Here I go again!!! Another irresistible challenge! But easily attained, as most of the books are already in other challenges for this year. And, I want to read more history, so here I've combined history/biography, and historical fiction. And this is the last challenge I am joining this year!!! (Maybe.....)My list is (since the site has requested it in a separate blog to make it more easy to locate):
- A Gentlewoman in Upper Canada - ed by H.H. Langton - journal
- Outlander - Diana Gabaldon - novel
- Beowulf - (888 Classics) - literature
- The Iliad - Homer (888 Classics) - literature
- A History of Reading - Alberto Manguel (Canadian Book Challenge) - history - DONE
- Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson (I am going to read this book this year!) - Chunkster Challenge - novel
- The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory -novel
- Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky - novel - DONE
- The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell (888 Non-fiction) - biography
- The Canadian Settler's Guide - Catherine Parr Traill (Canadian Book Challenge) autobiography/pioneer guide - DONE March 2008
- 1599 - A Year in the Life of Shakespeare - James Shapiro (Shakespeare Challenge) - biography
- Persuasion - Jane Austen (888 Classics, Jane Austen Mini Challenge) - novel
Alternate: The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende - history - DONE June 2008
