A Challenge With No Time Limit
Aloi Reads is sponsoring a challenge to read the Nobel Laureates. She’s started a Group Blog for participants to post reviews and talk about the Laureates. I’ve always wanted to read these award winning authors, so I’ve decided to join up. There is no time limit – so this might take me my whole life!
Here is the list of those authors I’ve read and links to my reviews of their books:
2003: J.M. Coetzee
Slow Man – Read June 5, 2007; rated 4/5; read my review here.
Disgrace – Read December 14, 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review here.
Life and Times of Michael K – Read February 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review here.
Disgrace – Read December 14, 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review here.
Life and Times of Michael K – Read February 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review here.
1993: Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon – Read February 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review here.
1991: Nadine Gordimer
A Beneficiary (short story) – Read November 22, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
1962: John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath – Read January 19, 2007; rated 55; read my review here.
Travels With Charley In Search of America – Read March 29, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
Of Mice and Men – Read July 13, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
East of Eden - Read October 12, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
The Pearl – Read November 30, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
Travels With Charley In Search of America – Read March 29, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
Of Mice and Men – Read July 13, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
East of Eden - Read October 12, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
The Pearl – Read November 30, 2007; rated 5/5; read my review here.
1958: Boris Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago – Read November 24, 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review here.
1954: Ernest Hemingway
For Whom The Bell Tolls – Read April 7, 2007; rated 2/5; read my review here.
1938: Pearl Buck
The Good Earth – Read November 28, 2007; rated 4.5/5; read my review here.
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= Ugh! Don't waste your time.
