This year I started something new. I've actually been keeping track of all the books I've read during the year in a Word document.
Innovative, right?! Ha! Between books purchased, checked out from the library, or loaned to me by friends, it was always so difficult to remember everything I'd read during the year and I knew it was incomplete come December. This past January, I changed all that - I started a Word document and have been listing them as one of my yearly goals. :-)
My good friend Caroline Rose recently posted her list here at her blog, Caroline by Line.http://carolinebyline.blogspot.com/2012/10/2012-reading-update_12.html
She and I intersect with many titles and lately we've discussed some of our favorites, which is always fun and enlightening.
Here's mine - so far. I have 35 sitting in huge piles waiting for me. With more looming on the horizon since I have about 8 books on Hold at the library.
Total so Far this year: 74 Books!
Children’s
& YA Novels:
Glory
Be
by Augusta Scattergood
The
Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Trapped
by Michael Northrop
May
B
by Caroline Starr Rose
A
Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Under
the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
The
Visconti House by Elsbeth Edgar
Eight
Keys by Suzanne LeFleur
Amelia
Earhart by Candace Fleming
Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes by Auxier
The
Trouble with May Amelia by Jennifer Holm
The
Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell
How
to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Tuesdays
at the Castle by Jessica Day George
Variant
by Robison Wells
The
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Crossing
the Wire by Will Hobbs
Ninth
Ward
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Miles
from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams
Girls Don’t Fly Kristin Chandler
The
Humming Room by Ellen Potter
Starters
by Lissa Price
With
a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo
Sean
Grisham’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt
Slayers by C. J. (Janette Rallison)
Shifting
by Bethany Wiggins
Legend
by
Marie Lu
Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The
One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
Bigger
Than a Breadbox by Laurel Snyder
Where
Things Come Back, John Corey Whaley
What
Happened on Fox Street? Tricia Springstubb
Tighter
by Adele Griffin
Chime by Franny Billinsgly
Shine
by Lauren Myracle
Grave
Mercy by R.L. LeFevers
The
False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The
Wild Queen Carolyn Meyer
Keeping
the Castle by Patrice Kindle
Desert
Angel by Charlie Price
Daughter
of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Leisl
and Po by Lauren Oliver
Across
the Universe by Beth Revis
Summer of
the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker
Breaking
Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin
Sixty-Eight
Rooms by Marianne Malone
Iva
Honeysuckle by Candice Ransom
Cleopatra’s
Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Three
Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Small
Damages by Beth Kephart
The Secret
Tree by Natalie Standiford
Don’t Look
Behind You by Michelle Gagnon
Skylark
by Meagan Spooner
My Mixed-Up Blueberry Summer by Jennifer Gennari
Non-Fiction
Books:
7
Miracles that Saved America by Todd Stewart
7
Miracles that Saved the World by by Chris and Todd Stewart
America’s
Hope by Douglas Brinley
Growing
up Amish by Ira Wagler
Heaven
is For Real by Todd Burpo
The
Writer’s Book of Hope by Ralph Keys
The Bedouin
by Jamail Jabbar
Bedouins
of the Desert by Alan Keohane
Belly
Dance by Wendy Bonaventura
Lehi’s Journey by Lynn and Hope Hilton
Jordan,
Past and Present by E. Borgia
Arabian
Travels by Wilford Thesiger
Travels
in Arabia Deserta by Charles Doughty
The
Shallows: How the Internet is Transforming our Brains
Outliers by
Malcom Gladwell
Adult
Novels:
Rebecca’s
Tale
by Sally Beauman
The
Dressmakers Daughter by Kate Alcott
Sister
by
Rosamund Lipton
The
Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler
State of
Wonder by Anne Patchett