The Nineteenth One

As anyone who could possibly be reading this blog knows, I have a problem holding myself accountable. This is why, even though I have had the blog for years, I only have 19 posts. It's also why I didn't make my summer reading goal.

Always in an attempt to hold myself more accountable, I make lists. To-do lists, to-read lists, to-watch lists, it doesn't matter. Up until this point (this point right here, right now) I have refrained from making any virtual lists. Naturally, it's because I am afraid if it is published in cyberspace and I don't complete the list, then I will be judged by the few, faceless individuals that might occasionally visit. But then I figured you were all judging me anyway, so I am throwing caution to the wind and actually (gasp!) writing a list right here, right now.

I call this list the "Books-owned-but-not-read-until-year-2010" list. These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head, I am sure there's more. (The ones with asterisks are partially read.)

• Fluke* by Christopher Moore
• Lullaby* by Chuck Palahniuk
• What-the-Dickens* by Gregory Maguire
• Book Thief* by Markus Zusak
• The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• Dracula* by Bram Stoker
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies* by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
• Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

There are more, I know there are more, I simply cannot think of them. I will republish this as I am able to cross them out. Maybe somday I will learn how to cross things out virtually. Or maybe I'll put them in another color. We will see.