#21. Archiving the books

#21. LIST OF BOOKS

• 53. Songs for the Butcher's Daughter (wip)
• 52. People of the Book
• 51. Brick Lane
• 50. The Messenger
• 49. Banker to the Poor
• 48. Revolutionary Road
• 47. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
• 46. Eat, Pray, Love
• 45. Dark Star Safari
• 44. Running with Scissors
• 43. Dreams From My Father (really interesting - well written)
• 42. The Boat
• 41. Enduring Love (another good Ian McEwan)
• 40. Trout Opera (slow first half, but great second half)
• 39. An American Wife (perfect for inauguration season)
• 38. The Believers (hilarious family)
• 37. The Good Mayor (pretty weak)
• 36. The Hour I First Believed (great new Wally Lamb)
• 35. White Tiger
• 34. [Maeve Binchy]
• 33. Everything is Illuminated (quirky, good, rambled occasionally)
• 32. On Chesil Beach (good little story)
• 31. A Fraction of the Whole
• 30. Netherland
• 29. Fair and Tender Ladies
• 28. The World According to Garp
• 27. Breath
• 26. The Lay of the Land
• 25. A Spot of Bother
• 24. Unaccustomed Earth
• 23. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
• 22. Double Fault
• 21. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
• 1. Birds without wings
• 2. The Book Thief
• 3. The Kite Runner
• 4. A Thousand Splendid Suns
• 5. Water for Elephants
• 6. Half of a Yellow Sun
• 7. Suite Francaise
• 8. Searching for Caleb
• 9. The Sea - didn't enjoy, quite contrived, expected more from an award winner
• 10. Bank - average, amusing, not as good as Monkey Business
• 11. The Other Side of You - a sweet story, well written
• 12. A Special Relationship - pretty cheesy, but good at the beach, could have been shorter
• 13. We Need to Talk About Kevin - very good, funny, spooky
• 14. The Idiot (wip) - excellent, but hard work, everyone has 3 names
• 15. The Gathering - good, if a little floaty
• 16. Atonement - enjoyed the second half more than the first
• 17. Private Papers - really good.
• 18. The Post-Birthday World - okay, but not as good as Kevin, a bit predictable
• 19. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - good story
• 20. The Secret River - interesting bit of history

#79. Attend an Opening

Status: Complete

I completed this one without even realising it. Was scrolling down the 101 list this morning, updating my books post and chastising myself for not getting to more galleries when I spotted my Opening Night task. Why yes, I do believe this one is done...

A friend in the city has put together a wonderful production of Dorian Gray off-Broadway and the Hombre and I were lucky enough to get tickets to Opening Night and the after party. It was exactly the kind of night I'd planned when I set this goal. Play was fabulous, cast was gorgeous, and after-party in a stylish little underground den. If you're anywhere near NY, you must go... Only regret is that I didn't wear one of the dresses I'd made - would have been the perfect occasion!