Required Reading

One of the things I've been looking forward to with the end of school is having a little more time for recreational reading. I've accumulated an impressive list of books that I've wanted to read but haven't had (or made) the time for. So here's a list of the books I'd like to read in 2006:

• A Brief History of Time¹ and Black Holes And Baby Universes and Other Essays by Stephen Hawking
  
• The Science of the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy² by Michael Hanlon
  
• Teaching Under Pressure by Beatrice Gross
  
• Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
  
• A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
  
• The Old Testament
  
• The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister
  
• Lectures on Faith by Joseph Smith, Jr.
  
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays with Morrie ³ by Mitch Albom
  
• A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, and A Storm of Swords⁴ by George R.R. Martin⁵
  
• The Sundered (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2298)⁴ by Michael A. Martin⁵ and Andy Mangels
  
• Serpents Among the Ruins (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2311)⁴ by David R. George III
  
• Well of Souls (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2336)⁴ by Ilsa J. Bick
  
• Shadow Hunter (Star Wars: Darth Maul)⁴ by Michael Reaves

Do I really think I'm going to get all of these books read in the next 364 days? Probably not. But it'll be fun to try!

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¹ I've started this book twice, but I've never finished it - mostly because school kept getting in the way.
² I got this book as a Christmas present from my parents. I'm already well into the second chapter, "Where Are All the Aliens?"
³ My brother recommended these books. He's not a big reader, so I figure that if he bothered to read them (and recommend them), then they're worth checking out.
⁴ Derek only lent me these books, what, a year and a half ago? I suppose I really should read them so I can get them back to him.
⁵ No relation.