{"id":6264,"date":"2011-12-31T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T19:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=6264"},"modified":"2011-12-31T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T19:35:02","slug":"2011-resolution-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2011\/12\/31\/2011-resolution-list\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Resolution List"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 2011 I had\u00c2\u00a0three reading goals<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Complete unfinished novel series.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire\u00c2\u00a0(Harry Potter, #4)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, J.K.<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, J.K.<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, J.K.<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, J.K.<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Chainfire (Sword of Truth, #9)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Terry Goodkind<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Phantom (Sword of Truth, #10)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Terry Goodkind<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Confessor (Sword of Truth, #11)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Terry Goodkind<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Children of the Mind (Ender’s Saga, #4)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Orson Scott Card<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0A War of Gifts (Ender’s Saga, #5)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Orson Scott Card<\/a><\/li>\n
    10. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Ender in Exile (Ender’s Saga, #6)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Orson Scott Card<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Shadow of the Hegemon (Shadow Series, #2)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Orson Scott Card<\/a><\/li>\n
    12. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Shadow Puppets (Shadow Series, #3)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Orson Scott Card<\/a><\/li>\n
    13. DONE\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Shadow of the Giant (Shadow Series, #4)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Orson Scott Card<\/a><\/li>\n
    14. DONE\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0The Harsh Cry of the Heron\u00c2\u00a0(Tales of the Otori, #4)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Hearn, Lian<\/a><\/li>\n
    15. DONE\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Heaven’s Net is Wide\u00c2\u00a0(Tales of the Otori, #5 Prequel)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Hearn, Lian<\/a><\/li>\n
    16. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Prelude to Foundation (Foundation: Prequel, #1)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Asimov, Isaac<\/a><\/li>\n
    17. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Forward the Foundation (Foundation: Prequel, #2)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Asimov, Isaac<\/a><\/li>\n
    18. DONE –\u00c2\u00a0Foundation and Empire\u00c2\u00a0(Foundation, #2)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Asimov, Isaac<\/a><\/li>\n
    19. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Asimov, Isaac<\/a><\/li>\n
    20. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Foundation’s Edge (Foundation, #4)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Asimov, Isaac<\/a><\/li>\n
    21. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Asimov, Isaac<\/a><\/li>\n
    22. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker’s Guide, #2)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Douglas Adams<\/a><\/li>\n
    23. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker’s Guide, #3)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Douglas Adams<\/a><\/li>\n
    24. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker’s Guide, #4)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Douglas Adams<\/a><\/li>\n
    25. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker’s Guide, #5)<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Douglas Adams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      Complete the first 25 of the\u00c2\u00a0BBC The Big Read Top 100<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Pride and Prejudice<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Jane Austen<\/a><\/li>\n
        2. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Jane Eyre<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Charlotte Bront\u00c3\u00ab<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Catch-22<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Joseph Heller<\/a><\/li>\n
        4. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Wuthering Heights<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Emily Bront\u00c3\u00ab<\/a><\/li>\n
        5. DONE\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Birdsong<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Sebastian Faulks<\/a><\/li>\n
        6. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Rebecca<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Daphne du Maurier<\/a><\/li>\n
        7. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0The Catcher in the Rye<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0J.D. Salinger<\/a><\/li>\n
        8. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0The Wind in the Willows<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Kenneth Grahame<\/a><\/li>\n
        9. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Great Expectations<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Charles Dickens<\/a><\/li>\n
        10. DONE\u00c2\u00a0–<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Little Women<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Louisa May Alcott<\/a><\/li>\n
        11. DONE\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Captain Corelli\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mandolin<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Louis de Berni\u00c3\u00a8res<\/a><\/li>\n
        12. GAVE UP<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0War and Peace<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Leo Tolstoy<\/a><\/del><\/li>\n
        13. DONE\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Gone with the Wind<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Margaret Mitchell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

          Goodreads\u00c2\u00a02011 Reading Challenge: Read 52 books<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0(Raised from 50 to 52 on Oct 21) Read 56.<\/p>\n

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          Not Your Oprah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book Club<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0(Facebook<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Goodreads<\/a>) selections:
          \n(Facebook page for Athens book club)<\/p>\n

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            1. DONE January-\u00c2\u00a0True Grit<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Charles Portis<\/a><\/li>\n
            2. DONE February -\u00c2\u00a0As She Climbed Across the Table<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Jonathan Lethem<\/a><\/li>\n
            3. DONE March -\u00c2\u00a0Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Judy Blume<\/a><\/li>\n
            4. DONE March -\u00c2\u00a0Then Again, Maybe I Won’t<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Judy Blume<\/a><\/li>\n
            5. DONE April -\u00c2\u00a0No One Belongs Here More Than You<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Miranda July<\/a><\/li>\n
            6. DONE May -\u00c2\u00a0Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Isabel Gillies<\/a><\/li>\n
            7. July also in BBC list above\u00c2\u00a0Captain Corelli\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mandolin<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n
            8. DONE August -\u00c2\u00a0And Then There Were None<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Christie, Agatha<\/a><\/li>\n
            9. DONE September -\u00c2\u00a0The Floatplane Notebooks<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Clyde Edgerton<\/a><\/li>\n
            10. DONE November\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0The Book of Lost Things<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0John Connolly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n
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              Offlist:<\/p>\n

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                1. A Brave New World<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Aldous Huxley<\/a><\/li>\n
                2. The Alchemist<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Paulo Coelho<\/a><\/li>\n
                3. Steppenwolf<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Hermann Hesse<\/a><\/li>\n
                4. DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Anya Kamenetz<\/a><\/li>\n
                5. Being Geek<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Michael Lopp<\/a><\/li>\n
                6. The Next Fifty Years<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Brockman, John<\/a><\/li>\n
                7. The Road<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0McCarthy, Cormac<\/a><\/li>\n
                8. Native Son<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Richard Wright<\/a><\/li>\n
                9. Gardens of the Moon<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Steven Erikson<\/a><\/li>\n
                10. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Stieg Larsson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  For 2011 I had\u00c2\u00a0three reading goals: Complete unfinished novel series. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire\u00c2\u00a0(Harry Potter, #4)\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, J.K. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, J.K. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, J.K. DONE -\u00c2\u00a0Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Rowling, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[256,986],"tags":[179],"class_list":["post-6264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-novels-writing","category-43things-personal","tag-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1rUBW-1D2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}