Reading Challenge: The Dusty Bookshelf 2012

I started this challenge for me.   It’s a dream of mine to look at my bookshelf and say unequivocally and without exception, “I’ve read all those books.”  And some of those books have been sitting on my shelf for a LONG time.  Hence the name :)  You can sign up for this challenge here. There’s a giveaway going on right now until the end of January 2012 for all those who sign up.

Here’s the list of books that are sitting on my shelf right now, mocking me. I’ll add numbers to them as I read them. So far I have 21 books which puts me at the Grungy Level.

1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
2. A Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis
3. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton
4. Our Search for Happiness by M. Russel Ballard

• The 9/11 Commission Report (Gosh at least 6 years.  Can you blame me?)
• A Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis (9 years)
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (3 years)
• Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton (10+ years)
• Beloved by Toni Morrison (3 years)
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck (3 years)
• Our Search for Happiness by M. Russell Ballard (8 years)
• A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by Legrand Richards (8 years)
• Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage (8 years)
• Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage (8 years)
• Truth Restored/Gospel Principles by Gordon B. Hinckley (8 years)
• The Secret of Staying in Love by John Powell (8 years)
• The Odyssey by Homer (1 year)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2 years)
• The Great Apostasy by James E. Talmage (8 years)
• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (5 years)
• Believing Christ by Stephen E. Robinson (8 years)
• Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus by John Gray (5 years)
• The Art of Teaching by Gilbert Highet (7 years)
• Etudes for Piano Teachers by Stewart Gordon (7 years)
• Our Heritage by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (8 years)

Updated May 1, 2012