You can read about my 2012 reading challenge HERE and view my 2011 reading list HERE. This is where I will record my books as I finish them. I will keep 2 lists, 1 running list, in the order in which I read them, and 1 list by genre so I can see that I'm completing my goals for each category.
100 Books:
1. Born to Run (Michael Morpurgo)
2. Why the Whales Came (Michael Morpurgo)
3. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Lynne Truss)
4. Arthur: High King of Britain (Michael Morpurgo)
5. Stormy, Misty's Foal (Marguerite Henry)
6. The Story of Dr. Dolittle (Hugh Lofting)
7. Goodnight, Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian)
8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
9. A Bear Called Paddington (Michael Bond)
10. Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
11. Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
12. Up a Road Slowly (Irene Hunt)
13. The Grace Effect (Larry Alex Taunton)
14. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
15. The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Sharyn McCrumb)
16. Ann of Ava (Ethel Hubbard)
17. Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
18. Misty of Chincoteague (Marguerite Henry)
19. C.S. Lewis: A Biography (Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper)
20. The Heavenly Man (Brother Yun with Paul Hattaway)
21. The Haunted Bridge (Carolyn Keene)
22. Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
23. Holes (Louis Sachar)
24. The View from Saturday (E.L. Konigsburg)
25. The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
26. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (Rachel Field)
27. Father to Nobody's Children (David E. Fessenden)
28. The Enchanted Barn (Grace Livingston Hill)
29. The Girl from Montana (Grace Livingston Hill)
30. The Mystery of Mary (Grace Livingston Hill)
31. Marcia Schuyler (Grace Livingston Hill)
32. Out of the Storm (Grace Livingston Hill)
33. Lone Point (Grace Livingston Hill)
34. Duskin (Grace Livingston Hill)
35. Shades of Gray (Carolyn Reeder)
36. Because of Stephen (Grace Livingston Hill)
37. The Challengers (Grace Livingston Hill)
38. The Finding of Jasper Holt (Grace Livingston Hill)
39. Outside (A. Norton)
40. Miss Lavinia's Call and Other Stories (Grace Livingston Hill)
41. Mystery Flowers (Grace Livingston Hill)
42. Sound of the Trumpet (Grace Livingston Hill)
43. Cloudy Jewel (Grace Livingston Hill)
44. Adam of the Road (Elizabeth Janet Gray)
45. The Man of the Desert (Grace Livingston Hill)
46. An Elephant in the Garden (Michael Morpurgo)
47. Saving Zasha (Randi Barrow)
48. The Affectionate Adversary (Catherine Palmer)
49. The Courteous Cad (Catherine Palmer)
50. Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
51. Whatever Tomorrow Brings (Lori Wick)
52. As Time Goes By (Lori Wick)
53. Sean Donovan (Lori Wick)
54. Donovan's Daughter (Lori Wick)
55. Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen (Gill Hornby)
56. Writing Books for Children (Jane Yolen)
57. Toro! Toro! (Michael Morpurgo)
58. Stone Fox (John Reynolds Gardiner)
59. Swiss Holiday (Elizabeth Yates)
60. Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (Ellen MacGregor)
61. The Sheep-Pig (Dick King-Smith)
62. Abraham Lincoln (Anne Colver)
63. The Golden Key and Other Stories (George MacDonald)
64. Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative (Jedediah Bila)
65. The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
66. The Great Fire (Jim Murphy)
67. Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
68. The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories (Harold Courlander and George Herzog)
69. Max: The Dog That Refused to Die (Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne)
70. We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Arthur Ransome)
71. Torch Red: Color Me Torn (Melody Carlson)
72. Asking for Trouble (London Confidential) (Sandra Byrd)
73. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
74. Found Treasure (Grace Livingston Hill)
75. The Red Signal (Grace Livingston Hill)
76. Astra (Grace Livingston Hill)
77. Tomorrow About This Time (Grace Livingston Hill)
78. Spice Box (Grace Livingston Hill)
79. Ginger Pye (Eleanor Estes)
80. Flat Stanley (Jeff Brown)
81. The Illustrated Poets: Robert Burns (Daniel Burnstone, ed.)
82. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices (Paul Fleischman)
83. Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 4 (Dr. Paul D. Lindstrom and Michael J. McHugh)
84. Favorite Uncle Wiggily Animal Bedtime Stories (Howard Garis)
85. Good Old Secret Seven (Enid Blyton)
86. Hawkeye Collins & Amy Admas in the Case of the Mysterious Dognapper & Other Mysteries (M. Masters)
87. Fodor's Around London with Kids: 68 Great Things to do Together (Jacqueline Brown)
88. Creative Family Times: Practical Activities for Building Character in Your Preschooler (Allen & Connie Hadidlian and Will & Cindy Wilson)
END OF LIST FOR 2012!
Books by Genre:
Biography
1. Ann of Ava (Ethel Hubbard)
2. C.S. Lewis: A Biography (Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper)
3. The Heavenly Man (Brother Yun with Paul Hattaway)
4. Father to Nobody's Children (David E. Fessenden)
5. Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen (Gill Hornby)
Adventure
1. Stone Fox (John Reynolds Gardiner)
2. Swiss Holiday (Elizabeth Yates)
3. We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Arthur Ransome)
4. Why the Whales Came (Michael Morpurgo)
5. Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (Ellen MacGregor)
Fantasy
1. The Golden Key and Other Stories (George MacDonald)
2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
3. A Bear Called Paddington (Michael Bond)
4. Flat Stanley (Jeff Brown)
5. Favorite Uncle Wiggily Animal Bedtime Stories (Howard Garis)
Nonfiction
1. History: The Great Fire (Jim Murphy)
2. Science/Nature: Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 4 (Dr. Paul D. Lindstrom and Michael J. McHugh)
3. Travel/Geography: Fodor's Around London with Kids: 68 Great Things to do Together (Jacqueline Brown)
4. Educational/Teaching: Creative Family Times: Practical Activities for Building Character in Your Preschooler (Allen & Connie Hadidlian and Will & Cindy Wilson)
5. How-to: Writing Books for Children (Jane Yolen)
6. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Lynne Truss)
7. Outnumbered: Chronicles of a Manhattan Conservative (Jedediah Bila)
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10.
Mystery
1. The Haunted Bridge (Carolyn Keene)
2. Good Old Secret Seven (Enid Blyton)
3. Hawkeye Collins & Amy Admas in the Case of the Mysterious Dognapper & Other Mysteries (M. Masters)
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5.
Other
1. Humor: The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Hugh Lofting)
2. Folktales: Arthur: High King of Britain (Michael Morpurgo)
3. Poetry: The Illustrated Poets: Robert Burns (Daniel Burnstone, ed.)
4. Science Fiction: Outside (A. Norton)
5. Short Stories: Miss Lavinia's Call and Other Stories (Grace Livingston Hill)
Historical Fiction
1. Shades of Gray (Carolyn Reeder)
2. An Elephant in the Garden (Michael Morpurgo)
3. Saving Zasha (Randi Barrow)
4. The Affectionate Adversary (Catherine Palmer)
5. The Courteous Cad (Catherine Palmer)
Realistic Fiction
1. Stormy, Misty's Foal (Marguerite Henry)
2. The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Sharyn McCrumb)
3. Misty of Chincoteague (Marguerite Henry)
4. The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
5. Toro! Toro! (Michael Morpurgo)
Romance
1. The Enchanted Barn (Grace Livingston Hill)
2. The Girl from Montana (Grace Livingston Hill)
3. The Mystery of Mary (Grace Livingston Hill)
4. Marcia Schuyler (Grace Livingston Hill)
5. Out of the Storm (Grace Livingston Hill)
Classic
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
2. Heidi (Johanna Spyri)
3. Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
4. Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
5. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
Inspirational/Christian
1. The Grace Effect (Larry Alex Taunton)
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4.
5.
Children’s Award books
1. Goodnight, Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian)--Guardian Children's Fiction Award
2. Up a Road Slowly (Irene Hunt)--Newbery Medal
3. Holes (Louis Sachar)--Newbery Medal
4. The View from Saturday (E.L. Konigsburg)--Newbery Medal
5. Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (Rachel Field)--Newbery Medal
6. Adam of the Road (Elizabeth Janet Gray)--Newbery Medal
7. Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)--Newbery Medal
8. The Sheep-Pig (Dick King-Smith)--Guardian Children's Fiction Award
9. Ginger Pye (Eleanor Estes)--Newbery Medal
10.Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices (Paul Fleischman)--Newbery Medal
Young Adult novel
1. The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
2. Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
3. Mockingjay(Suzanne Collins)
4. Torch Red: Color Me Torn (Melody Carlson)
5. Asking for Trouble (London Confidential) (Sandra Byrd)
My Choice:
1. Born to Run (Michael Morpurgo)
2. Lone Point (Grace Livingston Hill)
3. Duskin (Grace Livingston Hill)
4. Because of Stephen (Grace Livingston Hill)
5. The Challengers (Grace Livingston Hill)
6. The Finding of Jasper Holt (Grace Livingston Hill)
7. Mystery Flowers (Grace Livingston Hill)
8.Sound of the Trumpet (Grace Livingston Hill)
9.Cloudy Jewel (Grace Livingston Hill)
10.The Man of the Desert (Grace Livingston Hill)
11.Whatever Tomorrow Brings (Lori Wick)
12.As Time Goes By (Lori Wick)
13.Sean Donovan (Lori Wick)
14.Donovan's Daughter (Lori Wick)
15.Abraham Lincoln (Anne Colver)
16.The Cow-Tail Switch and Other West African Stories (Harold Courlander and George Herzog)
17.Max: The Dog That Refused to Die (Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne)
18.Found Treasure (Grace Livingston Hill)
19.The Red Signal (Grace Livingston Hill)
20.Astra (Grace Livingston Hill)
21.Tomorrow About This Time (Grace Livingston Hill)
22.Spice Box (Grace Livingston Hill)
23.
24.
25.
STOP! It's after midnight, January 1, 2013. I did NOT make my goal of 100 books this year, but I sure tried! I only lacked 12, which isn't bad. Actually I finished book #88 about 2 minutes to midnight, whew! I will post my new reading goal for 2013 very soon. In categories, I lacked 3 nonfiction, 2 mystery, 4 inspirational/Christian, and 3 choice. I'll probably start with those this year. Anyway...
Monday 2 January 2012
New Reading Goal for 2012
2012 Reading Plan
Last year, I challenged myself to read 100 books in a year, including 25 award-winning children's books (no picture books--just chapter). I successfully met that challenge, reading 102 books in 2011. You can see my list HERE.
This year, I'm changing my reading goals a bit, breaking the 100 down a bit into required genres and only 10 award-winning books. Also, I found that while I read 102 books, I sadly neglected the Bible last year. So, I'm adding a Bible-reading goal in addition to the 100 other books. Here's how it will look (I hope):
100 Books: All 100 must be chapter books, rather than picture books. Some books may end up overlapping more than one category, but I will choose which genre requirement that book satisfies, so each book will count only once.
75 books from the following categories:
Biography, 5
Adventure, 5
Fantasy, 5
Nonfiction, 10 (at least 1 history, 1 science/nature, 1 travel/geography, 1 educational/teaching, 1 how-to book)
Mystery, 5
Other, 5 (at least 1 humor, 1 folktale, 1 book of poetry, 1 science fiction, 1 book of short stories)
Historical Fiction, 5
Realistic Fiction, 5
Romance, 5
Classic, 5
Inspirational/Christian (nonfiction), 5
Children’s Award books, 10
Young Adult novel, 5
The remaining 25 are my choice and can be any genre.
Bible Reading Goal: In addition to the 100 books, I plan to study the following books of the Bible in 2012 (study and meditate on 1 chapter per day):
Genesis (50), Ezra (10), Esther (10), Psalms (150), Jeremiah (52), Haggai (2), Zechariah (14), Luke (24), Acts (28), Philippians (4), Revelation (22)
I'm not doing them in that order, however, for reasons of my own. Here's my planned schedule:
Jan. 1-22, Revelation
Jan. 23-March 14, Jeremiah
March 15-16, Haggai
March 17-30, Zechariah
March 31-April 9, Esther
April 10-19, Ezra
April 20-Sep. 16, Psalms
Sep. 17-Oct. 10, Luke
Oct. 11-Nov. 7, Acts
Nov. 8-11, Philippians
Nov. 12-Dec. 31, Genesis
Last year, I challenged myself to read 100 books in a year, including 25 award-winning children's books (no picture books--just chapter). I successfully met that challenge, reading 102 books in 2011. You can see my list HERE.
This year, I'm changing my reading goals a bit, breaking the 100 down a bit into required genres and only 10 award-winning books. Also, I found that while I read 102 books, I sadly neglected the Bible last year. So, I'm adding a Bible-reading goal in addition to the 100 other books. Here's how it will look (I hope):
100 Books: All 100 must be chapter books, rather than picture books. Some books may end up overlapping more than one category, but I will choose which genre requirement that book satisfies, so each book will count only once.
75 books from the following categories:
Biography, 5
Adventure, 5
Fantasy, 5
Nonfiction, 10 (at least 1 history, 1 science/nature, 1 travel/geography, 1 educational/teaching, 1 how-to book)
Mystery, 5
Other, 5 (at least 1 humor, 1 folktale, 1 book of poetry, 1 science fiction, 1 book of short stories)
Historical Fiction, 5
Realistic Fiction, 5
Romance, 5
Classic, 5
Inspirational/Christian (nonfiction), 5
Children’s Award books, 10
Young Adult novel, 5
The remaining 25 are my choice and can be any genre.
Bible Reading Goal: In addition to the 100 books, I plan to study the following books of the Bible in 2012 (study and meditate on 1 chapter per day):
Genesis (50), Ezra (10), Esther (10), Psalms (150), Jeremiah (52), Haggai (2), Zechariah (14), Luke (24), Acts (28), Philippians (4), Revelation (22)
I'm not doing them in that order, however, for reasons of my own. Here's my planned schedule:
Jan. 1-22, Revelation
Jan. 23-March 14, Jeremiah
March 15-16, Haggai
March 17-30, Zechariah
March 31-April 9, Esther
April 10-19, Ezra
April 20-Sep. 16, Psalms
Sep. 17-Oct. 10, Luke
Oct. 11-Nov. 7, Acts
Nov. 8-11, Philippians
Nov. 12-Dec. 31, Genesis
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