Top Ten Books Natanya Resolves to Read in 2011

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Yup, time for another to-read list! Gotta love 'em. January means it's time to make New Year's resolutions, and while I tend not to complete 95% of my resolutions, I am determined to read certain books this year, many of which I meant to read in 2010. So here are the Top Ten Books I Resolve To Read in 2011 (in no particular order):

1. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs – I got this at Powell’s over the summer because it sounds interesting and I’ve read great reviews of it, but I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. It’s not very long, so I hope to read it this month while I’m on break.
2. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami – I started this over the summer, but for some reason had a really hard time getting into it, despite the fact that I absolutely loved the other two Murakami books I’ve read, Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore. I know a number of people for whom TWUBC is their favorite, so I’d really love to be able to get far enough into it to know why!
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – Oh, you know. It seems that this, and “classic literature” as a whole, is either on every book-lover’s “favorites” or “to read” list. Time to finally get to this one.
4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury – My dad adores Bradbury, and this is my kind of book. I think I’ve only been resisting reading it all these years because I saw the movie when I was younger and hated it. But that really doesn’t mean anything.
5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho – I’ve wanted to read this ever since a classmate of mine read it for an English project back in my senior year of high school. People seem to either love this or hate it, so I guess I have no way of knowing whether I’ll like it until I start reading it!
6. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger – Loved Catcher in the Rye.
7. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore – I’ve heard only wonderful things about Moore, and my friend owns this particular book and said it was hysterical.
8. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer – I adored Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (see my review of it here), and I’m sure I’ll love this too. I’m also excited for Foer’s Tree of Codes, which comes out on the 11th! (I know, I cheated, two books at once…but JSF can totally be an exception!).
9. Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World by Signe Pike – Signe Pike graduated from my university, and I actually got the chance to sit down and chat with her (yay English Club!) about her research and travels for this book, as well as her former career as a book editor (my dream job). She was super fun and friendly, and told us some great stories from her travels, so I can’t wait to read the end product!
10. Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood – You all know how much I love Margaret Atwood. When I reviewed Wilderness Tips, a bunch of people said they loved Cat’s Eye, so I’m going to make that my next Atwood read!

Your turn! What books do you absolutely want to read this year? I know you all have that stack of books on your bookshelf that you keep putting off--maybe it's time to finally read them!

**On a very related note, next week's topic is Top Ten Bookish/Blogging Resolutions in which you can share all those things you things that you resolve to do concerning your reading or blogging life. So...keep resolving! And if you've already posted your resolutions, as most have, please feel free to link them up anyways!

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