A Perpetual Challenge
I’m hosting this challenge – to read more about it and to sign up, click on the logo in my sidebar or go to this post.
Here are the books (so far) which I intend to read:
Winners in 2006
- O My Darling, by Amity Gaige
- The Seas, by Samantha Hunt
- Corpus Christi: Stories, by Bret Anthony Johnston
- Sightseeing,by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
- Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, by ZZ Packer
Winners in 2007
- Garner, by Kirstin Allio
- The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, by Dinaw Mengestu
- Get Down: Stories, by Asali Solomon
- Petropolis, by Anya Ulinich
- Third Class Superhero, by Charles Yu
Winners in 2008
- The Farther Shore, by Matthew Eck
- All the Sad Young Literary Men, by Keith Gessen
- One More Year: Stories, by Sana Krasikov
- The Boat, by Nam Le
- Last Last Chance , by Fiona Maazel
= Excellent
= Good/Very Good
= Okay read
= Not recommended
= Ugh! Don't waste your time.
Hmmm, I have that Krasikov book on my shelf…tempting, tempting.
I really enjoyed Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer. It was quite a different voice when I read it and the first story stayed with me.
Jill: Come on – you know you want to!
Leah: I’ve not read anything by ZZ Packer – but this author has been on my radar. This challenge gives me an excuse to finally read something!
I really enjoyed Petropolis. Hope you do, too!
Michelle: I’m glad to hear you really like Petropolis!