Comments on: Choosing next year’s reading project

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:46:57 +0000

In reply to Nitasha.

@Nitasha – so glad you heard me on Anne’s podcast! It was a fun one to be on. Best of luck with the Oscar Wilde project – that sounds like another great contender for a future year.

By: Nitasha

Nitasha — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:44:08 +0000

I just started The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde and am loving every second of Picture of Dorian Gray! Thanks for the idea! (Heard you on WSIRN PODCAST).

By: Mary Wilhelmus

Mary Wilhelmus — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:38:13 +0000

In reply to Leigh. Loved A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It took me awhile to start enjoying it though.

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 19:27:55 +0000

I’ve been struggling to get through Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past (In Search of Lost Time), but your technique may be what I need to do. It’s 4200 pages, so 11.5 pages a day over one year, or 5-6 pages a day over two years.

By: Meaghan

Meaghan — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 13:31:39 +0000

What about the Earth’s Children series by Jean Auel? The prehistorical fiction saga tells the store of a girls life across 6 books. Borrowing from Wikipedia: As a whole, the series is a tale of personal discovery: coming-of-age, invention, cultural complexities, and, beginning with the second book, explicit romantic sex.

By: Becky Claster

Becky Claster — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 02:19:42 +0000

In reply to Chris. If you want to do just the Old Testament in a year, Jewish people read a section per week. Only mentioning it because Simchat Torah is this week, which is when we finish and start over.

By: Barbara Mangano

Barbara Mangano — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 02:18:53 +0000

I haven’t done big reading projects in years but when I did I consumed the collections of Ayn Rand, James Clavell, and James Michener. I read Hawaii every summer from 7th grade until college. I love epic, multi-generational, sagas. There are so many more out there. Tough choice. For me in 2023, I’m considering a virtual book club to broaden my reading chops and get out of my rut. I’m reading Amor Towles’ A Gentleman in Moscow.

By: Brenda Earle Stokes

Brenda Earle Stokes — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 14:02:24 +0000

You could focus next years reading on exploring works from from non-European authors. I think it would be exciting to explore works from China, India, African Nations or the Middle East. Maybe do one region per quarter.

By: Sarah K

Sarah K — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:54:19 +0000

In reply to Kamala. Great suggestion! I read most of her books in high school.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:15:13 +0000

All of these comments are making me realize I have never read Les Miserables. I love that it has 365 chapters! What a great year-long project.