31 December 2006

My 2007 TBR Challenge List

Here is my list of books for the 2007 TBR Challenge. You can see that there are 20 books listed. Twelve for the challenge and 8 alternates. I was aware that Mt. TBR was huge, but making this list really made me take a hard look at it.

My 2007 TBR Challenge List

1) The Floating Book by Michelle Lovric
2) Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis
3) The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
4) Maximum City by Suketu Mehta
5) American Gods by Neil Gaiman
6) Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki
7) Foxmask by Juliet Marillier
8) Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
9) Neuromancer by William Gibson
10) The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
11) Messiah by Andrei Codrescu
12) Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan

Alternates:

13) The Seekers by Daniel J. Boorstin
14) The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
15) Sacred Pleasure by Riane Eisler
16) Zen Mind, Beginner Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
17) Bombay Time by Thrity Umrigar
18) The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria
19) The Glass Virgin by Catherine Cookson
20) The World I Left Behind by Luba Brezhneva

6 comments:

Stephanie said...

Hi Kelsey! I love your list! I have American Gods on my list too....maybe a buddy read is in order?? I have heard so many good things about Neil Gaiman, I can't believe I haven't actually READ any of his books!

Starmist said...

Excellent idea Stephanie. This will be my first Gaiman too. It would be great fun to read it with you.

Kucki68 said...

I have read American Gods and liked it. Amy Tan's Saving Fish was somehow not quite grabbing me, so I am looking forward to seeing what you think.

I have Quicksilver in my stacks and I believe Necromancer is lurking, too. I want to get to Quicksilver at some point this year.

Starmist said...

Thanks for the feedback Kucki. So many people have recommended American Gods I can't wait to get to it. I've looked forward to the Tan novel for awhile. I do hope it won't be a disappointment. I'll let you know when I get to it.

Aarti said...

How did I not know you had a blog site, Kelsey?! I really enjoyed American Gods and I love all Falco novels :-) I read Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier and really disliked it, so hopefully Foxmask is better! I'll be sure to link to you in my list of blogs!

Starmist said...

I loved Daughter of the Forest (the entire trilogy actually). Foxmask is the sequel to Wolfskin which took awhile to get into, but was a very satisfying read. Wolfskin has few similarities to DotF--it's more of an epic Norse tale. I'm looking forward to Foxmask almost as much as American Gods. I've already tossed a copy of Anansi Boys onto Mt. TBR too. :-)