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    Friday, February 29th, 2008

    8 Books in 8 Categories in 2008


    January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008

    3M Michelle has come up with a great personal challenge that was so embraced by A Novel Challenge Yahoo Group members, that she created a group blog for other obsessed readers to share THEIR 8 books in 8 categories in 2008 lists.

    Here are my current categories and picks for 2008 (overlaps are in red):

    8 Pulitzers

    1. The Known World, by Edward P. Jones
    2. The Magnificent Ambersons, by Booth Tarkington
    3. So Big, by Edna Ferber (COMPLETED January 17, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
    4. Breathing Lessons, by Anne Tyler
    5. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner (COMPLETED April 17, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
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    8 Bookers

    1. The True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey
    2. Hotel Du Lac, by Anita Brookner (COMPLETED July 22, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    3. G, by John Berger
    4. Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey
    5. Sacred Hunger, by Barry Unsworth
    6. The Gathering, by Anne Enright (COMPLETED March 9, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    7. Life and Times of Michael K, by J.M. Coetzee (COMPLETED February 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
    8. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (COMPLETED June 23, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)

    8 Books Around the World

    1. Independent People, by Halldor Laxness (COMPLETED May 5, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    2. The White Mary, by Kira Salak (COMPLETED July 16, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
    3. Atonement, by Ian McEwan (COMPLETED June 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
    4. The Colour, by Rose Tremain (COMPLETED August 25, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
    5. People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks (COMPLETED July 4, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
    6. The Translator, by Daoud Hari (COMPLETED February 15, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
    7. Alentejo Blue, by Monica Ali (COMPLETED February 22, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    8. Laughing Without An Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas (COMPLETED May 17, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)

    8 Books that have Sat on my TBR Shelf for More than a Year

    1. The World Below, by Sue Miller (COMPLETED April 26, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
    2. Acts of Faith, by Philip Caputo
    3. Angela’s Ashes, by Frank McCourt
    4. Lost and Found, by Jacqueline Sheehan (COMPLETED April 21, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    5. The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink (COMPLETED August 15, 2008; rated 1.5/5; read my review)
    6. The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver (COMPLETED July 12, 2008; rated 5/5; read my review)
    7. My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
    8. Before You Know Kindness, by Chris Bohjalian (COMPLETED May 31, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)

    8 Non Fiction Books

    1. One Thousand Days in Tuscany, by Marlena De Blasi
    2. Black Wave, by John and Jean Silverwood
    3. Angela’s Ashes, by Frank McCourt
    4. The Zookeeper’s Wife, by Diane Ackerman (COMPLETED May 12, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
    5. Laughing Without An Accent, by Firoozeh Dumas (COMPLETED May 18, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
    6. Tender at the Bone, by Ruth Reichl
    7. Have You Found Her: A Memoir, by Janice Erlbaum (COMPLETED January 14, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)
    8. There is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odessey to Rescue Africa’s Children, by Melissa Fay Greene

    8 Banned Books

    1. The Women of Rome, by Alberto Moravia
    2. The Toilers of the Sea, by Victor Hugo
    3. Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe
    4. The Giver, by Lois Lowry (COMPLETED January 1, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    5. Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison (COMPLETED February 25, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    6. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (COMPLETED June 13, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (COMPLETED March 21, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
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    8 Notables From This Site

    1. The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
    2. There is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odessey to Rescue Africa’s Children, by Melissa Fay Greene
    3. Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
    4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Moshin Hamid (Completed January 11, 2008, rated 4/5; read my review)
    5. The Gathering, by Anne Enright (COMPLETED March 9, 2008; rated 4.5/5; read my review)
    6. In the Country of Men, by Hisham Matar
    7. Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Veda
    8. Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo (COMPLETED June 7, 2008; rated 4/5; read my review)

    8 Classics

    1. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens (Completed January 25, 2008; rated 3.5/5; read my review)
    2. Home of the Gentry, by Ivan Turgenev (Completed June 19, 2008; rated 3/5; read my review)
    3. House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton
    4. Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maughan
    5. Emma, by Jane Austen
    6. Wuthering Heights, by Emil Bronte
    7. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
    8. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky