Monday, January 4

Books Read in 2010

1. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
2. American On Purpose - Craig Ferguson
3. That Was Then... This Is Now - S.E. Hinton (YA Lit class choice)
4. Paper Towns - John Green (YA Lit class choice)
5. Weetzie Bat - Francesca Lia Block (YA Lit class requirement)
6. The Postmistress - Sarah Blake
7. The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier (YA Lit class choice)
8. Catherine, Called Birdy - Karen Cushman (YA Lit class requirement
9. The Bumblebee Flies Anyway - Robert Cormier (YA Lit class choice)
10. Feed - M.T. Anderson (YA Lit class requirement)
11. Beyond the Chocolate War - Robert Cormier (YA Lit class choice)
12. I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee - Charles J. Shields (YA Lit class choice)
13. Tenderness - Robert Cormier (YA Lit class choice)
14. Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi (YA Lit class choice)
15. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson (YA Lit class requirement)
16. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie (YA Lit class requirement)
17. Gossip Girl: I Like It Like That - Cecily Von Ziegesar (YA Lit class choice)
18. Looking for Alaska - John Green (YA Lit class requirement)
19. In the Middle of the Night - Robert Cormier (YA Lit class choice)
20. We All Fall Down - Robert Cormier (YA Lit class choice)
21. An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming - Al Gore (YA Lit class choice)
22. The First Part Last - Angela Johnson (YA Lit class requirement)
23. I Am the Cheese - Robert Cormier (YA Lit class choice)
24. Sleeping Freshman Never Lie - David Lubar (YA Lit class requirement)
25. An Abundance of Katherines - John Green
26. Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green and David Levithan
27. Up in the Air - Walter Kirn
28. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt - Beth Hoffman
29. Going Bovine - Libba Bray (Teen Book Award Committee selection)
30. Twenty Boy Summer - Sarah Ockler (Teen Book Award Committee selection)
31. Roar of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Mildred Taylor (Children's Lit class requirement)
32. The Cay - Theodore Taylor (Children's Lit class requirement)
33. Joey Pigza Loses Control- Jack Gantos (Children's Lit class requirement)
34. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater (Teen Book Award Committee selection)
35. Belle Prater's Boy - Ruth White (Children's Lit class requirement)
36. Hold Still - Nina LeCour (Teen Book Award Committee selection)
37. Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis (Children's Lit class requirement)
38. Eleven - Patricia Reilly Giff (Children's Lit class choice)
39. The Giver - Lois Lowry (Children's Lit class choice)
40. The Everafter - Amy Huntley (Teen Book Award Committee selection)
41. Anastasia Krupnik - Lois Lowry (Children's Lit class choice)
42. The Agony of Alice - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Children's Lit class choice)
44. Bone #1, Out of Boneville - Jeff Smith (Children's Lit class choice)
45. If They Didn't Have Me - Ulf Nilssen (Children's Lit class choice)
46. Linger - Maggie Stiefvater
47. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
48. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
49. Life as We Knew It - Sarah Beth Pfeffer
50. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee >> Happy 50th Anniversary!
51. The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green - Joshua Braff
52. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
53. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
54. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
55. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
56. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
57. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
58. The Feast of Love - Charles Baxter
59. The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
60. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - Lauren Willig
61. The Masque of the Black Tulip - Lauren Willig
62. The Deception of the Emerald Ring - Lauren Willig
63. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine - Lauren Willig
64. The Betrayal of the Blood Lily - Lauren Willig
65. The Mischief of the Mistletoe - Lauren Willig
66. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

There are many books that I started and never finished. There are also MANY children's books (picture books) that I have read multiple times for storytimes this year. These half-finished and picture books are not included in this count.

1 comment:

Cookie said...

Hey, absolutely amazed at how you managed to finish all of these books within a year's time! You must be very good in following through with your goals :)

P.S. I also think life becomes much more fun with exaggeration! Fills up one's ordinary life with so much drama and action.