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I signed up for a couple of reading challenges this year. I needed to read more, and this seemed like a good way to keep me focused.

Once upon a time, I was about 6.8% well-read according to the book on the right. The 1% Well-Read Challenge wanted me to read 10 more of these 1001 listed books so I can go up a whole percentage point. So now, I’m 7.8% well-read.

Of the ten I read, I enjoyed them in this order:

1. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. The Counterfeiters by Andre Gide
3. No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
4. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
5. Wittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas Bernhard
6. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
7. Junky by William S Burroughs
8. Watchmen by Alan Moore
9. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
10. Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker

Thanks to the random number generator, I already have ten more books lined up for next year. I’m going to see if there are any other reading challenges that catch my fancy though. It always helps to make the same book count as many times as possible.

The What’s In a Name Challenge asked for books with words in their titles that fit into six broader category headings. Here are the books that I assigned to that challenge in my order of enjoyment:

1. Time of Day: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Profession: No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3. Relative: Wittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas Bernhard
4. Body Part: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
5. Medical Condition: Junky by William S Burroughs
6. Building: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

Finally, I have the Audiobook Challenge. Again, in order of enjoyment:

1. E=mc2 by David Bodanis
2. Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
3. On Writing by Stephen King
4. Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall
5. Through a Window by Jane Goodall
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (part 1 of 2)
   To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (part 2 of 2)
7. Once Upon A Town by Bob Greene
8. The Day the Universe Changed by James Burke
9. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
10. The Virgin and the Mousetrap by Chet Raymo
11. Longitude by Dava Sobel
12. What If…? Volume 2 Watersheds, Revolutions, and Rebellions edited by Robert Cowley

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