Reading resolutions for 2010 :)

It is time to write about my reading resolutions for the year. This year, I thought that instead of setting a target for the number of books – which tempt me to read shorter books and avoid classics and other thicker books like books on science – I will set a target for the kinds of books I will read and specific books that I would like to read. I gave some thought to this, and the initial list that I came up with was quite ambitious. But after a lot of  thinking I pared the list down, and this is how it looks like.

1. Read the following books
   1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
   2. Natasha’s Dance by Orlando Figes
   3. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
   4. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
   5. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
   6. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
   7. A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel
   8. Umrao Jan Ada by Mirza Hadi Ruswa
   9. Sevasadan by Premchand
   10. Adventures of a Bystander by Peter Drucker
2. Read one book of poems
3. Read one book of essays
4. Read one book on sport
5. Read one book on science
6. Read one book of humour
7. Read one biography / autobiography
8. Read one book by or about Shakespeare
9. Read one book in Tamil (potential choices could be ‘Mannan Magal’ and ‘Kanni Maadam’ by Sandilyan, ‘Alai Osai’ and ‘Kanaiyaazhiyin Kanavu’ by Kalki, One of Kalki’s anthologies, ‘SMS Emden 22-09-1914′ by Diwakar, Vaasanthi’s short story collection, ‘Nandipurathu Nayagi’ by Vikraman, ‘Moga Mul’ by K.Janakiraman, ‘Manipallavam’ by N.Parthasarathy, ‘Yayati’ by V.S.Kandekar (Tamil translation), ‘Sanga Noor Kaatchigal’ by K.V.Jagannathan, ‘Aranmanai Ragasiyam’ by P.Vijay, ‘Villodu Vaa Nilave’ by Vairamuthu, ‘Kayalvizhi’ by Akilan, Pudumaipithan short story collection, Sundara Ramasamy short story collection)
10. Read one book in Russian (potential choices could be one of Anton Chekhov’s plays or one of his short story collections, one of Ivan Turgenev’s novellas, Mikhail Lermontov’s ‘A Hero of Our Time’ or one of Alexandra Marinina’s mysteries)

As it is, the above list looks pretty ambitious. If I can do it, it will be my best ever reading year Please pray for me

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