34 Down, 966 to Go

Here are the first 34 works I’ve read (since December 4th) for the 1,000 in a decade challenge.  The horror short story reviews are available at http://www.justdreadfull.wordpress.com.  From here on out, I will be reviewing stories, novels, novellas and plays that I read for this challenge!  What have you been reading lately?

1.)     The Witch of Portabello – Paulo Coelho – December 5, 2015 – Novel

2.)    Oedipus the King – Sophocles – December 6, 2015 – Play 

3.)    “The Black Cat” – Edgar Allen Poe – December 9, 2015 – Short Story

4.)    “The Voice in the Night” – William Hope Hodgson – December 8, 2015 – Short Story

5.)    “The Monkey’s Paw” – W.W. Jacobs – December 8, 2015 – Short Story

6.)    “Caterpillars” – E.F. Benson — December 13, Short Story

7.)    “1984” – Ethan Hawke — December 18^th – Short Story

8.)    Hell House – December 21^st – Novel – Richard Mattheson  

9.)    The Grownup – Gillian Flynn – December 28^th – Novella

10.) Man’s Search for Meaning – Victor Frankl – December 29^th – Novel 

11.) Why Not Me? – Mindy Kaling – January 1^st – Novel

12.) The Epic of Gilgamesh – Unknown – Epic – 1.6

13.) Oedipus the King (Re-read) – Sophocles – Greek Drama – 1.7

14.) “A Simple Heart” – Gustave Flaubert – Short Story – 1.10

15.) Hedda Gabler – Henrik Ibsen – Play – 1.10

16.) The Iliad (Excerpts) – Homer – Epic Excerpts – 1.11

17.) Metamorphoses (Excerpts) – Ovid – Excerpts – 1.11

18.) The Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad – Novella – 1.12

19.) Medea – Euripides – Greek Drama – 1.13

20.) “Perchance to Dream” – Short Story – Charles Beaumont – 1.15

21.) Beowulf – Unknown – Epic Poem – 1.17

22.) Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz – Excerpts – 1.18

23.) “Essay on Man” (Excerpts) – Alexander Pope – Essay Excerpt – 1.18

24.) A Room of One’s Own (Excerpts) – Virginia Woolf – Novella Excerpts – 1.20

25.) “The Yellow Wallpaper” – Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Short Story – 1.20

26.) “The Garden of Forking Paths” – Jorge Luis Borges – Short Story (1.21)

27.) “Notes of a Native Son” – James Baldwin – Essay – (1.24)

28.) “The Guest” – Albert Camus – Short Story – (1.24)

29.) “The Metamorphosis” – Franz Kafka – Short Story (1.24)

30.) “Death Constant Beyond Love” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Short Story (1.25)

31.) “Yellow Woman” – Leslie Marmon Silko – Short Story (1.25)

32.) “The Perforated Sheet” – Salmon Rushdie – Short Story (1.25)

33.) “Girl” – Jamaica Kincaid – Short Story – 1.25

34.) “And of Clay We Are Created” – Isabelle Allende – Short Story – 1.25