The one goal I did get close to accomplishing was the reading of 100 books. I decided to do this when a friend mentioned how she had to read 100 books in a semester for a Children's Literature class. I believe about twenty of them had to be what the education world calls "chapter books," and the rest could be picture books or non-fiction titles. I thought, "Huh! I bet I could read 100 books, but all of them chapter books. Remember that one time I read 10 books in a week?" Arrogant, wasn't I? It came to bite me in the end, don't worry. I somehow forgot to account for the fact that I now have three kids to raise and a house to clean and clean and clean again. And perhaps I didn't realize how much time I waste on TV and internet usage. By November I was scrambling to read one or two books a day and neglecting most of my other responsibilities. So all in all, I only read 97 books and a few dozen I am embarrassed to have counted because they were so short, but oh well.
Here they are in chronological order:
1- Viking Ships at Sunrise by Mary Pope Osborne
2- Vacation under a Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne
3- Lions at Lunchtime by Mary Pope Osborne
4- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
5- Good Morning, Gorillas by Mary Pope Osborne
6- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
7- Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne
8- Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
9- Tigers at Twilight by Mary Pope Osborne
10- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
11- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
12- Papa Married a Mormon by John D Fitzgerald
13- Mamma’s Boarding House by John D Fitzgerald
14- On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
15- Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne
16- A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
17- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
18- Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
19- Best Shorts: favorite short stories for sharing selected by Avi
20- Shopaholic takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
21- The Book of Mormon
22- Born Standing Up (Audio CD) by Steve Martin
23- The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
24- The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
25- Night of the New Magicians by Mary Pope Osborne
26- Night of the Ninjas by Mary Pope Osborne
27- The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
28- The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
29- Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne
30- Dark Day in the Deep Sea by Mary Pope Osborne
31- A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
32- Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne
33- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
34- The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
35- The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
36- Lucinda’s Secret by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
37- The Ironwood Tree by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
38- The Wrath of Mulgarath by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
39- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
40- Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
41- Charlie Bone and the Time Twister by Jenny Nimmo
42- Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo
43- Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors by Jenny Nimmo
44- Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne
45- Charlie Bone and the Hidden King by Jenny Nimmo
46- Charlie Bone and the Beast by Jenny Nimmo
47- Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimmo
48- Charlie Bone and the Red Knight by Jenny Nimmo
49- Season of the Sandstorms by Mary Pope Osborne
50- Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff
51- Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
52- Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
53- A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
54- Twister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne
55- The Nixie’s Song by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
56- A Giant Problem by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
57- The Wyrm King by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
58- Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
59- Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
60- Sundays at Tiffany’s by James Patterson
61 – The Wednesday Letters by Jason F Wright
62- The Robe by Lloyd C Douglas
63- The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
64- Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne
65- Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
66- Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne
67- Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne
68- Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer
69- The Time Thief by Linda Buckley-Archer
70- The Time Quake by Linda Buckley-Archer
71- Parrot & Olivier in America by Peter Carey
72- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
73- Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
74- River Secrets by Shannon Hale
75- Forest Born by Shannon Hale
76- Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
77- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
78- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
79- Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent
80- The Book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup
81- Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
82- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
83- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
84- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
85- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
86- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
87- The Not-So-Jolly Roger by Jon Scieszka
88- The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
89- The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
90- The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
91- A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
92- The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
93- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
94- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
95- The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty G. Birney
96- Oh Say, I Can’t See by Jon Scieszka
97- Polar Bears Past Bedtime by Mary Pope Osborne
I'm afraid if I add commentary or recommendations this post will be a mile long so perhaps if you are interested in any additional info you could comment and I will write more as necessary.
Happy Reading!
I say count it. 97 is darn close to 100 and if your year was crazy, you deserve a little buffer room. I still haven't read Mockingjay because I rarely buy books and I'm at the bottom of the reserve list at the library. Was it as violent as I've heard?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed looking through these. Did you love Papa Married a Mormon or what? That's one of my favorites. How did you like the Attolia series? And how about the Time Travelers series?
ReplyDeleteCamille - Melanie has Mockingjay if you want to borrow it and I didn't think it was any more violent than the first one, well maybe a little. I cringed through the entire first part of Hunger Games wondering why I was even reading these books but they turned out to be pretty good.
ReplyDeleteBridget - I did love Papa Married a Mormon, thanks for blogging about it so I could discover it! I liked "The Thief" the best in the Attolia series; I thought it could have been a stand alone book, but I guess there aren't too many of those these days. And I enjoyed the Time Travelers series too, I'm thinking about reading to my husband.
I say 97 is pretty amazing!! You are awesome!
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