Freedom to Read, or 1% of 1001

One of the many joys of being (nearly) done with graduate school is that for the first time in years, I can read exactly what I want.  My reading list is no longer dictated by my coursework.  To help myself focus that list, I've taken to joining a few reading groups.  You've already read about the non-fiction one.  Well, today, as I wait to go out for a run in the rain with Blog-free Kim, I discovered the 1% Well-Read read-along.  While I won't read the book that it's based on, there is a list here, which I think seems a bit random, but aren't they all?  There are books left off that I should think imperative for the well-read person to have read.  I went through the spreadsheet and found that I am 14.79% well read.  I didn't mark off any books to which I said "I think I read that, but I don't remember it."

Here is my list of ten books to add to my percentage:

The Blind Assassin (currently reading)  finished
The Corrections (on my bookshelf)
Shame (on my bookshelf)
Unless
Middlesex finished
Choke (on my bookshelf) finished
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie finished, but was left cold.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day  finished...and adored!
Independent People (won this one at the Greg Martin end-of-semester swap 2006)
Lolita (finished)

12/2 ETA: I substituted The Bell Jar for one of the remaining books...so as of today, three left to read!

Any takers?  Ten books in ten months.  Easy peasy, right?

Comments

[Athena]

Yay, another book and knitting blogger. :) We even seem to have similar tastes in books. I hope you like Middlesex and Lolita. I also want to read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Good luck. Cheers.

[Janice]

I'll join you!!! There is a library around the corner from my new apartment.

[Anne]

I read The Corrections years ago, must admit I don't remember much about it. Middlesex was good.

I've just lost my reading mojo lately. Partly because of the bout of vertigo I've had for the past almost 2 weeks, but even before that. Hope I get it back soon!

[Bev Watts]

I loved the Corrections, although I did not like the story at all. It was so well written, you could hear the charactors think. I can't imagine how good it could have been if the story was good. I started Middlesex, but couldn't get going. How about "We were the Mulvanys?" Great writing, good story. I love books.

[3m]

Glad to have you on the 1% challenge!
Michelle
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