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Ideal Bookshelf

idealbookshelf

I came across the book and site, Ideal Bookshelf by Jane Mount and Thessaly La Forge and found it to be a great original idea. Here is my contribution to the cloud.

The Trail by Franz Kafka
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sarte
The Devils/Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad
Dune by Frank Herbert
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

idealbookshelflist

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Reading challenges update

I have been a bit of a slacker when it comes to posting my book reading. Check my LibraryThing page for current and past books for 2011. I have been keeping LibraryThing up-to-date. I should get this blog current in a few days. Definitely a learning experience trying to read 52+ books this year and actually post simple reviews. Reading – no problem. Posting reviews – I failed. Maybe I can refocus the second half of 2011 and follow through.

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Book reading for 2011

I am still reading books working toward my reading challenges. Check Books tab or Read in 2011 sub tab for more info. I have been out-of-town off and on since last Christmas so I am getting behind on writing the actual book reviews. I will work on getting caught up by end of the month. I will need to read at least six books a month to keep on track with my reading goals.

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Book reviews

My book reviews will be basic and structured. There are already numerous websites and other resources to get detailed book reviews. Anyone is welcome to comment on any book I read.
Review structure will include:
Title
Author
Sequential number for 2011.
My short view on:
Story/Plot
Characters
Numbered 1 to 5 rating.
1 – bad
2 – poor
3 – ok
4 – very good
5 – great

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Reading challenge

I recently added a 2011 reading challenge to the Night of the Living Book Club.

I also started a Blogger site for the book club and challenge. http://nightofthelivingbookclub.blogspot.com/

The reading challenge uses the Bram Stoker Awards as inspiration. The main goal is to read one title from every year of the award for novel. I post additional challenges that include reading one title from every year of award for first novel, read the winners only from the novel award, and read specific horror themed authors by December 31st 2011.

My personal goal is to read one title from every year of the Bram Stoker Award for novel and first novel. Additionally, read at least 2 books from Clive Barker, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz by December 31st 2011.