{"id":111,"date":"2006-12-28T05:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-28T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/the-to-be-read-challenge\/"},"modified":"2006-12-28T05:36:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-28T12:36:00","slug":"the-to-be-read-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/28\/the-to-be-read-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The “To Be Read” Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

This looks like fun, so I’m doing it. The “To Be Read” Challenge<\/a> from MizB of Literary Cache. I found it via Wanderings of a Student Librarian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The idea is that before 1 January 2007, you list in your blog 12 books that have been on you TBR list for more than 6 months. Then, you read one per month. And..there’s a sweetener from MizB:<\/p>\n

Every 3 months, for the duration of the challenge, I will pick one<\/u> challenge participant’s name from a “hat”. That person –if they’ve read the amount of books for that time (ie: 3 books in 3 months; 6 books in 6 months, etc)– will receive a small gift (via snail-mail) from me.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you have a “Staff’s favourite picks” list on your website or posted in your library, why not add a “Staff’s TBR list”? It would be great to share with your users, they’d get to know a bit more about you, about some of your bookstock and it would provide such an interesting talking point.<\/p>\n

As I wrote the last paragraph, I thought “of course, this would only apply to public libraries”. But I’m wondering….”Why couldn’t we do it in an academic library?”. Too worried about our credibility as a research institution, or that our users don’t come to us for THAT kind of thing. If not, why not?<\/p>\n

Here’s my list. It turned out to be harder than I thought. I’ve just found out that I’m pretty good at following up and reading books on my TBR list:<\/p>\n

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  1. A delicate balance – Rohinton MISTRY<\/li>\n
  2. Tipping point: how little things can make a big difference – Malcolm GLADWELL<\/li>\n
  3. Born on a blue day – Daniel TAMMET<\/li>\n
  4. A spot of bother – Mark HADDON<\/li>\n
  5. Martini: a memoir – Frank MOOREHOUSE<\/li>\n
  6. A prayer for Owen Meany – John IRVING<\/li>\n
  7. The night watch – Sarah WATERS<\/li>\n
  8. I know why the caged bird sings – Maya ANGELOU<\/li>\n
  9. The tent – Margaret ATTWOOD<\/li>\n
  10. The bone people – Keri HULME<\/li>\n
  11. One hundred years of solitude – Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ<\/li>\n
  12. History of Western Philosophy – Bertrand RUSSELL<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Special mentions, but published in the last 6 months:<\/p>\n

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    1. The inheritance of loss – Kiran DESAI<\/li>\n
    2. Chart throb – Ben ELTON<\/li>\n
    3. Moral disorder – Margaret ATTWOOD<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      UPDATE 29.12.06: This one has been sitting on my bedside table so long that it’s become part of the furniture:<\/p>\n

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      • Johnathon Strange and Mr Norrell – Susanna CLARKE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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