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Lisa's List- 2012

2012-01-16T10:04:00.001-08:00

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Whiskey Sour by J. A. Konrath
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
Split by Swati Avashti
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
The Magic Room by Jeffrey Zaslow
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

Mike's list- 2012

2012-01-07T12:11:00.001-08:00

State of the Union by Brad Thor
The First Commandment by Brad Thor
Tripwire by Lee Child
The Hard Way by Lee Child
Without Fail by Lee Child
Spycatcher by Matthew Dunn
The Cabinet of Curiousities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Books Read in 2011- Mike's List

2011-01-01T13:28:00.000-08:00

I am an Amazon associate and as such a very tiny percentage of anything you purchase after following one of my links will come back to me. Titles link to the book on Amazon.com and any review is linked after the author's name.

American Assassin: A Thriller by Vince Flynn
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen Ambrose
Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1) by Karen Marie Moning
Bloodfever: The Fever Series (A Mackayla Lane Novel) by Karen Marie Moning
Faefever: The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
The First World War by John Keegan
The Twilight Warriors by Robert Gandt
Dreamfever: The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
Edge: A Novel by Jeffery Deaver
A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II by Richard Snow
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
Gauntlgrym: Neverwinter Saga, Book I by R. A. Salvatore
Worth Dying For: A Reacher Novel by Lee Child
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics by Jeremy Schapp
Churchill Defiant: Fighting On: 1945-1955 by Barbara Leaming
Dead Like You by Peter James
Righteous Men by Sam Bourne
Final Reckoning by Sam Bourne
Final Jeopardy: Man Vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything by Stephen Baker
The Athena Project by Brad Thor
Hell's Angels: Into the Abyss by Yves Lavigne
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
The Big Scrum by John J Miller
Cold Vengeance by Preston & Child
Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
Gideon's Sword by Preston & Child
Life by Keith Richards
The Taking of Libby, SD by ?
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
Running Blind by Lee Child
Persuader by Lee Child
The Enemy by Lee Child
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
The Affair by Lee Child
Echo Burning by Lee Child
Die Trying by Lee Child
Rockers and Rollers by Brian johnson
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
One Shot by Lee Child
Die Trying by Lee Child

Books Read in 2011- Lisa's list

2011-01-01T13:25:00.001-08:00

Oh No She Didn't: The Top 100 Style Mistakes Women Make and How to Avoid Them by Clinton Kelly
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (review)
Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids, One Meal at a Time by Laurie David (review)
Devotion: A Memoir (P.S.)Devotion: A Memoir (P.S.) by Dani Shapiro
Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1) by Karen Marie Moning (review)
Bloodfever: The Fever Series (A Mackayla Lane Novel) by Karen Marie Moning
Driven to Ink: A Tattoo Shop Mystery by Karen E Olson
Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
All I Ever Wanted (Hqn) by Kristan Higgins
The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James and Connie Brockway
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
Faithful Place by Tana French
What the Librarian Did by K Bliss
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery
Only Yours by Susan Mallery
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Only His by Susan Mallery
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
Only Mine by Susan Mallery
The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn

Mike's Reading List- 2010

2010-01-09T17:53:00.000-08:00

Links go to Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. I am an Amazon associate and as such get a very small percentage of any books purchased from my links.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker by James McManus
Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory by Stacy Horn
The Little Sleep: A Novel by Paul Tremblay
Downtown Owl: A Novel by Chuck Klosterman
Searching for El Dorado: A Journey into the South American Rainforest on the Tail of the World's Largest Gold Rush by Marc Herman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
Lord of the Isles by David Drake (Picked out at the library for Mike by the Pirate!)
Fatal North: Adventure Survival Abaord USS Polaris 1ST U S Expedition North Pole by Bruce Henderson
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman
State of Fear by Michael Crichton
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven Levitt
Undone (Outcast Season, Book 1) by Rachel Caine
The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, Book 12) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
The Ghost King: Transitions, Book III by RA Salvatore
Changes (Dresden Files, Book 12) by Jim Butcher
Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music by Ted Gioia
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E.B Sledge
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet by Seth Rogovoy
Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific by R.V. Burgin
Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds by Robin Olds
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Rogue Warrior: Seize the Day (Rogue Warrior (Forge)) by Richard Marcinko
Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley by Timothy White
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Fever Dream by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Dance of Death by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
61 Hours: A Reacher Novel by Lee Child
Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had by Edward Achorn
Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher by Charles Kipps
Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Sports from Hell: My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition by Rick Reilly
The Hunger Games: Book 1 by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins
My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses by Steven Adler
The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime by Jason Turbow
Reliquary (Pendergast, Book 2) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: A Return to Easy Company's Battlefields with Sgt. Forrest Guth by Larry Alexander
The Games That Changed the Game: The Evolution of the NFL in Seven Sundays by Ron Jaworski

Books Read in 2010

2010-01-09T17:50:00.000-08:00

Clicking on the book title will take you to Amazon.com, where I am an associate and receive a tiny portion back in payment. My review (when I wrote one) is linked in the parenthesis after the author's name.

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs (review)
The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood
Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert (review)
Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood
The Gift by Julie Garwood
The Man Most Likely (Harlequin American Romance Series) by Cindi Myers
Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy by Paula Butturini (review)
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose (short review)
Waiting For Nick: Stanislaskis (The Stanislaskis) by Nora Roberts (incredibly short review)
Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet (short review)
Feels Like the First Time (Harlequin Blaze) by Tawny Weber (one sentence review!)
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (review)
Crafty Superstar: Make Crafts on the Side, Earn Extra Cash, and Basically Have It All by Grace Dobush
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Grave Secret (Harper Connelly Mysteries, Book 4) by Charlaine Harris (review)
Pretty In Ink: A Tattoo Shop Mystery by Karen E Olson (review)
Cast Member Confidential by Chris Mitchell (review)
Savor the Moment (The Bride Quartet, Book 3) by Nora Roberts (review)
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (review)
Her Best Friend (Harlequin Superromance) by Sarah Mayberry
Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 10) by Charlaine Harris
Dakota Home (Dakota Series #2) by Debbie Macomber
The Anti 9-to-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube by Michelle Goodman
Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay, Book 1) by Nora Roberts (review)
Rising Tides: The Chesapeake Bay Saga #2 (The Quinn Brothers Trilogy) by Nora Roberts (review)
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman (review)
Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life by Lisa Kogan
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin (review)
Something About You (Berkley Sensation) by Julie James
Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn (review)
Inner Harbor (The Chesapeake Bay Saga, Book 3) by Nora Roberts (review)
Chesapeake Blue (The Chesapeake Bay Saga, Book 4) by Nora Roberts (review)
Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman (review)
Shut Up and Kiss Me by Christie Craig (review)
What Happens in London by Julia Quinn (review)
Della Says: OMG! by Keris Stainton (review)
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson (review)
The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden by William Alexander
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J K Rowling (recap)
The Hunger Games: Book 1 by Suzanne Collins (thoughts)
Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman
Happy Ever After (Bride Quartet) by Nora Roberts (review)
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by Kathy Griffin (review)
Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World by Mark Frauenfelder (review)
When Did I Get Like This?: The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be by Amy Wilson
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Beautiful Disaster by Laura Spinella

Books Read in 2009

2009-01-03T19:12:00.000-08:00

Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer
Enchanted, Inc by Shanna Swendson
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The Book of Vice by Peter Sagal
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
Creation in Death by JD Robb
A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Bloom by Elizabeth Scott
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn
Gimme Shelter by Mary Elizabeth Williams
A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg
Paper Towns by John Green
Wake by Lisa McMann
Persuasion by Jane Austen
I Love a Man in Uniform by Lily Burana
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Why We Make Mistakes by Joseph T Hallinan (Amazon link, no review)
Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James
If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (review to come!)
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Holly's Inbox by Holly Denham
Rapture Ready by Daniel Radosh
Craft, Inc by Meg Mateo Ilasco
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D Schmidt
The Creative Family by Amanda Blake Soule
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
The Missing Ink by Karen E Olson
Vision in White by Nora Roberts
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
Hungry by Crystal Renn with Marjorie Ingall
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
American Roulette by Richard Marcus
The Return of Rafe MacKade by Nora Roberts
The Pride of Jared MacKade by Nora Roberts
The Heart of Devin MacKade by Nora Roberts
The Fall of Shane MacKade by Nora Roberts
Making the Grades by Todd Farley
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Strangers in Death by JD Robb
For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris

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Books Read in 2008

2009-01-03T19:08:00.000-08:00

The full list, with links to reviews (when reviewed):

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
50 Greatest Love Letters of All Time edited by
Austenland by Shannon Hale
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, Jennifer O’Connell, editor
Sex and Sensibility, Genevieve Fields, editor
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
In the Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
Bonk by Mary Roach
Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
Toddler edited by Jennifer Margulis
1 Dead in Attic by Chris Rose
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Helping Me Help Myself by Beth Lisick
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
Death’s Acre by William Bass and Jon Jefferson
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe by Katrina Firlik
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
Mike, Mike, & Me by Wendy Markham
Complications by Atul Gawande
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Books Read in 2007

2007-09-06T08:20:00.000-07:00

Links go to my review of the book on my main blog unless otherwise noted.

65. Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
64. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
63. Mine Til Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
62. Innocent in Death by JD Robb
61. Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
60. Knocked Up by Rebecca Eckler
59. Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn
58. Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
57. A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
56. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
55. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
54. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
53. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
52. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
51. The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
50. The Imperfect Mom edited by Therese J. Borchard
49. Looking for Alaska by John Green
48. Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
47. Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris
46. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
45. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
44. Annie Says I Do by Carole Buck
43. Born in Death by J.D. Robb
42. The Storyteller's Daughter by Saira Shah
41. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
40. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
39. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
38. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
37. Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green
36. The Faith Club by Idliby, Oliver, and Warner
35. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
34. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
33. Hex and the City by Simon R. Green
32. The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch by Marsha Moyer
31. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
30. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
29. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
28. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
27. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
26. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
25. Nightingale's Lament by Simon R. Green
24. Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner
23. The Giver by Lois Lowry
22. What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
21. Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris
20. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
19. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich (Amazon.com link)
18. The Mediator 1: Shadowland by Meg Cabot
17. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
16. Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
15. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
14. Statements by Amy Borkowsky
13. Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes
12. Sufficient Grace by Darnell Arnoult
11. I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
9. The History Of Love by Nicole Krauss
8. Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
7. Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon R. Green
6. Something From the Nightside by Simon R. Green
5. Try by Lily Burana (Amazon.com link)
4. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
3. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
2. Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
1. Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress by Debra Ginsberg (Amazon.com link)

The Newbery Project

2007-09-05T19:08:00.000-07:00

There are tons of new challenges going around right now, and I am very firmly NOT JOINING any of them. I have a couple I plan to do in 2008 (after I fail the ones in 2007) but nothing new for fall. Then today as I was bloghopping, I found this- The Newbery Project. This is been going on for a while now, it's not new, but I just found it. There is no list to be made (the list already exists) and no set number of books to read. There is no time limit. Just read them. Here's the complete list, with the ones I've already read (as an adult, I read quite a few of them as a child) marked off.

2007 The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2006 Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins
2005 Kira-Kira, by Cynthia Kadohata
2004 The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread, by Kate DiCamillo
2003 Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi (I've met the author)
2002 A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park
2001 A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck (I've met the author)
2000 Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis (I've met the author)
1999 Holes, by Louis Sachar
1998 Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse
1997 The View from Saturday, by E. L. Konigsburg (I've met the author)
1996 The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman
1995 Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
~~1994 The Giver, by Lois Lowry~~
1993 Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant
1992 Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1991 Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
1990 Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, by Paul Fleischman
1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography, by Russell Freedman
1987 The Whipping Boy, by Sid Fleischman
1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan
1985 The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw, by Beverly Cleary
1983 Dicey’s Song, by Cynthia Voigt
1982 A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, by Nancy Willard
1981 Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson
1980 A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832, by Joan Blos
~~1979 The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin~~
~~1978 Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson~~
1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
1976 The Grey King, by Susan Cooper
1975 M. C. Higgins, the Great, by Virginia Hamilton
1974 The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox
1973 Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien
1971 Summer of the Swans, by Betsy Byars
1970 Sounder, by William H. Armstrong
1969 The High King, by Lloyd Alexander
1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg
1967 Up a Road Slowly, by Irene Hunt
1966 I, Juan de Pareja, by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
1965 Shadow of a Bull, by Maia Wojciechowska
1964 It’s Like This, Cat, by Emily Neville
1963 A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
1962 The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell
1960 Onion John, by Joseph Krumgold
1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare
1958 Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith
1957 Miracles on Maple Hill, by Virginia Sorenson
1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham
1955 The Wheel on the School, by Meindert DeJong
1954 …And Now Miguel, by Joseph Krumgold
1953 Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark
1952 Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes
1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates
1950 The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli
1949 King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry
1948 The Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pène du Bois
1947 Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1946 Strawberry Girl, by Lois Lenski
1945 Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson
1944 Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
1943 Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Gray Vining
1942 The Matchlock Gun, by Walter Edmonds
1941 Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry
1940 Daniel Boone, by James Daugherty
1939 Thimble Summer, by Elizabeth Enright
1938 The White Stag, by Kate Seredy
1937 Roller Skates, by Ruth Sawyer
1936 Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink
1935 Dobry, by Monica Shannon
1934 Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women, by Cornelia Meigs
1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
1932 Waterless Mountain, by Laura Adams Armer
1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven, by Elizabeth Coatsworth
1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field
1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow, by Eric P. Kelly
1928 Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
1927 Smoky the Cowhorse, by Will James
1926 Shen of the Sea, by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1925 Tales from Silver Lands, by Charles Finger
1924 The Dark Frigate, by Charles Hawes
1923 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting
1922 The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Complete Challenge List TBR

2007-07-15T16:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, so here it is, the full list of challenge books. Put this way, it's a lot of books and WHAT WAS I THINKING???

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (bookawards group book for April)
~~The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (bookawards group for May)~~
~~The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994 Newberry Winner and on my Dystopian Challenge list.)~~
~~Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (1990 Newberry Winner)~~
~~The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1979 Newberry Winner)~~
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (1977 Newberry Winner, Book Awards)
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (1967 Newberry Winner, Book Awards, Decades)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1963 Newberry Winner, Saturday Review, Book Awards)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (1959 Newberry Winner, Book Awards, Decades)
Brave New World by Huxley (Dystopian Challenge, Decades)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Dystopian Challenge, Saturday Review, Book Awards, Decades)
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhem (Dystopian Challenge)
Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro (Dystopian Challenge, Saturday Review, Decades)
1984 by Orwell (Dystopian Challenge)
Wicked by Gregory Maguire (TBR Challenge, Saturday Review)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (TBR Challenge, Book Awards)
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (TBR Challenge)
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (TBR Challenge)
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (TBR Challenge, Decades)
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (TBR Challenge)
The Eight by Katherine Neville (TBR Challenge)
~~Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner (TBR Challenge)~~
~~The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch by Marsha Moyer (TBR Challenge)~~
Sense and Sensability by Jane Austin (Saturday Review)
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (Book Awards, Southern)
Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt (Book Awards)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Book Awards)
The Road by McCarthy (Book Awards)
~~Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (Book Awards)~~
gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson (Southern)
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns (Southern)
The Little Prince by Antoine St. Exupery (Decades)

Alternates for Challenges:

Ella Minnow Pea by Dunn (TBR)
~~Lean Mean Thirteen by Evanovich~~ (Saturday Review)
Shakespeare's Landlord by Harris (Saturday Review)
My Sister's Keeper by Picoult (Saturday Review)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by See (Saturday Review)

Not on any challenge list, but on my original TBR list.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
Shakespeare's Counseler by Charlaine Harris
Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris
The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Book Across the States

2007-07-14T07:46:00.000-07:00

Bonnie is compiling a list of books for each state in the US. There is no time limit, no amount to be read, just a little list to keep up with. Who am I to deny the fun in this? I might as well keep a list too.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Books Read in 1999

2007-07-10T14:24:00.000-07:00

In 1999 we moved to Huntsville, AL. I took a job at Burritt on the Mountain. I was working full time. In August, we would start to play EverQuest and from August until December I don't think I read a single book. Hard to read when you're online from the minute you get home until 2 or 3 in the morning! Regardless, I think that in the first 8 months of 1999 I read more books than I have in any year since.

Books are in alphabetical order, not order read.

Daddy-Long-Legs
Anyone But You by Jennifer Cruise
A Bride for John by Trisha Alexander
Bit of a Gypsy by Shannon Anderson
Dance With the Devil by Leanne Banks
For the Love of Sin by Leanne Banks
More Than a Mistress by Leanne Banks
Fairest of the All by Leanne Banks
Date with Dr. Frankenstein by Leanne Banks
Expectant Father by Leanne Banks
Wife for a Day by Patti Berg
Lawless Man by Beverly
Kiss and Tell by Suzanne Brockmann
Forever Blue by Suzanne Brockmann
Prince Joe by Suzanne Brockmann
Harvard's Education by Suzanne Brockmann
Otherwise Engaged by Suzanne Brockmann
The Kissing Game by Suzanne Brockmann
Everyday, Average Jones by Suzanne Brockmann
Adam's Fall by Sandra Brown
Zoe and the Best Man by Carole Buck
Rings on her Fingers by Susan Connell
One Good Man by Kathleen Creighton
The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie
Sign Me, Speechless in Seattle by Dalton
First Impression by Margot Dalton
Perfect Partners by Karen Drogin
Back to the Bedroom by Janet Evanovich
Smitten by Janet Evanovich
Myth and the Magic by Christine Flynn
Jake's Mountain by Christine Flynn
Anything You Can Do by Roz Denny Fox
Talk to Me by Jan Freed
Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood
Ransom by Julie Garwood
The Secret by Julie Garwood
With All My Heart by Jo Goodman
My Reckless Heart by Jo Goodman
Send Me No Flowers by Trish Graves
For a Good Time Call... by Trish Graves
Slow Dance by Greene
Bachelor Mom by Greene
Unwilling Bride by Greene
Baby in his In-Box by Jennifer Greene
It Had to be You by Jennifer Greene
Dear Reader by Jennifer Greene
Body and Soul by Jennifer Greene
Breathless by Laura Lee Guhrke
Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag
In Our Dreams by Tami Hoag
Mackenzies by Linda Howard
Now You See Her by Linda Howard
Reforming of Matthew Dunn by Virginia Kantra
Passion of Patrick MacNeill by Virginia Kantra
Night Whispers by Leslie kelly
Four Men and a Lady by Alison Kent
Badge and the Baby by Alison Kent
The Heartbreak Kid by Alison Kent
Call Me by Alison Kent
Phoenix Rising by Mary Kirk
Miracles by Mary Kirk
The Mad, the Bad and the Innocent by Barbara Kirwin
Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas
Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
A Rose for Maggie by Kathleen Korbel
Stormy Challenge by Stephanie James
Pirate by Jayne Ann Krentz
Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz
Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz
Full Bloom by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Nine Dollar Daddy by Day LeClaire
Yours and Mine by Macomber
My Hero by Debbie Macomber
Dead Men Do Tell Tales by William Maples
If Wishes Were Horses by Curtiss Ann Matlock
Charming the Prince by Teresa Medeiros
Dragonbound by Carl Miller
Sizzle by Foster & Minger
Most Wanted Woman by Maggie Price
Desire by Amanda Quick
To Catch an Heiress by Julie Quinn
Daddy by Accident by Riggs
Conspiracy in Death by JD Robb
Silent Night by JD Robb
Holiday in Death by JD Robb
Vengenance in Death by JD Robb
Ceremony in Death by JD Robb
Rapture in Death by JD Robb
Immortal in Death by JD Robb
Glory in Death by JD Robb
Man for Amanda by Nora Roberts
Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts
Rising Tides by Nora Roberts
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
Mackenzie's Woman by JoAnn Ross
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
Summer Heat by Burford & Ryan
Burning Touch by Patricia Ryan
For the Thrill of it by Patricia Ryan
Man for Megan by Darlene Scalera
One Hot Summer by Suzanne Scott
Family for Carter Jones by Ana Seymour
Talk About Love by Deborah Shelley
Dear Miss Jones by Catherine Spencer
Isn't It Romantic by Rhonda Thompson
Operation Gigolo by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Pure Temptation by Vicki Lewis Thompson
The Clairvoyant by Marian Thurm
Some Kind of Magic by Theresa Weir
Long Night Moon by Theresa Weir
American Dreamer by Theresa Weir
Last Summer by Theresa Weir
Breaking the Rules by Ruth Wind
Jezebel's Blues by Ruth Wind
Miss Liz's Passion by Sherryl Woods
Natural Born Lawman by Sherryl Woods

Books Read in 1998

2007-07-10T13:57:00.000-07:00

I graduated from college in June 1998. I still had about 6 months to go in Auburn before my husband graduated, and I spent that time working full time at the bookstore.

Books are listed in alphabetical order, not order read.

The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham
Marry Me Christmas by Jo Ann Algermissen
A Precious Jewel by Mary Balogh
Thirty- Day Fiance by Leanne Banks
Wonderful by Jill Barnett
The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
The Surprise Baby by Nikki Benjamin
Fifty Ways to be Your Lover by Connie Bennett
Something Wicked by Jo Beverly
Baby Love by Toni Blair
A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt
Manhunting in Mississippi by Stephanie Bond
Littlest Marine by Maureen Child
Nine-Month Bride by Christenberry
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
Count Your Blessings by Kathy Clark
Willfully Wed by Judy Collins
How to Succeed at Love by Connell
Rebel's Spirit by Connell
Tall, Dark and Temporary by Susan Connell
Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell
Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson
First Class Father by Douglas
Dear Mr. Right by Jennifer Drew
Private Lives: Men and Women of the Fifties by Benita Eisler
Her Child's Father by Christine Flynn
From House Calls to Husband by Christine Flynn
Hannah and the Hellion by Christine Flynn
Tantalizing by Lori Foster
Outrageous by Lori Foster
Fantasy by Lori Foster
This Old Heart by Holly Fuhrmann
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Stree by Helene Hanff
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
How Much is that Couple in the Window? by Lori Herter
Falling for a Father of Four by Arlene James
Daddy by Destiny by Muriel Jensen
Daddy by Design by Muriel Jensen
Daddy by Default by Muriel Jensen
Headstrong Bride by Joan Johnston
The Disobedient Bride by Joan Johnston
Blue Christmas by Linda Jones
Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy
Love You Forever by Kaiser
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Tuesday's Knight by Kistler
Simple Gifts by Kathleen Korbel
Hidden Talents by Jayne Ann Krentz
Perfect Partners by Jayne Ann Krentz
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Two-week Wife by Miranda Lee
Cinderella and the Texas Prince by Lewis
adventurous Bride by Liholm
Brave the Wild Wind by Johanna Lindsey
Untamed by Elizabeth Lowell
Mr. December by Macallister
Dr. Texas by Debbie Macomber
Smoochin' Santa by Jule McBride
Crash Diet: Stories by Jill MCCorkle
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Cowboy Dad by Nicholas
The Promise of Jenny Jones by Maggie Osborne
The Cowboy's Ideal Wife by Victoria Pade
Baby Wishes and Bachelor Kisses by Valerie Parv
Regarding Rita by Pemberton
The Silent Cry by Anne Perry
Bibioholism by Tom Raabe
Naked in Death by JD Robb
Irish Thoroughbred by Nora Roberts
Cowboys, Babies and Shotgun Vows by Goodyear Rogers
There Goes the Bride by Roszel
In Hot Pursuit by Patricia Ryan
Ruined by Reading by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
The Struggle for Black Equality by Harvard Sitkoff
Not Looking for a Texas Man by Lass Small
Death Turns a Trick by Julie Smith
Rafe's Revenge by Stuart
Baby Boom by Peg Sutherland
It's Only Temporary by Cathy Gillen Thacker
Dad on the Job by Linda Varner
Crazy Ladies: A Novel by Michael Lee West
Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White
Male for Sale by Steve White
Six Foot One Inch Grinch by Tiffany White
The Santa Suit by Whittenburg
Night by Elie Wiesel
She's Having His Baby by Wisdom
Cowgirl and the Unexpected Wedding by Sherryl Woods
Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto

Saturday Review of Books Challenge

2007-07-05T08:44:00.000-07:00

Well. I just said, not even a week ago, that I wasn't going to join any other challenges until I finished one. I clearly remember myself saying that. But what's a goal for if not to be broken?

Semicolon is hosting a challenge for her Saturday Review of Books blog. The goal is to read 6 books that have been reviewed for the Saturday Review by the end of 2007. As you review each book you should go back and link it at the Review. Sounds easy enough? I went and reviewed the list to choose from, and wouldn't you know it, there are tons of books on there that are already on my TBR list! In fact, enough of them are on my other challenge lists that I'm really not adding many books at all to my challenges. How can I not sign up?

Here's my six:

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Also on my Dystopian list)
Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro (ditto)
Wicked by Maguire (Also on my TBR Challenge list)
A Wrinkle in Time by L'Engle (on my Newbery list)
Sense and Sensibility by Austen (not on any list, but coming to my Inbox daily courtesy of http://www.dailylit.com/)
~~A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseni~~ (also not on any list, but a recent gift)

Alternates:

Ella Minnow Pea by Dunn (TBR challenge alternative)
~~Lean Mean Thirteen by Evanovich~~ (I already have this one, I can't imagine I won't get it read before the end of the year. It's the one series I'm actually current on.)
Shakespeare's Landlord by Harris (in the TBR)
My Sister's Keeper by Picoult (Not on any list, but my best friend Gina recently sent it to me with glowing reviews)
The Road by McCarthy (on my Book Awards Challenge list)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by See (in the TBR)

Book Awards Reading Challenge

2007-06-05T05:36:00.001-07:00

Ok, just ONE more challenge. Then I'm done. Actually, this one is so easy it doesn't even hardly count. The Books Awards Reading Challenge is hosted by 3M and the goal is to read 12 award winning books between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. Books CAN overlap with other challenges, which means my list is mostly made already! Just a handful more and a full year to add them, I think this should work out just fine. As a bonus, I don't have to have my full list now, so I can add things from other, TBD, challenges later.

Here's what I've got so far:

~~Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Newbery 1990)~~
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor (Newbery 1977)
Up A Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (Newbery 1967)
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine D'Engle (Newbery 1963)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear (Newbery 1960)
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty (Pulitzer 1973)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Orange Prize 2002)(PEN/Faulker 2002)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Governor General's Award 1985)
Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (Man Booker 1990) (not on any other challenge, but on my shelves)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Pulitzer 2003) (ditto)
The Road - Cormac McCarthy (Pulitzer 2007) (not on another challenge, but feels like something I should read.)
~~Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling~~ (British Book Award 2006)

Ok, there's my first 12. I've only added 3 that aren't already on another challenge. Now here's the best part- there are PRIZES- credits from paperbackswap! Woohoo! The more books you read, the more chances you have to win. I'm in it to win it!

3M has set up a nice little blog for this challenge, so come by and sign up- Books Awards Reading Challenge.

Southern Reading Challenge

2007-06-01T16:29:00.000-07:00

Maggie over at Maggie Reads is hosting a Southern Reading Challenge this summer. After much deliberation I have decided on my three choices, and they are:

1. gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
2. The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
3. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

All three of these are on my bookshelf already, so I can dive right in.

By the Decades Challenge

2007-04-28T06:27:00.000-07:00

It has been pointed out to me that I can join this challenge without adding any more books to my list! So how could I not?

Here's my list:

2000s-Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro
~~1990s-The Giver by Lois Lowry~~
~~1970s- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin~~
1980s- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1960s- Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
1950s- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
1940s- The Little Prince by Antoine St. Exupery
1930s- Brave New World by Huxley
1920s- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

I have already read The Little Prince half a dozen times. This is my very favorite book, and when I saw it was written in the 40s I couldn't resist adding it. Perhaps it does not qualify for the challenge as I have read it, in which Animal Farm is also from the 40s. There are actually lots of great novels from the 40s that I could have added- Gigi (which I have), Cheaper By the Dozen, The Heart of the Matter, The Pearl, Cannery Row, Stuart Little. I'm going with The Little Prince because it's my favorite.

Reading the lists on wikipedia sure does make me want to read a lot of classics that I never got around to. There are just so many good books out there, and not enough time in my life to read them all.

Newbery Challenge

2007-04-20T16:06:00.000-07:00

I've decided to join the Newbery Challenge. This challenge runs May 15- December 31, 2007.

I'm not sure where I'll find the time to read them, but I can't help myself. I figure just entering the challenge will have me reading at least a couple books I'd otherwise skip over. I had a really hard time choosing as so many of them brought back memories for me. I managed to only pick one that I had read before (#6). Here's my list:

1. ~~The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994 Newbery Winner and on my Dystopian Challenge list.)~~
2. ~~Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (1990 Newbery Winner)~~
3. ~~The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (1979)~~
4. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
5. Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt (1967)
6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1963)
7. (alternate title) The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (1959)

Dystopian Challenge

2007-04-08T20:22:00.000-07:00

For a list of participants, see this post on my main blog.

In case you missed the first post, the rules were as follows:

Pick any number of books you wish to read that fall into the Utopia/Dystopia genre.
They do not have to be books you've never read, but hopefully they aren't books you last week.
Challenge is open now, and will last until November 6th.

I followed that up with post #2, which has some lists of books and links to lists.

A couple of brave souls actually agreed to play along with me! Ok, so there aren't many, but at least I'm not alone. I plan to convince my husband to join in too. I had a hard time narrowing down my list, without it being the first 5 books listed. I think I have it now though.<

~~The Giver~~ ~~by Lois Lowry.~~ (I really want to read Lowry's Number the Stars too, but it doesn't fit the challenge. Or really, any of her books. )
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. (I read this in 10th grade and loved it so much. It was the first books that really made me *think*. Then I had to do a presentation to my class, much of which revolved around sex and drugs, and I was mortified.)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. (I've also read this before, but I'd like to read it again as an adult and mother.)
Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm. (Susan at West of Mars keeps recommending it, so I chose it.)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. (This one was on the list at wikipedia and looks interesting.)
Either Animal Farm or 1984 by Orwell. I have not decided which yet.

New Author Challenge

2007-03-02T19:05:00.000-08:00

I signed up to participate in the 2007 New Author Challenge over at Paperbackswap.com . The idea is that you read 26 new-to-you authors in one year.

LAST UPDATED 5/9/07
Currently 12 of 26

A- Sufficient Grace by Darnell Arnoult
B- Try by Lily Burana -2/3/07 (Amazon.com link)
Statements by Amy Borkowsky- 3/10/07
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - 3/30/07
C- Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot -1/18/07
D-
E-I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron- 3/2/07
F-
G- Waiting: The True Confessions Of A Waitress by Debra Ginsberg- 1/4/07 (Amazon.com link)
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J- Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner- 5/8/07
K- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss- 2/19/2007
L- The Giver by Lois Lowry 5/7/07
M-Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes- 3/7/07
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R- Ill Wind by Rachel Caine 1/25/07
S- Something From the Nightside by Simon R. Green 2/5/07
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V- Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn 4/28/07
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Z- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

TBR Challenge

2007-02-23T12:03:00.000-08:00

I signed up to participate in the TBR (to be read) challenge. Like a lot of bookish people, I have a lot of books that I've never gotten around to reading. Some of these books have been following me around for, uh, years. Some of them I got last summer, or last week, but there's always something more pressing when I go to select a new book. Yesterday I found a link to the challenge here.

The rules of the challenge:
1. Pick 12 books that have been on the TBR pile (or in my case, piles) for more than 6 months.
2. Read one book a month in 2007, until the list is gone.
3. It is permissable to have an "extra credit" list of alternates, in case the original twelve aren't doing it for you.

Here's my list, in no particular order, (crossed off books have been read):

~~Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury~~
~~Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes~~
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
The Eight by Katherine Neville
~~Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner~~
~~The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch by Marsha Moyer~~
~~Try by Lily Burana~~

My "Extra Credit"
Toddler Edited by Jennifer Margulis
~~The Imperfect Mom Edited by Therese J. Borchard~~
Katherine by Anya Seton
The Makeup Girl by Andrea Semple
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
The Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
The Shadow of the Wind by Carols Ruiz Zafon
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Books Read in 1997

2006-07-01T15:22:00.000-07:00

In March of 1997 I got married. We were still in school, I still worked at the bookstore. Not much else really changed that year.

Books are listed in alphabetical order, not in order read.

Needed: One Dad by Allen
Baby Business by Launius Anthony
Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections by Robert Asprin
Unnatural Death by Michael Baden
Range of Motion by Elizabeth Berg
Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg
Annie Says I Do by Carole Buck
Boss Man by Linda Cajio
A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark
Right Chest, Wrong Name by Judy Collins
Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell
From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell
The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell
Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell
All that Remains by Patricia Cornwell
Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell
Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell
The Wyndham Legacy by Catherine Coulter
The Last Hotel for Women by Vicki Covington
Wedding Fever by Susan Crosby
And Baby Makes Six by Pamela Dalton
Family Addition by Daniels
Dream Comes True by Barbara Delinsky
Sweet Ember by Barbara Delinsky
The Woolfold Tragedy by Carolyn Deloach
You're What? by Anne Eames
Christmas Magic by Edwards
My Story by Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York
Bachelor Next Door by Garbera
Come the Spring by Julie Garwood
One Red Rose by Julie Garwood
One White Rose by Julie Garwood
One Pink Rose by Julie Garwood
The Secret by Julie Garwood
Lady on Top by Gill
Daniel and Daughter by Lucy Gordon
200% Wife by Jennifer Greene
Small Miracles by Yitta Halberstam
Lawman's Legacy by Halldorson
The Cop and the Mother-to-be by Charlotte Hughes
Most Wanted Dad by James
Simplify Your Life by Elaine St. James
Daddy in Demand by Muriel Jensen
Beauty and the Beasts by Janice Kay Johnson
Love Me Forever by Johanna Lindsey
One Night by Debbie Macomber
Girl of His Dreams by Susan Mallery
All the Winters That Have Been by Evan Maxwell
The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken
Thief of Hearts by Teresa Medeiros
The Juicy Parts by Jack Mingo
A Gift For Baby by Raye Morgan
Instant Dad by Raye Morgan
Baby Dreams by Raye Morgan
TUrning Stone by Marc Parent
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
Babyhood by Paul Reiser
For the Baby's Sake by Christine Rimmer
Finders Keepers by Sharon Sala
Heartbreak Hotel by Anne Rivers Siddons
Wedding Rings and Baby Things by Southwick
Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Mommy School by Jennifer Taylor
Mr. Valentine by Thompson
Struck with You by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Chore Wars by James Thornton
Plain Jane Gets Her Man by Wells
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
Ooh Baby Baby by Diana Whitney
Fifty-Cent Groom by Whittenburg
It Could Happen to You by Gina Wilkins
The Father Next Door by Gina Wilkins
Littlest Angel by Sherryl Woods

Books Read in 1996

2006-07-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

In 1996 I was still attending Auburn University. I turned 21 that year. I was working at a bookstore full time and attending school full time as well. I tried out for college Jeopardy that year (didn't make it) and apparently the Chicken Soup for the Soul books were popular. I took a Children's Literature class in college, but we mostly stuck to the classics.

Books are listed in alphabetical order, not order read.

Babies by the Busload by ?
Warning! Cute Kid Stories Ahead! by ?
Girl Next Door by Jim Alexander
A Baby for Rebecca by Trisha Alexander
I Do? by Jo Ann Algermissen
Barefoot in the Grass by Judith Arnold
Married to the Man by Judith Arnold
More of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story by Paul Aurandt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Annie Says I Do by Carole Buck
They Cage the Animals at Night by Michael Burch Jennings
America's Dumbest Criminals by Daniel Butler
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul by Jack Canfield
Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work by Jack Canfield
Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
Alice and the Gunfighter by Ann Carberry
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Dates & Other Nuts by Copeland
The Meaning of Life by William Davis
The Dream Unfolds by Barbara Delinksy
Interpretation of Life by Will and Ariel Durant
The Baby Contract: 9 Months Later by Lynn Erickson
Jake's Mountain by Christine Flynn
New Bride in Town by Frazier
The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood
For the Roses by Julie Garwood
The Prize by Julie Garwood
Saving Grace by Julie Garwood
Castles by Julie Garwood
The Secret by Julie Garwood
The Gift by Julie Garwood
There's Something About the Nanny by Gill
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
Beauty and the Beast by Hannah Howell
Just One Kiss by Samantha James
The Girls in the Back of the Class by LouAnne Johnson
Captive by Joan Johnston
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Right to Live: The Right to Die by C Everett Koop
Hometown Wedding by Lane
Angel by Johanna Lindsey
Gentle Rouge by Johanna Lindsey
Tender Rebel by Johanna Lindsey
Love Only Once by Johanna Lindsey
Only Love by Elizabeth Lowell
Only You by Elizabeth Lowell
OnlyHis by Elizabeth Lowell
Only Mine by Elizabeth Lowell
Bedded Bliss by Heather MacAllister
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
Babies and Blue Eyed Man by Mackenzie
Annie in the Morning by Matlock
Thief of Hearts by Teresa Medeiros
Expecting: Baby by Jennifer Mikels
For All Eternity by Linda Lael Miller
Smart Schools by David Perkins
Father of Her Child by Joan Elliot Pickart
Swamp Fire by Potter
The Bartered Bride by Cheryl Reavis
The Love Letter by Cathleen Schine
Breathe, Little Boy, Breathe! by Stephen Seager
I'm Gonna Get You by Ellen Small
Stranger in Texas by Lass Small
Sheriff's Proposal by Tom Smith
Groom and A Promise by Tom Smith
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
The Soldier and the Baby by Anne Stuart
Daddy Christmas by Thacker
Sweet Texas Surrender by Victoria Thompson
The Faery Bride by Lisa Ann Verge
Nine Months Later by Mary Anne Wilson
Kit and the Cowboy by Winters
The Bride Did What?! by Martha A Woodham
The Rancher and His Unexpected Daugher by Sherryl Woods
The Cowboy and His Baby by Sherryl Woods
Caught in Crystal by Patricia C Wrede

Books Read in 1995

2006-06-04T13:07:00.000-07:00

In March of 1995 I moved into my first apartment. I was still in school at Auburn and was not yet working full time. I read a lot of books that year, a majority of which were romances.

Books are listed in author order, not in order read.

The Little Prince
Girl Next Door by Jim Alexander
This Child is Mine by Trisha Alexander
Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson
Sweet Myth-Tery of Life by Robert Asprin
At the Midnight Hour by Alicia Scott
Fifty Ways to be Your Lover by Connie Bennett
The Perfect Father by Elizabeth Beverly
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast by Lilian Jackson Braun
Charade by Sandra Brown
Single Female (Seeks... Reluctantly) by Browning
Annie Says I Do by Caroline Buck (still one of my favorite Silhouette romances. I re-read it last year!)
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Snagged by Carol Higgins Clark
Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark
The Lottery Winner by Mary Higgins Clark
Nanny and the Professor by Clayton
Alpine Escape by Mary Daheim
The Rancher and the Redhead by Suzannah Davis
Miracle Baby by Delacorte
Mother at Heart by Robin Elliot
Logan's Bride by Christine Flynn
Father's Wish by Christine Flynn
Jake's Mountain by Christine Flynn (first reading of many)
Secret Baby by Frazier
Prince Charming by Julie Garwood
Drop in Bride by St George
Single Dad by Jennifer Greene
The Rainmaker by John Grisham
Death Be Not Proud by John J Gunther
Bride and the Baby by Halldorson
The Sunflower Forest by Torey Hayden (Torey Hayden made me want a career in special eduation. A week visiting in a classroom changed my mind.)
Just Another Kid by Torey Hayden
The Tiger's Child by Torey Hayden
Ghost Girl by Torey Hayden
Murphy's Boy by Torey Hayden
Somebody Else's Kids by Torey Hayden
One Child by Torey Hayden (the first one of her's I read)
James Herriot's Cat Stories by James Herriot
The Odyssey by Homer
The Cop and the Mother To Be by Charlotte Hughes
Man, Woman and Child by Bobby Hutchinson
A Room for the Dead by Noel Hynd
Cowboy Homecoming by Ingrahm
A Convenient Arrangement by Janeway
The Key to Midnight by Dean Koontz
The Vision by Dean Koontz
Grace by Robert Lacey
The 13th Juror by John Lescroart
Prime Witness by Steve Martini
Wanted Wife and Mother by Barbara McMahon
Baby talk by Julianna Morria
Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
Case of the Maybe Babies by Victoria Pade
The Fire in Autumn by Delia Parr
A Perfect Surprise by Caroline Peak
Whispers by Belva Plain
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Jacob's Girls by Tara Taylor Quinn
Sunshine and the Shadowmaster by Rimmer
Cat's Cradle by Rimmer
For the Baby's Sake by Christine Rimmer
Undying Laughter by Roberts
Unlawfully Wedded by Roberts
Unspoken Confessions by Roberts
Flame by Evelyn Rogers
Make-Believe Marriage by Renee Roszel
Another Man's Wife by Dallas Schulze
What She Did on Her Summer Vacation by Tracy Sinclair
Throne of Isis by Judith Tarr
Fortune's Lady by Victoria Thompson
Bold Texas Embrace by Victorian Thompson
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Three for the Road by Shannon Waverly
Cody's Fiancee by Gina Ferris Wilkins
Mommy Heiress by Linda Randall Wisdom
The Basement by Bari Wood
Christmas Blessing by Sherryl Woods
Finally a Bride by Sherryl Woods

Books Read in 1994

2006-06-04T12:49:00.000-07:00

1994 was the second half of my first year of college. That summer I transferred from UNA to Auburn. That year my roommate and I joined a book of the month club. I can still tell you which ones of these came from them and can picture their smaller size.

Books are listed in author order, not order read.

Coming up Roses by Catherine Anderson
Captive Heart by Patti Beckman
Fifty Ways to Be Your Lover by Connie Bennett
Act of Will by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Everything to Gain by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Finding Daddy by ? Christenberry
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark
I'll Be Seeing You by Mary Higgins Clark
Remember Me by MaryHiggins Clark
Shogun by James Clavell
Rafferty's Angel by Caroline Cross
A Season in Purgatory by Dominick Dunne
Glorious Dawn by Dorothy Garlock
Saving Grace by Julie Garwood
The Secret by Julie Garwood
Baby Makes Three by ? Goldrick
The Chamber by John Grisham
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Snowbird by Stef Ann Holm
Masque of Sapphire by Deana James
Two for the Heart by Neels & James
Someone to Watch Over Me by Kenner
Finn's Angel by Kistler
The Door to December by Dean R Koontz
The Funhouse by Dean R Koontz
Feathers and Lace by Leabo
Cruisin' Mr. Diamond by John Leslie
Gone, But Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin
Fortune's Cookie by Martin
Undue Influence by Steve Martini
Wrong Wife? by McBride
Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Masque of Jade by Emma Merritt
Teddy Bear Heir by Minger
Amber, Sing Softly by Joan Elliot Pickart
The End of Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher
Desires Dawning by Marjorie Price
Couplehood by Paul Reiser
Taltos by Anne Rice
Lasher by Anne Rice
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Independence! by Dana Fuller Ross
Sein Language by Jerry Seinfield
The Brainy Beauty by Suzanne Simms
Blaze Wyndham by Bertrice Small
Buried Lives by Nancy Star
Heartbeat by Danielle Steele
Winds of Promise by Victoria Thompson
Wild Texas Wind by Victoria Thompson
Winds of Destiny by Victoria Thompson
Guardian Angel by Linda Winstead
Dead Eyes by Stuart Woods

Books Read in 1993

2006-06-04T12:32:00.000-07:00

1993 was the year I graduated from high school, so these books will cover the last half of my senior year and the first semester of college. This is the first year that I kept track of my books.

Please note, these books are listed in author order, not order read.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Lady in Love by Cynthia Bailey-Pratt
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Sand Dollar by Bethany Campbell
Shotgun Bride by Ann Carberry
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark (my first MHC, I read this on the plane from Vienna back home!)
Mindbend by Robin Cook
Congo by Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (I read this because my friend Gina had to. She did not read it. I loved it.)
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Why me? The Story of Jenny by Patricia Dizenzo
Arrangement with a Rebel by Anne Marie Duguette
Sunburst by Suzanne Ellison
The Land of Maybe by Sandra Field
Castles by Julie Garwood
The Secret by Julie Garwood
Gentle Warrior by Julie Garwood
Rebellious Desire by Julie Garwood
The Gift by Julie Garwood
G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
Seven Brides: Rose by Leigh Greenwood
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
Where the Heart is by Robin Lee Hatcher
Ariel Custer by Grace Livingston Hill
Texas Gold by Joan Hohl
Love Your Emeny by Elle James
The Mask by Dean Koontz
The Voice of the Night by Dean Koontz
Remember When by Anne Lawrence
Haunted Summer by Joanna Mansell
Moonlight Dream by ? McCue
Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
Whisper of Roses by Teresa Medeiros
Forever and the Night by Linda Lael Miller
Michael's Wife by Tracy Morgan (this is the very first book listed in all my journals. I am not married to a Michael.)
A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul
Birthright by Julia Quinn
Love Story by Erich Segal
Forbidden Desires by Rebecca Sinclair
Blaze Wyndham by Bertrice Small
Tweed by Ellen Small
His Woman by Jessica Steele
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Reversible Error by Robert K Tanenbaum
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams