My Creatively Random Life

I don't know what's gotten into me, I seem to have gotten bit by a challenge joining bug.  I want to set goals and read more books and do all sorts of things.  Oh my!  One of my big goals for 2015 though is getting rid of some of this clutter in my house and I have SO MANY books and I just can't part with a book without reading it first or re-reading it in most cases. So I thought this challenge was perfect because it made what seemed like a daunting task into something that was fun.  (and much more likely to get done) The Re-Read Challenge runs from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.  It is being hosted by  Belle of the Literati  and  So Obsessed With .  You can find all of the details about the challenge and sign up  here . Since I may have signed up for one or two other reading challenges (no pressure or anything) I am going to aim to re-read two books a month for a total of twenty-four.  (I will probably sneak in...

I was messing around on Pinterest while I was baking cookies, that funny enough I found on Pinterest (I love that site) when I stumble on this proclaimed Rory Gilmore reading list.   As I haven't had the best day I armed myself with my freshly baked espresso-chocolate cookies ( recipe ) and a vodka cocktail to read over this list.  Which I snagged from here .   Now, the first thing I discovered upon reading this list is that I have read a good number of these books.  Which was kind of inevitable, I read a lot.  The second thing was that I want to read a lot that I haven't.  Hence the challenge.  I would personally like to see how far I can get in reading through this list by this time next year. 1984 by George Orwell - read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - read Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - read   The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon An American Tragedy by Th...