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    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    2011 11-Authors Challenge

    I have decided to read something by 11 different authors whose works I have not read before this year.

    If you are interested, please let us know here and report back to update your list every time you read the work(s) of a new author.
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    "It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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    Fun!!
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    OK, I'll give this a go.
    I've started one already and another has been purchased.
    (aside- I've suddenly developed an interest in the "short story")

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    This sounds fun! I am in!

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    One a month - or thereabouts: I think I can manage that. I'm in.

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    What a great idea for a challenge. I'm in too. I'll be back to post my projected reading list.
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    Much better than my plan to read 2011 new authors, I'm in!

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    Good idea; I'll be in too!
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    Is it therefore the less gone?..." E. A. Poe

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    Fantastic!

    My first one will be Alice Munro, I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    My first one will be Alice Munro, I think.
    I lied.

    I am reading The White Tiger by Aravind Agida at the moment and am enjoying very much.
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    "It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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    This is a great idea. My list:

    1. Vladimir Nabokov- Lolita

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    Since my copy finally arrived in the mail the first book I will be reading for the challenge is "The City & The City"

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    I have started Fight Club.
    We are all born originals - why it is so many of us die copies? (Edward Young, poet)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mockingbird_z View Post
    I have started Fight Club.
    Funny, I thought Tyler Durden started it...

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    I have my intermediate examination coming up next month (so I will have some studying to do) but if the challenge includes fiction and nonfiction, I'd love to join anyway.

    @The Comedian: Thanks for your response! I will be posting my list as I go along.

    1. Richard Yates: Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness (6/10)
    2. Richard P. Feynman: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (6/10)
    3. Sam Harris: Letter To A Christian Nation (7/10)
    4. (next) Fred Hoyle: The Black Cloud
    5. (next) Robert Trumbull: The Raft
    6. (next) David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas
    7. ...
    8. ...
    9. ...
    10. ...
    11. ...


    Happy reading everyone and good luck with the challenge!
    Last edited by Mr. Bungle; 03-03-2011 at 03:13 PM. Reason: Update
    "Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there's not even the smallest part of you now that was part of you seven years ago." ~ Steven Hall (The Raw Shark Texts)

    "Reality continues to ruin my life." ~ Bill Watterson

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