reading list 2007

total pages: 13257 (9080 new)

new books: 28
Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed
George Saunders, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Charles Dickens, Hard Times
Benjamin Barber, Jihad vs. McWorld
Alfie Kohn, No Contest
Diana Wynn Jones, Howl's Moving Castle
Cornelia Funke, The Thief Lord
Ian Falconer, Olivia Forms a Band
W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
Cornelia Funke, Inkspell
Peggy Ratham, Goodnight Gorilla
Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
Elizabeth Enright, The Saturdays
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow
Steven Levitt, Freakonomics
Katherine Hannigan, Ida B.
Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness
Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
Michael Ende, Momo
Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Malcolm Gladwell, Blink
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Gennifer Choldenko, Notes from a Liar and Her Dog
Debra Ginsberg, Waiting
Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Nora Ephron, I Feel Bad About My Neck
Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

re-reads: 10
C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Carolyn Keene, The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock
Carolyn Keene, The Bungalow Mystery

(on my list of books to read are an additional 169 books totaling 53,612 pages. I want to get 30 of them done this year, at bare minimum.)

reading list 2006

total new books: 26 (including 5 picture books)
total pages: 8851 (7035 new pages)

cornelia funke, inkheart
tom stoppard, rosencrantz & guildenstern are dead
christopher paolini, eragon
salman rushdie, the satanic verses
michael crichton, jurassic park
john h. groberg, the other side of heaven
l.m. montgomery, anne's house of dreams
eva ibbotson, journey to the river sea
eva ibbotson, island of the aunts
m.t. anderson, whales on stilts!
michael hoeye, time stops for no mouse
edward eager, half magic
gaston leroux, the phantom of the opera
elizabeth enright, gone-away lake
eva ibbotson, the star of kazan
tracy chevalier, girl with a pearl earring
leon garfield, smith
susanna clarke, jonathan strange & mr. norrell
l.m. montgomery, anne of ingleside
l.m. montgomery, rainbow valley
l.m. montgomery, rilla of ingleside

kenneth grahame, the reluctant dragon
anne mazer, the salamander room
jan slepian, the cat who wore a pot on her head
diane siebert, train song
michael rosen, we're going on a bear hunt

re-reads: 4

richard peck, a long way from chicago
c.s. lewis, the great divorce
j.k. rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix
j.k. rowling, harry potter and the half-blood prince

reading list 2005

total new books: 57 (including 12 picture books)
total pages: 19903 (12843 new pages)

Cathy Day, The Circus in Winter
Wendelin Van Draanen, Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle
Piers Anthony with Robert Kornwise, Through the Ice
Pat O'shea, The Hounds of the Morrigan
Alexander Mccall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
E. Nesbit, The Wouldbegoods
Kate Dicamillo, The Tale of Desperaux
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, The Great Chicken Debacle
Carl Hiaasen, Hoot
Roald Dahl, Matilda
Michael A. Stackpole, The Grand Crusade
Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons
Diane Wynne Jones, Cart and Cwidder
Louis L'amour, Milo Talon
Wendelin Van Draanen, Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary
Sharon Creech, Ruby Holler
Ema Mclaughlin & Nicola Kraus, The Nanny Diaries: A Novel
Jerry Spinelli, Wringer
Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Jerry Spinelli, Loser
Kevin Henkes, Olive's Ocean
C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
P.G. Wodehouse, Three Men and A Maid
Louis Sachar, The Boy Who Lost His Face
Wendelin Van Draanen, Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy
Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
E. Nesbit, Five Children and It
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer
Louise Rennison, Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
Gennifer Choldenko, Al Capone Does My Shirts
Megan Mcdonald, Judy Moody
Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue
Jeanne Duprau, The City of Ember
Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Dodi Smith, I Capture the Castle
Carlo Collodi, Pinnochio
Mark Haddon, The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl
Carolyn Parkhurst, The Dogs of Babel

Munro Leaf, The Story of Ferdinand
Judith Viorst, The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Chris Van Allsburg, The Wreck of the Zephyr
Brock Cole, Fair Monaco
Daniel Pinkwater, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Sharon Creech, Love That Dog
Jon J Muth, Zen Shorts
Peter H. Reynolds, The Dot
Esphyr Slobodinka, Caps For Sale
Chris Van Allsburg, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon
Russell Hoban, A Birthday for Frances

re-reads: 25

Frances Hodges Burnett, The Secret Garden
Carolyn F. Logan, The Power of the Rellard
Madeleine L'engle, A Ring of Endless Light
Lois Lowry, The Giver
Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy
E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Madeleine L'engle, Troubling a Star
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
Kenneth Grahame, Wind in the Willows
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea
Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
Patricia Mckillip, Song for the Basilisk
Kate Dicamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Richard Adams, Watership Down
Lloyd Alexander, The Book of Three
Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Ill-Made Mute
Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Lady of the Sorrows
Richard Peck, A Long Way From Chicago
C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
William Pene Du Bois, The Twenty-One Balloons
Beverly Cleary, The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Peter H. Reynolds, Ish

reading list 2004

total books: 66 (44 new, including 6 picture books)
total pages: 17,292 (10,758 new)

new books

l.m. montgomery, anne of the island
l.m. montgomery, anne of windy willows
michael a. stackpole, fortress draconis
boyd k. packer, the holy temple
michael a. stackpole, when dragons rage
roald dahl, the witches
lionel davidson, under plum lake
e. nesbit, the story of the treasure seekers
richard a. knaak, the legend of huma
eoin colfer, artemis fowl
nancy varian berberick, stormblade
patricia mckillip, song for the basilisk
louis l'amour, bowdrie
gene brewer, k-pax
vivian vande velde, the rumpelstiktskin problem
alexandre dumas, the count of monte cristo [abridged]
gordon b. hinckley, standing for something
patricia mckillip, winter rose
jonathan swift, gulliver's travels
louis l'amour, reilly's luck
cecilia dart-thornton, the ill-made mute
cecilia dart-thornton, the lady of the sorrows
cecilia dart-thornton, the battle of evernight
owen wister, the virginian
margaret maron, up jumps the devil [audiobook]
barry lopez, crossing open ground
terry tempest williams, an unspoken hunger
leslie marmon silko, storyteller
robert mcdowell, ed., cowboy poetry matters
james galvin, the meadow
richard peck, a long way from chicago
teresa jordan, riding the white horse home
richard peck, a year down yonder
kate dicamillo, because of winn-dixie
jerry spinelli, stargirl
mitch albom, the five people you meet in heaven
kate dicamillo, the tiger rising
patricia wrede and caroline stevermer, sorcery & cecelia

picture books

caralyn buehner, fanny's dream
crockett johnson, harold and the purple crayon
eric carle, the grouchy ladybug
judith viorst, super-completely and totally the messiest
john lithgow, micawber
antoine de saint-exupéry, the little prince [english translation]

re-reads

lloyd alexander, the high king
j.k. rowling, harry potter and the chamber of secrets
lloyd alexander, taran wanderer
c.s. lewis, the horse and his boy
eloise jarvis mcgraw, moccasin trail
baroness orzcy, the scarlet pimpernel
j.k. rowling, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
lloyd alexander, the black cauldron
benjamin hoff, the tao of pooh
orson scott card, ender's game
raymond e. feist, magician: apprentice
louise fitzhugh, harriet the spy
susan cooper, over sea, under stone
william pene dubois, the twenty-one balloons
c.s. lewis, the last battle
richard adams, watership down
madeleine l'engle, troubling a star
louisa may alcott, little women
madeleine l'engle, a ring of endless light
james welch, fools crow
norton juster, the phantom tollbooth
roald dahl, the twits