De and Doug's Den: Reading Goals and More

For this year's reading goals, I want to focus more on quality than quantity of books I read.  This year's goal is to read 12 classic books that I haven't read!!!

I have a tendency to read the same book repeatedly (since I'm no a big fan of surprises), so there are several classics I haven't read even though I am familiar with the general storylines.  I also wanted to pick a wide range of books from different time periods.

Anyways, I put together a list of twelve varied classics I want to read this year, hopefully completing one each month:

-- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

-- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

-- Anna Karenina

-- Arabian Nights

-- The Catcher in the Rye

-- Great Expectations

-- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

-- Jane Eyre

-- The Last of the Mohicans

-- Mere Christianity

-- The Poems of Emily Dickinson

-- The Three Musketeers

Since I am focusing on only twelve books this year (though I'm sure I'll read more), I decided add a goal to watch 12 classic movies as well.  Most of these I haven't seen (or only saw parts of them); here's my list:

-- An Affair to Remember

-- Casablanca

-- Dial M for Murder

-- The Godfather Trilogy

-- It Happened One Night

-- Kiss Me Kate

-- The Maltese Falcon

-- Mary Poppins

-- The Postman Always Rings Twice

-- Pretty in Pink

-- Strangers on a Train

-- Vertigo

Here's to quality entertainment this year!