As an early Christmas gift from my parents I received the Kobo. It is an ereader much like the Kindle and comes from the now defunct Barnes & Noble or if you are in Canada then it is still available at Chapters.
The version I got is the basic model without a touch screen. So I actually have to push buttons to scroll through pages and get to menus etc. How 1999 
Anyway, where I’m going with this is that my Kobo comes loaded with the top 100 novels of all time, the 100 best books or perhaps to be more specific, the top 100 classic books that everyone should read.
It’s got all the greats in there like Bram Stoker’s Dracula and a whole handful of Sherlock Holmes’ stories by the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There is even Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
I am very much interested in reading all these great books. It is something that I have wanted to do but never got around to. Like reading the bible from beginning to end. Something I might try at a later stage.
This goal of reading these 100 classics is more of a journey and as such I am not particularly concerned with the timeframe involved.
I’m not a big one for goal setting. I find that you can get things done without having to worry about putting undue pressure and deadlines on yourself.
So I don’t particularly care if it takes me one year or 5 years to get through these 100 best books of the last century so long as I continue to enjoy the journey. I want even promise to commit to finish them all if I don’t like all of them.
I think it can be very helpful to read the greats and to learn how they wrote and perhaps fell their voice and use bits and pieces of it in your own writing. That’s what I’m hoping and looking forward to achieving.
I’m looking for good stories well told of old. And to hear the “ancient” voices of writers now long dead.
As I finish each book I’ll be writing a short review of the book as well as my experience here on my blog. I’ll be starting in alphabetical order as ordered in my Kobo.
Most if not all of these books should be in the public domain which means that they should now be available freely to each and everyone of us to read. Some of these books you and I have probably read before. But they are worth another read. I have changed and I’m sure my take on them will change with it.
Each book read anew offers up new secrets and treasures that before we were unable to dig up.
Please join me if you like and post your comments as to how your journey goes. I am starting with Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You can download a free copy here.
Let’s read the great literature together and start a casual book club. We’ll call ourselves the 100 percenters because these books are available to everyone 
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