So, acting out of a sense of peer pressure, I have begun a blog. My goal is to track my progress as I make my way through a list of over 300 books that have won literary awards.
A life-long and self-avowed bookworm, at the beginning of this year I began a project of reading every book that has won one (or in some cases more) of the following awards:
-Pulitzer Prize for Literature
-Man Booker Prize
-National Book Award for Fiction
-National Book Award for Young Adult Fiction
-Newbery Medal
My inspiration came from a bookmark I picked up in June of 2007 at Powell's (A.K.A My version of the happiest place on earth). The bookmark displayed a list of the Pulitzer Prize winners and I thought "It's kind of sad that I call myself an English Major, yet have not read even half of these books." These books are the foundation of many of the literary movements, books that have inspired films, art, poets, and more. So, I decided to broaden my literary boundaries.
Wish me luck folks.
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4 years ago
Yup, you're a total nutter, but I find myself oddly inspired.
ReplyDeleteGo Mer!