Well, I am participating in NaBloPoMo. To find out more about it, you can click on that button over there.-------->

I found it through Chookooloonks, but that is only because my blogroll is alphabetical (thank you, Bloglines) and I hadn't made it to Fussy yet. So I will be here everyday of November. Yes. Here is where I will be.

I'm already nervous, so I decided to create a safety net for myself. You all are going to help me come up with my book list for 2007. I'm going back to school (it appears), so I will have some academic reading to do, but in spite of that, I am reading 52 books in 2007. I have started my list (and by started it, I mean put books on the list that I meant to read this year), but I am counting on you to help me finish it. I'm only including books I haven't previously read and if you want to loan me your copy, all the better. My list is below. It is rather, shall we say, blank. Please leave book recommendations in the comments section. I figure an updated list will make a good blog entry in a week or so when I run out of blog material.

Fiction/Narrative (This would include memoir, but not biography.)
1. Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
2. The Blind Assassin: A Novel by Margaret Atwood [Cagey]
3. Shopgirl by Steve Martin [Cagey] (She says it's quick - I'll need that if I'm really going to finish this entire list in 52 short weeks.)
4. Straight Man: A Novel by Richard Russo [Jessie]
5. Maybe a Miracle: A Novel by Brian Strause [Chatty Cricket]
6. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley [Bethany] (This is not my normal book type, but I think that Andiclaus actually recommended this to me before.)
7. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson [JP]
8. Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery by Meg Cabot [JP] (JP recommended Meg Cabot and really, with a title like that, how could I not like it?)
9. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks [JP]
10. Pope Joan: A Novel by Donna Cross [Jessie]
11. Little Earthquakes: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner [Jenny]
12. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue

Political - Left
13. The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda by Paul David Wellstone [bridget]
14. The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina by Frank Rich

Political - Right
15. The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America by David Horowitz
16. All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty by P.J. O'Rourke [Sharon]

Children's (I'm putting this in mostly as a time cushion - in case I fall behind in my reading schedule. Think late elementary school or junior high.)
17. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall [The Sam]
18. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman [bridget]
19. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
20. Holes by Louis Sachar

Science Fiction/Fantasy (I don't normally read this genre, but Andiclaus enjoys it, so I am trying for him.)
21. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger [The Sam] (I know some people might not put this book in this particular category, but I think time travel is science fiction, so this is where it goes.)
22. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury [Cagey] (Cagey recommended reading something by Ray Bradbury, and we happen to own this book. It was on Andiclaus' reading list for this year. The first of the short stories scared me so bad that I had nightmares, so I haven't finished it. I'll try again next year.)

Parenting
23. The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids by Madeline Levine
24. John Rosemond's Six-Point Plan: for Raising Happy, Healthy Children by John Rosemond [Sharon]
25. Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson [Sharon]
26. Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott [dcfullest] (I was thinking of picking something of her more religion-geared books, but I'm not really into spirituality, so I decided to go with this instead.)
27. The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old by Harvey Karp
28. The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict by The Arbinger Institute

Biography
29. Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: My Life by John Leguizamo
30. Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza

History
31. America's Women by ? (I am currently too lazy to run downstairs and find the book - also it is dark down there and I am a fraidy-cat.)
32. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen [Sharon] (Sharon's been raving about this book for years, and now that I read its Amazon entry, I'm excited to get started on it. It looks like it may be critical of celebratory history.)

Social Science
33. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell [Jessie] (Mrs. Ca also recommended Blink, so I read both the Amazon entries and this one was the winner.)
34. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson [dcfullest] (This is really not where this book belongs, but I had trouble placing it on the list.)

Religion/Philosophy
35. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moor [DrinkJack] (Okay, I know this probably doesn't belong in this category, but y'all aren't really coming through on the religion/philosophy books, plus just because it's irreverant doesn't make it NOT about religion.)
36. Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction by David Kuo
37. The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right by Robert Lanham
38. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell

Self-Improvement
39. The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney [Sharon] (I think Andiclaus will probably read this, too.)
40. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose (Don't you like that her last name is Prose?)

Classic Novels (There are actually a number of classics that I never got around to reading. Think of some for me.)
41. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen [andi] (On a side note, OMG, andi is going to have her little baby girl in a WEEK! Yikes!)
42. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens [Chatty Cricket]
43. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald [JP]
44. Lord of the Flies by William Golding [JP] (Sarah and Andiclaus are thinking, "Praise Jesus she will actually read this book and catch up with the rest of humanity." They like to tell me, "Sucks to your asthmar.")
45. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley [Jessie]
46. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

NEW Books (I won't be picking these until the year actually starts. Every couple of months, I'm going to ask my friend, Anthony to recommend a new book.)
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Alright. Your mission is clear. Pick my reading list, yo. I'll keep updating the list and maybe put a link to it over in the sidebar so that you can see how it's coming. For me, the hardest part will probably be waiting until January to get started!

I've bolded books that have been included in the list based on commenter recommendations.