I finished 18 decades, and I’m ecstatic about it. My original goal was 15, and I’m so happy I was able to accomplish 18 decades this year. It really was an important reading goal for me. I’m very much looking forward to this challenge next year as well. The Decades 2008 Challenge website is here. It has many reviews from the 2007 participants, as well as book lists from each decade to peruse. Join us!
2000’s – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See FINISHED
1990’s – The Giver by Lois Lowry FINISHED
1980’s – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood FINISHED
1970’s – Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner FINISHED
1960’s – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee FINISHED
1950’s – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury FINISHED
1940’s – The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli FINISHED
1930’s – The White Stag by Kate Seredy FINISHED
1920’s – We by Yevgeny Zamyatin FINISHED
1910’s – O Pioneers! by Willa Cather FINISHED
1900’s – Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad FINISHED
1890’s – The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells FINISHED
1880’s – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert L. Stevenson FINISHED
1870’s – The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald FINISHED
1860’s – Silas Marner by George Eliot FINISHED
1850’s – Phantastes by George MacDonald FINISHED
1840’s – Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens FINISHED
1830’s – The Complete Stories of Nikolai Gogol Vol. 1 – Nikolai Gogol FINISHED
Congratulations on surpassing your goal, Michelle! And thank you for hosting this great challenge. It was a lot of fun.
Congratulations Michelle! That’s awesome. It sounds like a great challenge.
Teddy
This is a very cool idea, I think I’ll try and work it into my reading plans/hopes for 2008 — thanks!
Thanks, Wendy and Teddy!
Teacherdad, it was a feeling of great accomplishment. Let me know if you do!
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