One of the book challenges I’m going to do in 2009 in called the Decade Challenge. It’s sponsored by 1 More Chapter.
This unique challenge works like this: Between January 1st and December 31st the reader picks nine books written during each of nine consecutive decades. Here are the decades I’ve chosen and their books:
1900′s – The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
1910′s – O Pioneers by Willa Cather
1920′s – Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
1930′s – The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
1940′s – The Long Winter by Laura Ingles Wilder
1950′s – The Way West by A.B. Guthrie
1960′s – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
1970′s – The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison
1980′s – A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
It’s taken me a while to decide on my list but now that I have I’m pleased with it. There are a couple of old favorites on there and several I’ve been wanting to read for quite some time. I’m truly looking forward to it. If you’d like to join the challenge, head on over to 1 More Chapter. If you’d like to join in with me on reading these books, let me know. Either way, happy reading.
2 of my favorite books are on here.
The long winter, I remember you reading that to us when we were little. And I know why the caged bird sings, It is such a moving book for me thatI just fell in love with Maya Angelou’s writting.
But I am also one of those people that love the fluff books. I love the fact that I can read a great variety of books. So THANKS Mom, and Dad
I don’t envy you reading Good Earth. I read it in high school and it was probably my least favorite book I was required to read (or maybe that was Grapes of Wrath…it’s certainly close). I have read another book recently by Pearl Buck that I enjoyed, though.
That’s a really diverse list! Thank you for reminding me of “The Eailway Children”. I must read “it again one day. I’seen the film lots of times but I haven’t read the book since childhood.
I’m sorry my typing was so inept. My only excuse is that it is very late in the evening here in the UK!
I recognize all the authors and have read books by several on this list. My favorite authors are James Fenimoore Cooper, Muhbalch, Mark Twain, and a host of more contemperary writers as evidence by our collection of over 4000 books including refference and educational printings, many printed in the late 1800′s and early 1900′s. The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit will be my next read. Thanks for the hint.
Oops.. fat finger syndrome (my excuse)
It is MUHLBACH, a German author writing around 1850, I think, translated and published in 1905 or so.