Plans Shmans

I'm currently working on a new fiction reading project. Though I have been reading since the beginning of the year, I have performed terribly at posting about my reading (obviously). The basic goal of my new plan is to read many of the works that I have either wanted to read but put off or read some time ago and either forgot much of it or expect that I will read it with considerably new eyes given that I've grown from where I was. To this end, today I sat down and selected 100 novels and plays that fit this description.

For the most part they are not especially ambitious or shocking choices, and I certainly don't aim to be a tastemaker (Lord help me if that was what I was going for). Instead, I want to enjoy many of the works that have already been recognized as great by many people generally smarter, wiser, and more thoughtful than me. Also, in the past I've been biased in my reading habits toward men, and in my list I aim to include more female authors to better build up my sense of the female authorial voice. I don't I'll regret this, but who can say up front. If the future resembles the past, for a few I'll be a bit baffled at why critics find particular works great, and for others I will castigate myself for not getting to it sooner.

I think that I might do some regular posting to get myself in the habit, and I'll post my thoughts on various chapters as I go along. I shouldn't put too many ambitious thoughts here, though, as my track record with these things is bad. I am going to take  encouragement, though, from the fact that I did successfully watch all 100 of the AFI movie list movies in the first iteration of the list--though watching a long movie (like Dr. Zhivago) and reading a long book (like Dr. Zhivago) are obviously different animals. We'll see if I can tame one like I tamed the other.