52 Books Project

July 29 - August 4: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

August 5 - 11: Marley & Me by John Grogan

August 12 - 18: The Nanny Diaries by Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus

August 19 - 25: The Big Red Fez by Seth Godin

August 26 - September 1: The Dip by Seth Godin

September 2 - 8: Apartment Therapy by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan

September 9 - 15: Eat, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

September 16 - 22: Don’t Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate by George Lakoff

September 23 - 29: Small Is the New Big and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas by Seth Godin

September 30 - October 6: Encore Provence by Peter Mayle

October 7 - 13: Speaking with the Angel - Original Stories [edited] by Nick Hornby

October 14 - 20: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

October 21 - 27: Getting Things Done by David Allen

October 28 - Nov 3: Animal Farm by George Orwell

November 4 - 10:

November 11 - 17: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

November 18 - 24: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

November 25 - December 1: Over the Edge of the World - Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen

December 2 - 8: War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Back by Lou Dobbs

December 9 - 15: The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs

December 16 - 22: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts

December 23 - 29: You’ve GOT to Read This Book!: 55 People Tell the Story of the Book That Changed Their Life by Jack Canfield & Gay Hendricks

December 30 - January 5: A Year In Japan by Kate T Williamson

January 6 - 12: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

January 13- 19: Lonely Planet Citiescape: Tokyo by Andrew Bender

January 20 - 26: National Geographic Japan

January 27 - February 2: Lonely Planet Japan

February 3 - 9: National Geographic China

February 10 - 16: Lonely Planet Beijing

February 17 - 23: Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China by Peter Hessler

February 24 - March 1: Lonely Planet Shanghai

March 2 - 8: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards

March 9 - 15: Frommer’s Australia

March 16 - 22: Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk

March 23 - 29: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

March 30 - April 5: Under The Tuscan Sun (didn’t finish, boring book)

April 6 - 12: Frommer’s New Zealand

April 13 - 19:

April 20 - 26:

April 27 - May 3:

May 4 - 10: Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring

May 11 - 17: Lonely Planet Citiescape: Bangkok by Joe Bindloss

May 18 - 24: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson

May 25 - 31:

June 1 - 7:

June 8 - 14: When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him

June 15 - 21: Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer

June 22 - 28: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins

June 29 - July 5: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

July 6 - July 12: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling

July 13 - 19: Guns, Germs, and Steel

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One Response to “52 Books Project”

  1. Heather
    November 11th, 2007 at 6:30 am

    Marley and Me was such a good book! I read it while on a plane from NYC to San Diego and I cried at the end. Kind of awkward on a plane…

    Your list has inspired me to create one of my own (especially since I love making lists). Good luck!

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1 Start a new blog for this project
2 Take pictures of all of my 101 in 1001

CAREER/FINANCIAL
3 Max out my 401k contribution every year
4 Increase my income to $XXk/yr.
5 Finish my MBA
6 Update my personal .com site
7 Start a business
8 Make a conscious effort on what I wear to work: heels/flats for 2 weeks
9 Join a marketing networking group
10 Write in a work journal for 1 month

THINGS TO LEARN
11 Relearn Flash (learn post 2002 flash)
12 Learn to play poker
13 Relearn Spanish
14 Learn to kayak
15 Start playing the piano again
16 Take a dance class
17 Do yoga for a month
18 Learn the capitals and locations of all countries
19 Go boogie boarding
20 Take a rock climbing class
21 Get golf lessons
22 Learn to sail

ACTIVITIES/LOCAL
23 Run a marathon
24 Go wine tasting in Oregon
25 Start Geocaching again
26 Be a Portland tourist
27 Do Cycle Oregon or Hwy 101
28 Go white water rafting
29 Play real golf (not a pitch/putt)
30 Walk to the grocery store
31 Ride bike to work for 1 week
32 Use public transportation for 1 week

SHOPPING
33 Research and buy a new digital camera
34 Buy all new underwear
35 Get a dog or cat
36 Get a new bed
37 Recycling Organizer system

TRAVEL
38 Travel South America
39 Go to NYC
40 Go to Mexico
41 Visit Europe again
42 San Juan Islands
43 See New England in the fall
44 Ride Amtrak to Seattle
45 Weekend Trip to Nye Beach
46 Go on a backpacking trip
47 Do a bike ride in another country
48 Stay out of the US for 1 month (moving counts)
49 Go to Vegas
50 Go to Bumbershoot or ACL (again)
51 Visit Canada again

READ/WATCH
52 See the all time Top 100 Grossing Films
53 See Ebert's '102 Movies You Must See'
54 Re-read David Allen's 'Getting Things Done' start weekly review of GTD again
55 For one week, go to bed at 9 and read books
56 Do 52 Books in 52 Weeks, no cheating
57 Read Seth Godin books that I haven’t read
58 Read 10 classics that I’ve never read
59 Watch all five Best Picture nominees prior to the Oscars
60 Sign up for Netflix again
61 Subscribe to the Economist

FOOD
62 Find my signature cupcake recipe
63 Make crème brulee
64 Don’t go to the same restaurant more than once for 1 month
65 Bring a packed lunch or go home for lunch for 1 month
66 Quit drinking coffee for 1 month (or the summer)
67 Go vegan for 1 month
68 Try doing a wine journal
69 Eat at every restaurant in my neighborhood
70 Go to restaurants on the Willamette Week Cheap Eats List

HOME
71 Hang pictures up in the living room
72 Finish Apartment Therapy
73 Buy a house
74 Redecorate 1 room to perfection
75 Plant a balcony garden

FRIENDS/RELATIONSHIPS
76 Date a guy who makes me swoon
77 Commit to someone, maybe… but not just anyone
78 Organize a Monthly Game Night
79 Host a dinner party
80 Make a new friend

PERSONAL
81 Other
82 Other
83 Start wearing the vintage ring that Grandma gave me
84 Take care of my nails for 1 month, see if it turns into a habit
85 Get a massage every month
86 Get a wax
87 Consciously Stop saying 'yeah' and 'like' for 1 week
88 For one week, get up two hours before work
89 Take a sick day to go play

PROJECTS/DESIGN/TASKS
90 Design a calendar for family for 2008 or 2009 for Christmas presents
91 Clean up my old computer, backup, and get rid of
92 Load the rest of my CDs on to iTunes
93 Set up at least 10 useful playlists for my iPod
94 Make iTunes season mixes
95 Journal every day for 1 month

GOOD WILL
96 Become a Big Sister (volunteer)
97 Donate hair to Locks of Love (again)

MISC
98 Start going to church again
99 Go to my 10 year reunion
100 Start a new list of 101 Things on Sunday, March 28, 2010
101 Save $1 for every completed item. Donate $2 for every incomplete item.

Alternates:
Go to a concert outside of PDX area
Travel to another continent
Watch 100 classics movie list
Learn French
Learn German
Go SCUBA Diving
Apply for The Amazing Race
Finish visiting the 50 states
Convince someone else to start a 101 List
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