Monday, January 25, 2010

Canada Reads 2010 Challenge!!


Canada Reads 2010 is a CBC event that celebrates Canadian literature over a three month period. Five CANADIAN books are chosen and defended by 5 "celebrity" CANADIANS in a battle royal survivor style "online, at public events, and on air". Half-hour on-air debates are held March 8-12 on CBC Radio One with one book getting voted off each week to determine which book Canadians should ultimately read in 2010.

This year's books are as follows: Generation X by Douglas Coupland, Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott, The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy, Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie Macdonald, and Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner.

I have decided to read along too! It's the end of January now, so if I start reading this week I should be able to fit in all 5 books, along with my book club book for February!

What do think? Anyone else up for it?

4 comments:

  1. Sara,

    The only thing I'll be reading for the next while are books, plays and essays on the Grade 12 English reading list.
    Have fun,
    Jesse

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  2. First of all, I could never read that many books in such a short period of time, so good for you! Second, I've heard good things about 'Fall on Your Knees' but I've yet to read it myself. Second, I had to read 'Generation X' in a university english class. I'm not sure if I wasn't intellectually mature enough at the time, or if I would feel the same way today, but I hated it! I would love to hear what you think! And maybe I should give it another whirl...

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  3. So that last comment should say Meg...I'm new at posting comments!

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  4. Meg-I am re-reading fall on your knees for a second time and i remember little-to-nothing about it so we'll see how it is! I kept the book and brought it here so I must have enjoyed it last time otherwise I would have left it in Winnipeg.

    Check out my review I poster last night on Generation X!

    Thanks for reading guys !!

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