! Haven't had much time to read, what with midterm exams and such, but let's hope the amount of reading I accomplish will drastically improve in the coming time!

If anyone has any other suggestions, books I should add to my to-read list, I'd love to hear them!!

you have a lot of classics on there Elysianphoenix! Is this the year you decided to catch up on those? I'm waiting for such a year myself, but keep putting it off, unfortunately. It's really annoying when everyone assumes I've read LOTR and I haven't, but I suppose I will have to at some point ;) Sam goes for many other classics... Also, a little recommendation if I may: I see that you're planning to read The Old Curiosity Shop and Great Expectations by Dickens; I've read both and I must say that IMHO his Our Mutual Friends is better than both of them. Good luck with your challenge!

Elysianphoenix

I have read 15 of the 25 books you have listed and will be quite interested in finding how you liked them. One book in particular, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an all time favourite, maybe the best book I ever read! It undoubtedly has the best preface ever, be sure that you dont miss it!