Trying to Break a Romance Novel Addiction

I hadn't always started out as an addict. Yet like every bad cliched story of someone's drug addled decline, it had started out with an innocent repast of stress alleviating bliss.

There isn't a Harlequin's Anonymous, at least I don't think there is. Anyway I would be way to self conscious to actually ask about or attend such a meeting. I have decided to break this reading habit by trying to thread weightier selections into my diet.

I have several ideas as where I am to start.

1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Harvard Five Foot Shelf (Classics)
Harvard Classic Shelf of Fiction

I will admit that I have read several selections from each of these lists. I did have a pretty standard educational background, i.e. a BA from a fairly respected private not for profit University, and a few ill advised years of graduate school trying to convince myself to become a librarian. I stay at home with my daughter all day and have this suspicion that my brain is slowly turning into mush.

Enough of the boring stuff.

Wish me Luck!