I was thinking about hosting a reading challenge for 2012 with the aim of reading the books in Bernard Cornwell’s Richard Sharpe series, but I think I’ll just have it as a little side project here at Bookish Hobbit. Still if anyone would like to join me, feel free to do so and post links back to your reviews.
I have a confession to make: I adore the Richard Sharpe movies, but I haven’t really read much of the series. I know it must be some unforgivable sin in the bibliophile community to prefer movies to books, but this is the truth. So I have an idea to rectify this lapse by challenging myself to read all the books! And if there are books that have an episode filmed for the series, I may review them as a book versus film comparison too. No, it’s not an excuse to have more images of Sean Bean on my blog. That’s just a pleasant plus.
Here’s the chronological order of the books in the series:
- Sharpe’s Tiger
- Sharpe’s Triumph
- Sharpe’s Fortress
- Sharpe’s Trafalgar
- Sharpe’s Prey
- Sharpe’s Rifles
- Sharpe’s Havoc
- Sharpe’s Eagle
- Sharpe’s Gold
- Sharpe’s Escape
- Sharpe’s Fury
- Sharpe’s Battle
- Sharpe’s Company
- Sharpe’s Sword
- Sharpe’s Enemy
- Sharpe’s Honour
- Sharpe’s Regiment
- Sharpe’s Siege
- Sharpe’s Revenge
- Sharpe’s Waterloo
- Sharpe’s Devil
And for the really dedicated readers out there, Cornwell has published short stories with further Sharpe adventures. They are as follows:
- Sharpe’s Skirmish
- Sharpe’s Christmas
More information can be found about the Sharpe series here.
I will be joining you.
I’m a Bean fan, too, and I’ve seen and enjoyed a few of the films. Always wanted to try the books. I tend to read slowly, but I’ll do my best to read a least a couple this coming year.
No rush, my friend. With my determination to crumble that TBR pile I have, I’m not even sure how many books I’ll get around to this coming year because I will have to get them from the library.
Now this is a challenge I can get excited about! Love the idea of reading the book than watching the corresponding episode.