Starting again in 2011

I headed to the library this weekend, excited about a fresh year ahead of me and ready to start on a new 52 week challenge.  When I was a kid and the bookmobile would visit our school, I would always leave with a large stack of books, and the librarian and teachers would say, "Are you sure you're going to read all those?"  The teachers quit asking, because they soon figured out that I always did.  I guess habits don't change, because this is what I came home from the library with this weekend:

A few of these are not library books, but that's my starting stack for 2011.  As I looked over it,  I couldn't help but notice that its very heavy on contemporary fiction.  I really want to round out my reading with more biographies and classics.  On the Read 52 books in 52 weeks Challenge page, there are several other built-in challenges you can choose from, and for this year, I'm going to choose the "12 Classics in 12 month Challenge" and the Well Educated Mind Challenge.  All the books from the Well Educated Mind Challenge will meet the 12 classics challenge, so I'm kind of doing 2 in 1.  

I recognize a lot of the classics listed in the Well Educated Mind list.  I read them in school, but I have forgotten most of them.  Our son is in 1st grade at a Classical school, so I figure its time to start re-reading those classics so I can keep up with him!

Well, I'd better get to reading.  Many scrumptious mysteries, tales, and destinations await!

Sojourner