So Many Books!

If you read my last post, you will remember that I said I have 41 books to read this year.  I found another one.  Now I have 42 books to read this year.  Clearly, I need some sort of organizational pattern so that I will not be overwhelmed by the prospect of reading 42 books in 12 months.

First, I think I will attempt to read all the books I have borrowed from people.  Not counting the one I borrowed from my husband, I have ten:

From my sister Megan:

The Question, by Henri Alleg

The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris, by Leila Marouane

From my friend Lori:

Fancy Pants, by Cathy Marie Hake

Sarah My Beloved, by Sharlene MacLaren

Courting Emma, by Sharlene MacLaren

From my sister Dawn:

Imam’s Daughter, by Hannah Shah

Left To Tell, by Immaculee Ilibagiza

The Pact, by Jodi Picoult

The Pilot’s Wife, by Anita Shreve

The BFG, by Roald Dahl (Yes, I know this is a child’s book.)

I plan to start at the top of this list and move toward the bottom.  I will undoubtedly jump around once I get going, which I think is a good thing.  Jumping around will keep me from reading too much of the same type of literature in one stretch.

Let’s start with The Question.  It is a short book, just 102 pages.  It is a memoir/commentary about the author's one-month imprisonment and interrogation by the French government during Algeria's quest for independence.  The book was published in 1958 and, according the back of the book, is the first book since the 1700s to be banned by the French government for political purposes.