Laura's 2008 Goals and Progress

I joined The Pulitzer Project because I love reading prize-winning books. I read 5 Pulitzer winners in 2007, which was a lot less than I hoped. I’ll start 2008 having read 12 of the 81 winners. Before the year is out, I’d like to read another 8-10, including:

• 2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Diaz) (DNF - 5/9/2008)
• 2006 - March (Brooks) (completed 1/22/2008)
• 2004 - The Known World (Jones) (completed 4/20/2008)
• 2001 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Chabon) (completed 9/20/2008)
• 1958 - A Death in the Family (Agee) (completed 12/20/2008)
• 1953 - The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway) (completed 8/9/2008 )
• 1939 - The Yearling (Rawlings) (completed 10/11/2008 )
• 1932 - The Good Earth (Buck) (completed 10/23/2008)

Complete List of Pulitzers Read (with links to reviews where available)
2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Diaz) (DNF)

2007 - The Road (MacCarthy)
2006 - March (Brooks)

2004 - The Known World (Jones)
2003 - Middlesex (Eugenides)

2001 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Chabon)
2000 - Interpreter of Maladies (Lahiri)
1995 - The Stone Diaries (Shields)
1994 - The Shipping News (Proulx)
1992 - A Thousand Acres (Smiley)
1988 - Beloved (Morrison)
1973 - The Optimist’s Daughter (Welty)
1961 - To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)

1958 - A Death in the Family (Agee)

1953 - The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
1940 - The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)

1939 - The Yearling (Rawlings)
1937 - Gone with the Wind (Mitchell)

1932 - The Good Earth (Buck)
1921 - The Age of Innocence (Wharton)