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| Jaxon reading a book from Bonnie ~ January 23, 2012 |
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| Bonnie reading to Raegan ~ October 31, 2011 |
10 - Loved it!! Couldn't put it down!!
9 - Excellent!
8 - Very Good
7 - Good
6 - Above Average
5 - Average
Anything lower - Nah
* DNF - Did Not Finish
JANUARY
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| January favorite (#4) |
1. Whistling in the Dark: A Doubter's Dictionary ~ by Frederick Buechner, 1993, religion, 8/10
2. In the Country of the Young ~ by Lisa Carey, 2000, fiction (Maine), 6/10
3. The Story of Holly and Ivy ~ by Rumer Godden, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, 1985, children's, 8/10
4. Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death ~ by Katy Butler, 2013, memoir, 9/10
5. Not All Princesses Dress in Pink ~ by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple, illustrated by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin, 2010, children's, 7/10
6. The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes ~ by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein, illustrated by Mark Pett. 2011, children's, 10/10
7. Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 ~ by Michelle Markel, 2013, children's history, 9/10
FEBRUARY
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| February favorite (#10) |
8. A Perfectly Good Family ~ by Lionel Shriver, 2007, fiction (North Carolina), 9/10
9. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman ~ by Kathleen Krull, 1996, children's, 8/10
10. The Housemaid's Daughter ~ by Barbara Mutch, 2012, fiction (South Africa), 10/10
11. The Sunday Philosophy Club ~ by Alexander McCall Smith, 2004, mystery fiction (Scotland), 7/10
12. Five Famous Mice Meet Winston of Churchill ~ by Jean Davies Okimoto, illustrated by Jeremiah Trammell, 2014, children's, 10/10
13. The Dovekeepers ~ by Alice Hoffman, 2011, fiction (Israel), 9/10
MARCH
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| March favorite (#14) |
14. The Invention of Wings ~ by Sue Monk Kidd, 2014, fiction (South Carolina), 10/10
15. Leaving Home ~ by Anita Brookner, 2005, fiction (France), "nah"
16. Living Buddha, Living Christ ~ by Thich Nhat Hanh, 1995, religion, 7/10
17. Life After Life ~ by Kate Atkinson, 2013, fiction (England), 7/10
18. The Very Hungry Caterpillar ~ by Eric Carle, 1969, children's, 10/10
19. Still Life with Bread Crumbs ~ by Anna Quindlen, 2014, fiction (New York), 8/10
20. The Book of Jonah ~ by Joshua Max Feldman, 2014, fiction (New York, Amsterdam, Las Vegas), 7/10
APRIL
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| April favorite (#24) |
21. Lost Lake ~ by Sarah Addison Allen, 2014, fiction (Georgia), 9/10
22. Elena's Serenade ~ by Campbell Geeslin, illustrated by Ana Juan, 2004, juvenile/women's studies (Mexico), 9/10
23. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate ~ by Jacqueline Kelly, 2009, YA fiction (Texas), 9/10
24. The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image ~ by Leonard Shlain, 1998, language and culture, 10/10
MAY
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| May favorite (#30) |
25. Sisterland ~ by Curtis Sittenfeld, 2013, fiction (Missouri), 9.5/10
26. The Elephant Scientist ~ by Caitlin O’Connell, 2011, children's (Namibia), 9/10
27. The Listening Walk ~ by Paul Showers, 1961, junvenile, 10/10
28. Don't You Know There's a War On? ~ by Avi, 2001, YA fiction (New York), 10/10
29. Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis ~ by Jimmy Carter, 2005, political science, 9/10
30. Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity ~ by James D. Tabor, 2012, history of religion, 9/10
31. Writing as a Second Language: From Experience to Story to Prose ~ by Donald Davis, 2000, writing, 10/10
32. Dreams and Dreaming (Mysteries of the Unknown) ~ by the Editors of Time-Life Books, 1990, psychology, 9/10
33. The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God ~ by Steve McSwain, 2010, religion, 9/10
34. Writing a Woman's Life ~ by Carolyn G. Heilbrun, 1988, women's studies, 8/10
35. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life ~ by Karen Armstrong, 2010, religion, 9/10
JUNE
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| June favorite (#39) |
36. The Practice of the Presence of God ~ by Brother Laurence, 1692, read by Bob Tetreault, 2000, memoir, 8/10
37. The Homesman ~ by Glendon Swarthout, 1988 (Afterword, 2014, by the author's son Miles Swarthout), fiction (Nebraska), 8/10
38. Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship, and Other Leaps of Faith ~ by Anita Diamant, 2003, essays, 9/10
39. The Pink Party ~ by Maryann Macdonald, illustrated by Abby Carter, 1994, children's, 10/10
40. How to Talk to Your Cat ~ by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Paul Meisel, 2000, children's, 8/10
41. Awakening Compassion: Meditation Practice For Difficult Times ~ by Pema Chödrön, 1995, religion, 7/10
JULY
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| July favorite (#44) |
42. Tapestry of Fortunes ~ by Elizabeth Berg, 2013, fiction (Minnesota), 8/10
43. Brothers on the Run: Based on a True Story ~ by Pat Lorraine Simons, 2013, historical fiction (Germany), 7/10
44. Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Story ~ by Richard Bach, photos by Russell Munson, 1970, fiction, 10/10
45. Where Earth Meets Water ~ by Pia Padukone, 2014, fiction (India), 8/10
46. Unless ~ by Carol Shields, 2002, fiction (Canada), 8/10
47. Unveiled ~ by Francine Rivers, 2000, fiction (Canaan), 8/10
48. Selected Writings of Bahá'u'lláh ~ translated by Shoghi Effendi, 1979, religion, 7/10
AUGUST
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| August favorite (#49) |
49. Goodnight June ~ by Sarah Jio, 2014, fiction (Seattle, Washington), 10/10
50. The Way ~ by Kristen Wolf, 2011, fiction (ancient Palestine), 9/10
51. Rich in Love ~ by Josephine Humphreys, 1987, fiction (South Carolina), 7/10
52. Dog Heaven ~ Cynthia Rylant, 1995, children's, 5/10
53. Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? : The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell ~ by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman, children's, 9/10
54. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker ~ by Jennifer Chiaverini, 2013, fiction (Washington, DC), 9/10
55. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are ~ by Brené Brown, 2010, wholehearted living, 9/10
56. A Good Horse ~ by Jane Smiley, 2010, juvenile fiction (California), 8/10
SEPTEMBER
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| September favorite (#60) |
57. St. Louis: Yesterday and Today ~ by Betty Burnett, 2009, history, 8/10
58. Tanglewreck ~ by Jeanette Winterson, 2006, children's fiction, 7/10
59. Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living, Revised Edition ~ by John McQuiston II, 2011, spirituality, 9/10
60. The Story Hour ~ by Thrity Umrigar, 2014, fiction (USA and India), 10/10
61. Learning to Walk in the Dark ~ by Barbara Brown Taylor, 2014, spirituality, 9/10
62. The Cat, the Vagabond, and the Victim ~ by Leann Sweeney, 2014, mystery (South Carolina), 8/10
63. Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother's Journey to Adoption in China ~ by Beth Nonte Russell, 2007, memoir (China), 9/10
64. The Dwelling Place ~ by Elizabeth Musser, 2005, fiction (South Carolina), 9/10
65. We Were Liars ~ by E. Lockhart, 2014, YA fiction, 8/10
66. Recipe for Life: Feasting on God's Grace ~ by T. Weseann, 2006, recipes, 6/10
OCTOBER
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| October favorite (#77) |
67. Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good ~ by Jan Karon, 2014, fiction (North Carolina), 9/10
68. Say What You Will ~ by Cammie McGovern, 2014, YA fiction (California), 9/10
69. Men Explain Things to Me ~ by Rebecca Solnit, 2014, essays, 8/10
70. Interrupting Chicken ~ by David Ezra Stein, 2010, children's, 9/10
71. The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer ~ by Anne-Marie O'Connor, 2012, history, 8/10
72. Bunny Loves to Read ~ by Peter Bently, illustrated by Deborah Melmon, 2011, children's, 8/10
73. Away in My Airplane ~ by Margaret Wise Brown, 2013, children's, 8/10
74. Dog Heaven ~ by Cynthia Rylant, 1995, children's, 8/10
75. The Red Thread ~ by Ann Hood, 2010, fiction (Rhode Island), 8/10
76. Get Poi? ~ by Lowell Uda, 2013, memoir (Hawaii), 8/10
77. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet ~ by Jamie Ford, 2009, fiction (Seattle, Washington), 9/10
NOVEMBER
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| November favorite (#78) |
78. My Beloved World ~ by Sonia Sotomayor, 2013, memoir, 9/10
79. Rose Harbor in Bloom ~ by Debbie Macomber, 2013, fiction (Washington state), 7/10
80. Leaving Time ~ by Jodi Picoult, 2014, fiction, 9/10
81. When I Was a Child I Read Books ~ by Marilynne Robinson, 2012, essays, 8/10
82. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces ~ by Radley Balko, 2013, sociology, skimmed 7/10
83. The Age of Miracles ~ by Karen Thompson Walker, 2012, fiction (California), 8/10
84. Lila ~ by Marilynne Robinson, 2014, fiction (Iowa), 8/10
85. Night of Pan ~ by Gail Strickland, 2014, fiction (Greece), 8/10
DECEMBER
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| December favorite (#88) |
86. Turn of Mind ~ by Alice LaPlante, 2011, fiction, 7/10
87. The Day the Crayons Quit ~ by Drew Daywalt, 2013, children's, 9/10
88. A Friendship for Today ~ by Patricia C. McKissack, 2007, YA fiction (Missouri), 10/10
89. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ~ by Daniel James Brown, 2013, history (Washington state), 8/10
90. The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death ~ by Annie Kagan, 2013, spiritual biography, 9/10
91. Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything ~ by Barbara Ehrenreich, 2014, memoir, 8/10
92. Pearl of China ~ by Anchee Min, 2010, fiction (China), 9/10
93. A Charlie Brown Christmas (miniature edition) ~ by Charles M. Schultz, 2007, cartoons, 8/10
94. The Signature of All Things ~ by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2013, fiction (Pennsylvania, Tahiti, the Netherlands), 8/10
95. Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It ~ by Lisa Bloom, 2014, history, 9/10
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| Most fun (#93) because of the Charlie Brown tree and Linus's blanket |
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