The Reason

Many years ago in a galaxy far away I had the fantasy-wish of reading every book in the public library in my home town of Lexington, Massachusetts. I am more selective now. There are only certain books I want to read and a certain number of years I have left to read them. So I'm beginning at the beginning of the alphabet and perusing the shelves for those books that call to be read. Many will not make the cut (an X through mysteries, romances, nonfiction, scientific journals, philosophy, foreign languages, you get the idea). It will be only through the fiction section and it must be well written, considered a classic (at least in some circles)and appeal on a personal level. I've always been an advid reader but this will be a bit different - a reaction to those books which I've heard about, read about, and other books have been compared to throughout my life. I'm afraid that means I will finally have to read Faulkner. I may cheat and read some old fav's along the way. We'll see where time and the wind in my sails takes me.