"One Two Theme!" Reading Challenge

While flipping through the blog-o-sphere the other day, I happened upon a reading challenge.  You should know, of course, that I'm always up for a good challenge--when books and reading are involved.  I'm taking on my church group reading project this year as well, so...I probably SHOULDN'T take on another project. But, I can't help myself.

Here's how this one works: (info from One, Two, Theme!)

The idea of the challenge is to read about specific topics that interest you, in various degrees of detail. For theme 1 you'll read one book, for theme 2 you'll read two books, for theme 3 you'll read three books and so on. The only rules are these:

The Challenge will run throughout 2011, but feel free to already sign up.

1. You should have a minimum of 3 themes/3 levels, so a minimum of 6 books. You decide how many levels above that you want to go. Feel free to have more than one topic per level.

2. For themes that require more than one book (so all except the first one) you need to read at least one each of fiction and non-fiction.

Here are the themes that I'm considering (as well as my preliminary books):

1. Pakistani Culture
• Three Cups of Tea
2. Nazi Resistance
• Muriel's War
• A Cup of Wrath
3. Female Psychology
• The Female Brain
• The Starter Marriage
• The End of Manners
4. Tudor Court
• Elizabeth and Mary
• The Reign of Henry VIII
• Secrets of the Tudor Court
• The Queen's Fool
5. The 1960s
• Boom!
• Fallen Angels
• The Help
• Ravens in the Storm
• The Postmistress

We'll see how it goes! I always enjoy a good challenge.  I picked a couple of books that I own but have never had the chance to read.  Now I'm forcing myself to get to them!!