Twenty-two by Twenty-two

Here we are again. It's prime reading season! I've always looked forward to summer because freedom from school made it easier to read for fun. This summer is no different, except actually it might be better because now I'm completely done with school, which is still kind of crazy.

To celebrate my (almost) 22 years of life and learning, I'm going to read 22 books by my 22nd birthday on September 6th. If I get through all of these by the end of the summer, I'm all for adding more to the list, so I'm open for suggestions. A couple of the books on the list are ones I've read before, but I read them back when I was in middle school; I think I could get a lot more out of them now that I might actually understand what's going on. Also, I'm going to start reading some books in Spanish (and a couple in Spanglish) because now that I don't have any more Spanish classes, I need something to keep my language skills up. I'll star those so you'll think I'm cool.

And, since I like color-coding things, here's a key to my color-codingness.

Currently reading

Finished

Next on the list

Here goes:

1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (528 pages)

2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (349 pages)

3. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (200 pages)
4. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (~400 pages)
5. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum (496 pages)
6. Led by Faith by Imaculee Ilibagiza (264 pages)

7. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (400 pages)

8. The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (160 pages)
9. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (227 pages)
10. The Great Divorce** by C.S. Lewis (144 pages)
11. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (302 pages)
12. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger (320 pages)
13. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes (304 pages)
14. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (448 pages)
15. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (288 pages)
16. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (208 pages)
17. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (326 pages)
18. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (110 pages)
19. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (244 pages)
20. Don Quixote de la Mancha* by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (~1000 pages. Gonna be a doozy.)
21. Yo-Yo Boing!* by Giannina Braschi (256 pages)
22. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao* by Junot Diaz (339 pages)

**I found a dirt-cheap copy of this book in Spanish, so I'll actually be reading El Gran Divorico.

So that's 119 days to read approximately 6,900 pages. Sweet bidness. Wish me luck!