hope springs eternal

ok, here's the list of books i hope to read before march 21. most of this is catching up on gifts i've neglected for too long.

1. "i have to move my car: tales of unpersuasive advocates and injudicious judges" by david pannick
2. "what the dog saw and other adventures" by malcolm gladwell
3. "winter vault" by anne michaels
4. "pleasures and sorrows of work" by alain de botton
5. "gulliver's travels" by jonathan swift
6. "hoard of mathematical treasures" by ian stewart
7. at least five short stories from "elements of fiction"
8. if i get really ambitious, "the satanic verses" by salman rushdie. it's a bit heady right off the bat.

these are real books, for the most part, but i'm not giving up mysteries in the meantime! they should bring me up to 10. in fact i've already read two of the four novels folded into the "miss marple omnibus, volume 1." those count, don't they?