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1A_musing
OK, I'm working out next years categories. Yes, I know I've got too many categories right now.
Here's the working list:
1. Drama: plays from 8 different countries, originally in 8 different languages
2. India! And the Indian diaspora. And the rest of South Asia.
3. China! Conceived broadly, not territorially.
4. Dusty old books. It doesn't matter what the book is about, as long as it's dusty.
5. High modernism. Joyce to Kafka, Pound to Passoa, Beckett to Pirandello
6. The 19th Century. History, literature, art, you name it.
7. Prize Winning Authors (even if the book itself didn't win)
8. New countries for my global travels. Over on the Reading Globally group, we're all aiming for reads from 192 countries sometime before we die. This would help me inch toward the goal.
9. American Classics
10. Better in Audio - books that seem meant to be audiobooks
11. The Golden Ages: From Al Andalus to Spain - I'd try to pull books from the Golden Age of Jewish Culture, the high culture of the Convivencia, right up to Cervantes and the "Spanish" golden age
Looking at this list, I may eliminate 10, 9, 7 and 4, and add in their place something very broad and miscellaneous.
Here's the working list:
1. Drama: plays from 8 different countries, originally in 8 different languages
2. India! And the Indian diaspora. And the rest of South Asia.
3. China! Conceived broadly, not territorially.
4. Dusty old books. It doesn't matter what the book is about, as long as it's dusty.
5. High modernism. Joyce to Kafka, Pound to Passoa, Beckett to Pirandello
6. The 19th Century. History, literature, art, you name it.
7. Prize Winning Authors (even if the book itself didn't win)
8. New countries for my global travels. Over on the Reading Globally group, we're all aiming for reads from 192 countries sometime before we die. This would help me inch toward the goal.
9. American Classics
10. Better in Audio - books that seem meant to be audiobooks
11. The Golden Ages: From Al Andalus to Spain - I'd try to pull books from the Golden Age of Jewish Culture, the high culture of the Convivencia, right up to Cervantes and the "Spanish" golden age
Looking at this list, I may eliminate 10, 9, 7 and 4, and add in their place something very broad and miscellaneous.
2ShannonMDE
I listened to America: The Book by Jon Stewart this year and I think that would fall in the better in audio category. Perhaps Stephen Colbert too although I haven't listened to his book? There is also a Grammy for audio books and that may be worth taking a look at the recent winners.
3A_musing
Those might work - though perhaps Stewart and Colbert are even better on video?
The category itself has been inspired by my observation that there are some books I really think do very well in Audio - especially books with a strong sense of poetry. A couple great examples are Beowulf, where the poetry really comes out, and Dylan Thomas, who actually wrote a lot of his work with radio in mind. But I may end up not using that category - it's too hard to know in advance whether they'll be that good!
The category itself has been inspired by my observation that there are some books I really think do very well in Audio - especially books with a strong sense of poetry. A couple great examples are Beowulf, where the poetry really comes out, and Dylan Thomas, who actually wrote a lot of his work with radio in mind. But I may end up not using that category - it's too hard to know in advance whether they'll be that good!
4Nickelini
I recently listened to Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel read by the author herself. I thought it was fabulous. Because it's a memoir, it gives a great sense of the personal to hear it in the author's own voice, (especially when she describes her FGM-shudder!). It was also helpful to hear all the Somali and Dutch names and words pronounced correctly.
5A_musing
Interesting. I've been thinking about reading Infidel anyways, and will have to look for that one.
I think I'm going to follow your approach, Nickelini, and stop worrying about overlaps, and even celebrate them, but also move myself to 999 next year. It gives me one more category to play with.
So here's the working list of categories I'm planning for:
1. Drama: plays from 9 different countries, originally in 9 different languages; bonus points if they're in verse
2. Indus Books. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the South Asian diaspora. I'm going to keep this focused on South Asian authors (including expatriates and descendents), with an added goal of distributing works widely through time and around the world, but will allow in one or two history books by Westerners.
3. China! Conceived broadly, not territorially. I want to focus on Western books about China or set in China as well as significant Chinese works.
4. High modernism. Joyce to Kafka, Pound to Passoa, Beckett to Pirandello
5. The 19th Century. History, literature, art, you name it. Works connected to at least 9 different countries.
6. New countries for my global travels. Over on the Reading Globally group, we're all aiming for reads from 192 countries sometime before we die. This would help me inch toward the goal.
7. The Golden Ages: From Al Andalus to Spain - I'd try to pull books from the Golden Age of Jewish Culture, the high culture of the Convivencia, right up to Cervantes and the "Spanish" golden age.
8. Big books with Ben - major literary works read with my 8 year old (last year's included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Monkey, and a bunch of others).
9. Americana and Canadiana. Literature and History. Including a healthy dose of contemporania.
Bonus category: 9 that don't fit in the above. Let's see if I can find any.
I think I'm going to follow your approach, Nickelini, and stop worrying about overlaps, and even celebrate them, but also move myself to 999 next year. It gives me one more category to play with.
So here's the working list of categories I'm planning for:
1. Drama: plays from 9 different countries, originally in 9 different languages; bonus points if they're in verse
2. Indus Books. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the South Asian diaspora. I'm going to keep this focused on South Asian authors (including expatriates and descendents), with an added goal of distributing works widely through time and around the world, but will allow in one or two history books by Westerners.
3. China! Conceived broadly, not territorially. I want to focus on Western books about China or set in China as well as significant Chinese works.
4. High modernism. Joyce to Kafka, Pound to Passoa, Beckett to Pirandello
5. The 19th Century. History, literature, art, you name it. Works connected to at least 9 different countries.
6. New countries for my global travels. Over on the Reading Globally group, we're all aiming for reads from 192 countries sometime before we die. This would help me inch toward the goal.
7. The Golden Ages: From Al Andalus to Spain - I'd try to pull books from the Golden Age of Jewish Culture, the high culture of the Convivencia, right up to Cervantes and the "Spanish" golden age.
8. Big books with Ben - major literary works read with my 8 year old (last year's included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Monkey, and a bunch of others).
9. Americana and Canadiana. Literature and History. Including a healthy dose of contemporania.
Bonus category: 9 that don't fit in the above. Let's see if I can find any.
6BKieras
I'm disappointed you dropped the Dusty Old Books category. That one made me chuckle. I'd have plenty of recommendations for you - but the dust has a lot more to do with my housekeeping than the age of the books!
7fannyprice
I too am sad you dropped the dusty category. It made me laugh.
