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 18th – Short Story
8.) Hell House – December 21st – Novel – Richard Mattheson
9.) The Grownup – Gillian Flynn – December 28th – Novella
10.) Man’s Search for Meaning – Victor Frankl – December 29th – Novel
11.) Why Not Me? – Mindy Kaling – January 1st – 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