Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Search for an Item
Isn't this the greatest thing! I am so happy to have one place to search for titles and authors.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Quotes
I like to borrow some of the great thoughts expressed by others. For me this meets a number of my personal needs, chief of which is validation.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Getting off on the RIGHT Foot
Having access to books, choices of reading material, and a mentor to guide an early reader through successful encounters with books is KEY to getting off on the right foot.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Non Fiction
When it comes to taking home a book to read I never have a problem selecting a non-fiction title. It seems that there is an abundance of material which falls under the heading of "that which I could always learn more." I have calendar books from years past filled mostly with non-fiction titles.
Often my memory of a personal experience is attached to the book I was reading at the time and my calendar list confirms the recollection. This may be akin to the egg/chicken debate.
Do I experience things in my life differently based on the books I have read - well YES, but at which point does my reading influence my way of thinking, or vice versa? I am presently debating the merits of a publication aimed at youth. I read the occasional article within the magazine. Last week I read a very biased article, one that seemed filled with gross generalizations that I found offensive. My weeks reflection has me, of course, wanting to read more about the topic - how else can I see beyond my own bias on the topic. Yet I am also fighting the impulse to just say the writer was wrong and my first reaction was spot on.
I read and live seeking justice, allowing for the benefit of doubt, working for a better place and time. I know what I know because I trust my instinct, believing in my core values, and have firm resolve. I grew up this way from learning from my family, friends, teachers, and books.
Often my memory of a personal experience is attached to the book I was reading at the time and my calendar list confirms the recollection. This may be akin to the egg/chicken debate.
Do I experience things in my life differently based on the books I have read - well YES, but at which point does my reading influence my way of thinking, or vice versa? I am presently debating the merits of a publication aimed at youth. I read the occasional article within the magazine. Last week I read a very biased article, one that seemed filled with gross generalizations that I found offensive. My weeks reflection has me, of course, wanting to read more about the topic - how else can I see beyond my own bias on the topic. Yet I am also fighting the impulse to just say the writer was wrong and my first reaction was spot on.
I read and live seeking justice, allowing for the benefit of doubt, working for a better place and time. I know what I know because I trust my instinct, believing in my core values, and have firm resolve. I grew up this way from learning from my family, friends, teachers, and books.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Read Around the World
While I was reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, a story set in Afghanistan, my mind began to wander. In the truest sense of "armchair" travel I was "there." I had a taste for cherries, the world was filled with danger around the corner, and I recalled showing school papers to my parents. Mostly I wanted to know more about the place. Next step was to use my handy online library reference tool "Grolier" to research the country.
I managed to expanded on the fulfilling act of reading a work of fiction. This activity served to advance my overall appreciation of a place and time in history. It expanded my understanding of the world. In doing so, I gave myself the context necessary to understand and give value to the characters and events of the story. This overall experience was rewarding.
I am now looking for just the right book to begin my next Read Around the World Adventure. Since I'm looking for one set in a "B" country of the world, my adventure will seem rather Hop Scotchy.
I managed to expanded on the fulfilling act of reading a work of fiction. This activity served to advance my overall appreciation of a place and time in history. It expanded my understanding of the world. In doing so, I gave myself the context necessary to understand and give value to the characters and events of the story. This overall experience was rewarding.
I am now looking for just the right book to begin my next Read Around the World Adventure. Since I'm looking for one set in a "B" country of the world, my adventure will seem rather Hop Scotchy.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Reading list from the "YA" Department
June 2014
My parent has Cancer and it Really Sucks
May 2014
"Code Name Pauline" by Pearl Witherington Cornioley
July 2013
Wool by Hugh Howey stories 1 - 5
February 2013
My parent has Cancer and it Really Sucks
May 2014
"Code Name Pauline" by Pearl Witherington Cornioley
July 2013
Wool by Hugh Howey stories 1 - 5
February 2013
The endless steppe; growing up in Siberia, by Esther Hautzig
August 2012
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
July 2012
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Behemoth by by Scott Westerfeld
Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
September 2011
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
July 2011
The Amanda Project by Melissa Kantor
June 2011
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
August 2010
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
July 2010
Heaven by Angela Johnson
November 2009
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
October 2009
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
September 2009
Finishing Becca by Ann Rinaldi
July 2009
Annie, Between the States by L.M.Elliott
June 2009
Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce
May 2009
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
April 2009Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
The King's Rose by Alisa M. Abby
The Revolution of Sabine by Beth Levine Ain
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John (Africa, game reserve, poaching)
First Light by Rebecca Stead (persecution, global warming, friendships)
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs (Mexico, work, family)
Shark Girl by Kelly L. Bingham (shark, recovery, family)
March 2009
Almost Home by Jessica Blank (L.A. runaways)
Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger ( divorce, zines, self discovery)
February 2009
Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson (forensics, murder)
Bloom by Elizabeth Scott (growth, boyfriend)
Marked by P.C. Cast (Vampire school)
Avalon High by Meg Cabot (Arthurian legend in Baltimore)
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker (steroid, football)
Tyrell by Coe Booth (girlfriend, shelter, drugs, jail)
Trigger by Susan Vaught (sucide)
Black & White by Paul Volponi (basketball, violence, crime)
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (moon, survivalist)
Boot Camp by Todd Strasser (rules, consequences, escape)
Aftershock by Kelly Easton (car crash, death, friends)
Teen Idol by Meg Cabot (actor, study, small town)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (faeries, Winter Queen, Summer King)
January 2009
Hoops of Steel by John Foley (basketball, memory)
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going (doing the right thing, affluent)
King Dork by Frank Portman (music, family, truth)
Dramarama by E. Lockhart (Summer drama camp)
Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb (cancer, death, hospitals, hope, cures)
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding (powers, London, creatures)
Rooftop by Paul Volponi (guns, police, neighborhoods)
Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp (football, friendship)
Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn (futuristic)
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson (Revolutionary War, race, education)
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon (lions, war torn)
Peak by Roland Smith (climber, adventurer)
a long way gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (NF war torn youth)
December 2008
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree by Laura Hillman
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Tamar : a Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal by Mal Peet
The Luxe by Anna Godberson
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Street Love by Walter Dean Meyers
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneChandra's Secret by Alan StrattonNovember 2008
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Rash by Pete Hautman
Everlost by Neil Shusterman
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
October 2008
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Shakespeare's Daughter by Peter W. Hassinger
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth
Under Watsons' Porch by Susan Shreve
Anahita's Woven Riddle by Meghan Nuttall Sayres
Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
July 2008
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Noman by William Nicholson
June 2008
Boston Jane : The Claim by Jennifer L. Holm
Boston Jane : Wilderness Days by Jennifer L. HolmBoston Jane: An Adventure by Jennifer L. Holm
The UnResolved by T.K. Welsh
Tristan & Iseult by Rosemary Sutcliff
May 2008The Tiger in the Well by Philip PullmanThe Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
Blaze of Silver by K. M. Grant
Green Jasper by K. M. Grant
Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
The Color of Fire by Ann RinaldiThe Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
blood red horse by K.M. GrantThe Last Treasure by Janet S. AndersonThe Off Season by Catherine Murdock
Soul Eater by Michelle Paver
River Secrets by Shannon HaleParvana's Journey by Deborah Ellis
Mud City by Deborah Ellis
April 2008
valiant by holly black
Sorceress by Celia ReesEnna Burning by Shannon HaleWitch Child by Celia Rees
The Burning Bridge Book Two of the Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
Jango /Book Two of the Noble Warriors by William Nicholson
Adam Canfield of The Slash by Michael Winerip
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
March 2008
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Seeker /Book One of the Noble Warriors by William Nicholson
Star Crossed by Mark Schreiber
a brief chapter in my impossible life by Dana Reinhardt
February 2008
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
Hitch by Jeanette Ingold
Kanada by Eva Wiseman
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Head Games by Mariah Federicks
one of those hideous books where the mother dies by Sonya Sones
The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
Good As Lily by Derek Kirk Kim
January 2008
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
After the wreck, I picked myself up , spread my wings, and flew away by Joyce Carol Oates
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles
East by Edith Pattou
Such A Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess
Snatched by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue
Stained by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
hip-hop high school by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Vampire High by Douglas Rees
Margaux with an X by Ron Koertge
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
Daisy Kutter the Last Train a graphic novel by Kazu Kibuishi
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
December 2007
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
how i live now by Meg Rosoff
no shame, no fear by Ann Turnbull
SOLD by Patricia McCormick
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
what happened to cass mcbride? by Gail Giles
The Beast by Walter Dean Myers
The Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce
November 2007
new moon by Stephenie Meyer
Mississippi Jack by L.A. Meyer
In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L.A. Meyer
October 2007
Under the Jolly Roger by L.A. Meyer
Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L. A. Meyer
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
September 2007
Beast by Donna Jo Napoli
August 2007
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
July 2007
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
June 2007
Magic Steps by Tamora Pierce
Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce
A Northern Light byJennifer Donnelly
Tris's Book by Tamora Pierce
Go and Come Back by Jan Abelove
May 2007
Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce
Beka Cooper : Terrier by Tamora Pierce
April 2007
Lady Knight Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce
March 2007
B is for Buster by Iain Lawrence
Hawksong by Amelia Atwater- Rhodes
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
the key to the golden firebird by maureen johnson
fault line by janet tashjian
February 2007
boy meets boy by david levithan
Can't Get There from Here by Todd Strasser
Breakout by Paul Fleishman
twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn
afterlife by Gary Soto
Bottled Up by Jaye Murray
Left for Dead... search for justice for the USS Indianapolis by Pete Nelson
To Love Mercy by Frank S. Joseph
upstate by Kalisha Buckhannon
Journey from the Land of No by Roya Hakakian
Big Mouth & Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
January 2007
Name All the Animals by Alison Smith
The Sledding Hill by Chris Crutcher
Quiver by Stephanie Spinner
Pirates by Celia Rees
The 9/11 Reoprt : a graphic adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon
freaky green eyes by Joyce Carol Oates
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Zig Zag by Ellen Wittlinger
with their eyes: September 11th--The View from a High School at Ground Zero by Annie Thoms (Editor)
tithe : a modern faerie tale by Holly Black
Cruise Control by Terry Trueman
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
December 2006
Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Losing is Not an Option by Rich Wallace
Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber by Lauren Mechling and Laura Moser
November 2006
Protector of the Small : Squire by Tamora Pierce
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
October 2006
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
August 2006
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
July 2006
Page by Tamora Pierce
First Test by Tamora Pierce
Heroes by Robert Cormier
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
February 2006
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon
January 2006
Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen.
Sweetblood by Peter Hautman.
Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Reading List from the "J" Department
September 2015
brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale
August 2015
Voyage of the Sea Wolf by Eve Bunting
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
March 2014
What the Moon Said by Gayle Rosengren
July 2013
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
June 2013
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
One crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
January 2013
Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
June - December 2012
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Pie by Sarah Weeks
Nest for Celeste by Henry Coles
Poppy by Avi
May 2012
the whole story of a half girl by veera hiranandani
March 2012
Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Brendan Buckley's Sixth-Grade Experiment by Sundee Tucker Frazier
December 2011
Familiars Adam Epstein/Andrew Jacobson
How Tia Lola Came to Stay Alverez, Julia
Day-Glo Brothers Barton, Chris
Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy: The Hero Revealed Boniface, William ill
Name of this Book Secret "Bosch, Pseudonymous
Because of Mr. Terupt "Buyea, Bob
My Dog, My Hero Byars, Betsy
Story of Snow Cassino, Mark
Redwoods Chin, Jason
Room One Clements, Andrew
Love that Dog Creech, Sharon
Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon
Touch blue Cynthia Lord
Witches Dahl, Roald
Henrietta Hornbuckle's Circus of Life De Guzman, Michael
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane DiCamillo, Kate
Trouble with Chickens Doreen Cronin
Out of My Mind Draper, Sharon
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It Frazier, Sundee T.
In the Garden with Dr. Carver Grigsby, Susan
Road to Paris Grimes, Nikki
Honus and Me Gutman, Dan
Running Out of Time Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Kubla Khan the Emporer of Everything Krull, Kathleen
Story of Salt "Kurlansky, Mark
Giant-slayer Lawrence, Iain
Keeping Score Linda Sue Park
Thing about Georgie Lisa Graff
Umbrella Summer Lisa Graff
Larger than Life Lara "Mackall, Dandi Daley
Word after word after word MacLachlan
Sixty-eight Rooms "Malone, Marianne
War Horse Michael Morpurgo
Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great Morris, Gerald
Zen Shorts Muth, John
Herbert's Wormhole Nelson, Peter
Lawn Boy Paulsen, Gary
Sit-In Pinkney, Andrea
Captain Nobody Pitchford, Dean
Guyku Raczka, Bob
Ruth and the Green Book "Ramsey, Calvin A.
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Riddell, Chris
Fearless: The story of racing legend Louise Smith Rosenstock, Barbara
Dark Emperor and other poems of the night Sidman, Joyce
Mirror Mirror Singer, Marilyn
Blue Shoe Townley, Roderick
What Happened on Fox Street Tricia Springstubb
Justin Case: School, Drool, and other Daily Disasters Vail, Rachel
Shadows: The Book of Elsewhere West, Jacqueline
All Star! Honus Wagner and the most famous baseball card ever Yolen, Jane
November 2011
Addy Across the Prairie by Laurie Lowlor
October 2011
Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
Word after Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderDear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
September 2011
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm and Andrew Arnold
August 2011Dragon of the red dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
14 Cows for America by Carmen Deedy
All Stations! Distress! April 15, 1912 : the Day the Titanic Sank by Dan Brown
Bad news for outlaws: the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
April 2011
Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver
December 2010
Savvy by Ingrid Law
November 2010
Halt's Peril by John Flanagan
The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan
Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop
October 2010
Erak's Ransom by John Flanagan
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
September 2010
Drawn from New England: Tasha Tudor, A Portrait in Words and Pictures by Bethany Tudor
Ways to Live Forever by Sally NichollsHow to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Sky Boys: How they Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln by Judith St. George
Boys of Steel by Marc Tyler Nobleman
August 2010
Magic Tree House Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman
Houdini Box by Brian Selznik
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. McKissack
July 2010
Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows
Being Teddy Roosevelt by Claudia Mills
Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi
May 2009 "Winnies's War" by Jenny Moss
"Oath Breaker" by Michelle Paver
"All the Lovely Bad Ones" by Mary Dowling Hahn
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
April 2009
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean HaleGossamer by Lois Lowry
Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
From Lunch With Russia by Bruce Hale (school, mystery, critters) Chet Gecko Mystery Series
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Vietnam, soldiers, brothers)
The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo (violin, parents, secrets)March 2009
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George (dragons, embroidery, royalty)
The London Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (London, missing cousin, jokers, lies)
December 2008
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
November 2008
Rangers Apprentice the Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
The Wright Sister by Richard Maurer
Jane Addams : champion of democracy by Judith Bloom Fradin
October 2008
Bull Run by Sid Fleischman
What A Year by Tomie DePaola
On My Way by Tomie DePaola
Here We All Are by Tomie DePaola
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
September 2008
Tennyson by Lesley M.M. Blume
August 2008
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
No Pretty Pictures : a child of war by Anita Lobel
July 2008The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Syria... in pictures
The Wright 3 by Blue BallietIraq by Byron Augustin
Outcast by Michelle Paver
June 2008
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Patterson
The Circlemaker by Maxine Rose SchurThe Battle for Skandia by Flanagan, John
A True and Faithful Narrative by Katherine Sturtevant
At the Sign of the Star by Katherine Sturtevant
Rules by Cynthia Lord
The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
May 2008
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas By Cynthia Rylant
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
The Two Pincesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson LevineFar From Normal by Kate Klise
April 2008
Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonaldClementine By Sara PennypackerSpirit Walker by Michelle PaverSea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea By Chris ButterworthHenry and the Buccaneer Bunnies By Carolyn CrimSurprising Sharks By Nicola DaviesThe Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County By Janice Harrington
George Did It By Suzanne JurmainNora's Ark By Natalie Kinsey-WarnockLibrary Lion By Michelle KnudsenSuperhero ABC By McLeod, Bob McLeodPrecious and the Boo Hag By Patricia McKissackOnce Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude By Kevin O'MalleyCookies: Bite-size Life Lessons By Amy Krouse RosenthalThe Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School By Judy SierraThe Great Fuzz Frenzy By Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens CrummelThere is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me By Alice Walker
The Blizzard By Betty Ren Wright
George Did It By Suzanne JurmainThe Icebound Land: Book Three The Rangers Apprentice by John FlanaganAl Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer CholdenkoWolf Brother by Michelle Paver
The Burning Bridge: Book Two The Rangers Apprentice by John Flanagan
Popcorn: Poems by James Stevenson
Granny Torrelli makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Letters From Wolfie by Patti Sherlock
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
March 2008
Beardance by Will Hobbes
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Bearstone by Will Hobbes ( reread)
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
Singing Hands by Delia Ray
January 2008
The Bonemender by Holly Bennett
Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall
December 2007
Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell
November 2007
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
Ranger's Apprentice by Joseph Flanagan
October 2007
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
MVP* by Douglas Evans
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
September 2007
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
July 2007
Yankee Girl by Mary Ann Rodman
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Deliver us from Normal by Kate Klise
Defiance by Valerie Hobbs
June 2007
Runaround by Helen HemphillThe misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis
May 2007
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
The Book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup
Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
the higher power of licky by susan patron
More Perfect than the Moon by Patricia MacLachlan
Caleb's Story by Patricia MacLachlan
Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
Grandfather's Dance by Patricia MacLachlan
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The White Elephant by Sid Fleischman
April 2007
When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke
Inkheart by Corneila Funke
Witches by Roald Dahl
January 2007
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Worth by A. LaFaye
December 2006
Facing the Lion : Growing up Maasi on the African Savanna by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
November 2006
Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
Meow Meow Mischief by Ann Whitehead Nagda
July 2006
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
January 2006
The conch bearer : a novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Piglet and Mama by Margaret Wild.
December 2005
The river between us by Richard Peck.
November 2005
A single shard by Linda Sue Park.
October 2005
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread by Kate DiCamillo.
brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale
August 2015
Voyage of the Sea Wolf by Eve Bunting
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
March 2014
What the Moon Said by Gayle Rosengren
July 2013
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
June 2013
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
One crazy summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
January 2013
Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
June - December 2012
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Pie by Sarah Weeks
Nest for Celeste by Henry Coles
Poppy by Avi
May 2012
the whole story of a half girl by veera hiranandani
March 2012
Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Brendan Buckley's Sixth-Grade Experiment by Sundee Tucker Frazier
December 2011
Familiars Adam Epstein/Andrew Jacobson
How Tia Lola Came to Stay Alverez, Julia
Day-Glo Brothers Barton, Chris
Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy: The Hero Revealed Boniface, William ill
Name of this Book Secret "Bosch, Pseudonymous
Because of Mr. Terupt "Buyea, Bob
My Dog, My Hero Byars, Betsy
Story of Snow Cassino, Mark
Redwoods Chin, Jason
Room One Clements, Andrew
Love that Dog Creech, Sharon
Ruby Holler Creech, Sharon
Touch blue Cynthia Lord
Witches Dahl, Roald
Henrietta Hornbuckle's Circus of Life De Guzman, Michael
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane DiCamillo, Kate
Trouble with Chickens Doreen Cronin
Out of My Mind Draper, Sharon
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It Frazier, Sundee T.
In the Garden with Dr. Carver Grigsby, Susan
Road to Paris Grimes, Nikki
Honus and Me Gutman, Dan
Running Out of Time Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Kubla Khan the Emporer of Everything Krull, Kathleen
Story of Salt "Kurlansky, Mark
Giant-slayer Lawrence, Iain
Keeping Score Linda Sue Park
Thing about Georgie Lisa Graff
Umbrella Summer Lisa Graff
Larger than Life Lara "Mackall, Dandi Daley
Word after word after word MacLachlan
Sixty-eight Rooms "Malone, Marianne
War Horse Michael Morpurgo
Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great Morris, Gerald
Zen Shorts Muth, John
Herbert's Wormhole Nelson, Peter
Lawn Boy Paulsen, Gary
Sit-In Pinkney, Andrea
Captain Nobody Pitchford, Dean
Guyku Raczka, Bob
Ruth and the Green Book "Ramsey, Calvin A.
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Riddell, Chris
Fearless: The story of racing legend Louise Smith Rosenstock, Barbara
Dark Emperor and other poems of the night Sidman, Joyce
Mirror Mirror Singer, Marilyn
Blue Shoe Townley, Roderick
What Happened on Fox Street Tricia Springstubb
Justin Case: School, Drool, and other Daily Disasters Vail, Rachel
Shadows: The Book of Elsewhere West, Jacqueline
All Star! Honus Wagner and the most famous baseball card ever Yolen, Jane
November 2011
Addy Across the Prairie by Laurie Lowlor
October 2011
Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
Word after Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderDear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
September 2011
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm and Andrew Arnold
All Stations! Distress! April 15, 1912 : the Day the Titanic Sank by Dan Brown
Bad news for outlaws: the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Passage to Freedom: the Sughihara story by Ken Mochizuki
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar, Louis
Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories by Sandra Markle
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka
Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories by Sandra Markle
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka
August 2011Dragon of the red dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
14 Cows for America by Carmen Deedy
All Stations! Distress! April 15, 1912 : the Day the Titanic Sank by Dan Brown
Bad news for outlaws: the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
April 2011
Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver
December 2010
Savvy by Ingrid Law
November 2010
Halt's Peril by John Flanagan
The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan
Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop
October 2010
Erak's Ransom by John Flanagan
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost
September 2010
Drawn from New England: Tasha Tudor, A Portrait in Words and Pictures by Bethany Tudor
Ways to Live Forever by Sally NichollsHow to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Sky Boys: How they Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln by Judith St. George
Boys of Steel by Marc Tyler Nobleman
August 2010
Magic Tree House Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Hachiko Waits by Leslea Newman
Houdini Box by Brian Selznik
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. McKissack
July 2010
Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows
Being Teddy Roosevelt by Claudia Mills
Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi
May 2009 "Winnies's War" by Jenny Moss
"Oath Breaker" by Michelle Paver
"All the Lovely Bad Ones" by Mary Dowling Hahn
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
April 2009
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean HaleGossamer by Lois Lowry
Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
From Lunch With Russia by Bruce Hale (school, mystery, critters) Chet Gecko Mystery Series
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Vietnam, soldiers, brothers)
The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo (violin, parents, secrets)March 2009
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George (dragons, embroidery, royalty)
The London Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (London, missing cousin, jokers, lies)
December 2008
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
November 2008
Rangers Apprentice the Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
The Wright Sister by Richard Maurer
Jane Addams : champion of democracy by Judith Bloom Fradin
October 2008
Bull Run by Sid Fleischman
What A Year by Tomie DePaola
On My Way by Tomie DePaola
Here We All Are by Tomie DePaola
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
September 2008
Tennyson by Lesley M.M. Blume
August 2008
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
No Pretty Pictures : a child of war by Anita Lobel
July 2008The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Syria... in pictures
The Wright 3 by Blue BallietIraq by Byron Augustin
Outcast by Michelle Paver
June 2008
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Patterson
The Circlemaker by Maxine Rose SchurThe Battle for Skandia by Flanagan, John
A True and Faithful Narrative by Katherine Sturtevant
At the Sign of the Star by Katherine Sturtevant
Rules by Cynthia Lord
The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
May 2008
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas By Cynthia Rylant
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
The Two Pincesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson LevineFar From Normal by Kate Klise
April 2008
Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonaldClementine By Sara PennypackerSpirit Walker by Michelle PaverSea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea By Chris ButterworthHenry and the Buccaneer Bunnies By Carolyn CrimSurprising Sharks By Nicola DaviesThe Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County By Janice Harrington
George Did It By Suzanne JurmainNora's Ark By Natalie Kinsey-WarnockLibrary Lion By Michelle KnudsenSuperhero ABC By McLeod, Bob McLeodPrecious and the Boo Hag By Patricia McKissackOnce Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude By Kevin O'MalleyCookies: Bite-size Life Lessons By Amy Krouse RosenthalThe Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School By Judy SierraThe Great Fuzz Frenzy By Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens CrummelThere is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me By Alice Walker
The Blizzard By Betty Ren Wright
George Did It By Suzanne JurmainThe Icebound Land: Book Three The Rangers Apprentice by John FlanaganAl Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer CholdenkoWolf Brother by Michelle Paver
The Burning Bridge: Book Two The Rangers Apprentice by John Flanagan
Popcorn: Poems by James Stevenson
Granny Torrelli makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Letters From Wolfie by Patti Sherlock
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
March 2008
Beardance by Will Hobbes
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Bearstone by Will Hobbes ( reread)
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
Singing Hands by Delia Ray
January 2008
The Bonemender by Holly Bennett
Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall
December 2007
Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell
November 2007
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
Ranger's Apprentice by Joseph Flanagan
October 2007
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
MVP* by Douglas Evans
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
September 2007
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
July 2007
Yankee Girl by Mary Ann Rodman
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Deliver us from Normal by Kate Klise
Defiance by Valerie Hobbs
June 2007
Runaround by Helen HemphillThe misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis
May 2007
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
The Book of Story Beginnings by Kristin Kladstrup
Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
the higher power of licky by susan patron
More Perfect than the Moon by Patricia MacLachlan
Caleb's Story by Patricia MacLachlan
Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
Grandfather's Dance by Patricia MacLachlan
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
The White Elephant by Sid Fleischman
April 2007
When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke
Inkheart by Corneila Funke
Witches by Roald Dahl
January 2007
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Worth by A. LaFaye
December 2006
Facing the Lion : Growing up Maasi on the African Savanna by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
November 2006
Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
Meow Meow Mischief by Ann Whitehead Nagda
July 2006
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
January 2006
The conch bearer : a novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Piglet and Mama by Margaret Wild.
December 2005
The river between us by Richard Peck.
November 2005
A single shard by Linda Sue Park.
October 2005
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread by Kate DiCamillo.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Reading List
November 2015
Halfway There by Susan Mallery
Thrill Me by Susan Mallery
October 2015
distant shores by Kristin Hannah
All I want for Christmas by Nora Roberts
The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber
The Inn At Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
Wild by Cheryl Strayer
Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts
September 2015
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debie Macomber
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
Lost and Found in Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber
The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs
Until We Touch by Susan Mallery
All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
The Forgotten Bride by Debbie Macomber
When will there be good news? by Kate Atkinson
The one in my heart by Sherry Thomas
August 2015
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
The Christmas Basket by Debbie Macomber
Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallery
Only His by Susan Mallory
A Christmas Bride by Susan Mallery
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
July 2015
Only Mine by Susan Mallory
Two of a Kind by Susan Mallory
8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber Emily Flemming
Only Yours by Susan Mallory
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber Teri (Miller) Polgar
6 Ranier Drive by Debbie Macomber Justine Gunderson
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber Corrie McAfee
June 2015
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber Peggy Beldon
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber Rosie Cox
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
When We Met by Susan Mallery
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber Grace Sherman
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber Olivia Lockhart
May 2015
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
So anyway... by John Cleese
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
Those Christmas Angels by Debbie Macomer
April 2015
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
March 2015
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
Food a Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly
February 2015
The Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
The Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
Before We Kiss by Susan Mallory
Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallory
January 2015
Promise Me Forever by Debbie Macomber
Marriage Pact by Linda Lae Miller
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
December 2014
Wyoming Widow by Elizabeth Lane
Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber
Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Philips
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle
November 2014
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer
Turning Angel by Greg Iles
What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Philips
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
October 2014
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
September 2014
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
August 2014
Natchez Burning by Greg Illes
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
July 2014
Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
June 2014
What Janie Saw by Pamela Tracy
The Light in the Ruins - Chris Bohjalian
The Collector by Nora Roberts
Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell
May 2014
A Leaf in the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon
Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
April 2014
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
March 2014
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Bride Wanted by Debbie Macomber
February 2014
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Native Son by Richard Wright
January 2014
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
December 2013
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
July 2013
The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
June 2013
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
The Brunei window washer : bringing business partnership to life / James D. Kirkpatrick, Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick.
May 2013
Lord John and the Hellfire Club,” a short story. Originally published in PAST POISONS, ed. Maxim Jakubowski. Collected in LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.
LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER, a novel.
“Lord John and the Succubus,” a novella, originally published in LEGENDS II: Short novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, edited by Robert Silverberg. Collected inLORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.
LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE, a novel.
“Lord John and the Haunted Soldier,” a novella. Published only in LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.
LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS, a book-length collection of three novellas: “Hell-Fire Club,” “Succubus,” and “Haunted Soldier.”
“Lord John and the Custom of the Army,” a novella, originally published in WARRIORS (volume 1), edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.
THE SCOTTISH PRISONER, a novel. Released on November 29, 2011.
“Lord John and the Plague of Zombies,” a novella. Appeared in DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, released in October, 2011.
April 2013
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
March 2013
Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
February 2013
Halfway There by Susan Mallery
Thrill Me by Susan Mallery
October 2015
distant shores by Kristin Hannah
All I want for Christmas by Nora Roberts
The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber
The Inn At Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
Wild by Cheryl Strayer
Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts
September 2015
1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debie Macomber
At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
Lost and Found in Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber
The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs
Until We Touch by Susan Mallery
All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
The Forgotten Bride by Debbie Macomber
When will there be good news? by Kate Atkinson
The one in my heart by Sherry Thomas
August 2015
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
The Christmas Basket by Debbie Macomber
Christmas on 4th Street by Susan Mallery
Only His by Susan Mallory
A Christmas Bride by Susan Mallery
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
July 2015
Only Mine by Susan Mallory
Two of a Kind by Susan Mallory
8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber Emily Flemming
Only Yours by Susan Mallory
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber Teri (Miller) Polgar
6 Ranier Drive by Debbie Macomber Justine Gunderson
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber Corrie McAfee
June 2015
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber Peggy Beldon
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber Rosie Cox
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
When We Met by Susan Mallery
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber Grace Sherman
16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber Olivia Lockhart
May 2015
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
So anyway... by John Cleese
The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
Those Christmas Angels by Debbie Macomer
April 2015
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
March 2015
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
Food a Love Story by Jim Gaffigan
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly
February 2015
The Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
The Dark Witch by Nora Roberts
Before We Kiss by Susan Mallory
Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallory
January 2015
Promise Me Forever by Debbie Macomber
Marriage Pact by Linda Lae Miller
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
December 2014
Wyoming Widow by Elizabeth Lane
Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber
Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Philips
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle
November 2014
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer
Turning Angel by Greg Iles
What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Philips
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
October 2014
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
September 2014
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
August 2014
Natchez Burning by Greg Illes
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
July 2014
Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
June 2014
One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting
by Marie Monville What Janie Saw by Pamela Tracy
The Light in the Ruins - Chris Bohjalian
The Collector by Nora Roberts
Dangerous Refuge by Elizabeth Lowell
May 2014
A Leaf in the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon
Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
April 2014
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
March 2014
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Bride Wanted by Debbie Macomber
February 2014
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Native Son by Richard Wright
January 2014
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
December 2013
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
July 2013
The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood
June 2013
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
The Brunei window washer : bringing business partnership to life / James D. Kirkpatrick, Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick.
May 2013
Lord John and the Hellfire Club,” a short story. Originally published in PAST POISONS, ed. Maxim Jakubowski. Collected in LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.
LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER, a novel.
“Lord John and the Succubus,” a novella, originally published in LEGENDS II: Short novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, edited by Robert Silverberg. Collected inLORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.
LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE, a novel.
“Lord John and the Haunted Soldier,” a novella. Published only in LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS.
LORD JOHN AND THE HAND OF DEVILS, a book-length collection of three novellas: “Hell-Fire Club,” “Succubus,” and “Haunted Soldier.”
“Lord John and the Custom of the Army,” a novella, originally published in WARRIORS (volume 1), edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.
THE SCOTTISH PRISONER, a novel. Released on November 29, 2011.
“Lord John and the Plague of Zombies,” a novella. Appeared in DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, released in October, 2011.
April 2013
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
March 2013
Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
February 2013
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
January 2013
Notorious nineteen : a Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich
August 2012
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg
June 2012
The Man You'll Marry by Debbie MacomberIzzy & Lenore by Jon Katz
Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
May 2012
A Dance with Dragons Book 5 Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
March 2012
Thura's Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq by Thura al-Windawi
February 2012
A Feast for Crows Book 4 Game of Thrones by George R. R. MartinJanuary 2012
A Storm of Swords Book 3 Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings Book 2 Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
October 2011
The Red Geranium by Janette Oke
Song of Fire and Ice Book 1 Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Bossypants by Tina Fey
August 2011
The Counterfeit Lady by Jude Deveraux
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Duchess by Jude DeverauxSmoking Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
A Week from Sunday by Dorothy Garlock
July 2011
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
the face by Angela Hunt
Flirting with Pete by Barbara Delinsky
A Touch So Wicked by Connie Mason
June 2011
Night Shadows by Nora Roberts
Night Shift by Nora Roberts
The Countess by Catherine Coulter
A Stolen Heart by Candace Camp
May 2011
The Sherbrooke Twins by Catherine Coulter
The Sherbrooke Bride by Catherine Coulter
The Scottish Bride by Catherine Coulter
Point Blank Catherine Coulter
The Wild Baron by Catherine Coulter
Riptide by Catherine Coulter
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
The Target by Catherine Coulter
The Lion's Lady by Julie Garwood
Slow burn by Julie Garwood
Knock Out by Catherine Coulter
Tail Spin by Catherine Coulter
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter
Murder List by Julie Garwood
Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
Mercy by Julie Garwood
Killjoy by Julie Garwood
The Maze by Catherine Coulter
April 2011
False Pretenses by Catherine Coulter
A Morning for Flamingos by James Lee Burke
Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards
What Matters Most by Luanne Rice
The Secret by Julie Garwood
The Ransom by Julie Garwood
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Seaview Inn by Sherryl Woods
The Gift by Julie Garwood
March 2011
We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
The Horsemasters's Daughter by Susan Wiggs
February 2011
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
December 2010
Sizzle by Julie GarwoodChristmas Wishes by Debbie Macomber
On a Snowy Night by Debbie Macomber
Mr and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels
November 2010
The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich
October 2010 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Juliet by Anne Fortier
Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux
September 2010
This Year it Will be Different by Maeve Bnchy
A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
"Wicked Appetite" by Janet Evanovich
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
August 2010
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
July 2010
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
Full Blast by Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes
The River Knows by Amanda Quick
June 2010
Angels All Over Town by Luanne Rice
May 2010
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
the void....
December 2009Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brook
A Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron
Snow Angels by Fern Michaels
October 2009
On This Day by Melody Carlson
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
September 2009
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
Lonesome Cowboy by Debbie Macomber
Texas Two-Step by Debbie Macomber
May 2009
The Dive From Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
March 2009
The Fighting 69th : one remarkable National Guard Unit's Journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad by Sean Michael Flynn
Remembrance of the Angels : 50th Anniversary Remembrance of the Fire No One Can Forget by John Kuenster
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
February 2009
The Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Code Sixty-One by Donald Harstad
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
January 2009
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
I don't want to be crazy by Samantha Schutz
Please Stop Laughing at Me... by Jodee Blancc
look me in the eye: my life with asperger's by John Elder Robinson
November 2008
Marley & Me by John Grogan
Snuff by Chuck Palahnuik
September 2008
Bittersweet by Danielle Steel
Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull
Smitten by Janet Evanovich
Back to the Bedroom by Janet Evanovich
Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich
August 2008
Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner Hospital
July 2008
Escape by Carolyn Jessop
Manhunt by Janet Evanovich
In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson
Baghdad Without a Map by Tony Horowitz
June 2008
Navy Brat by Debbie Macomber
Navy Wife by Debbie Macomber
May 2008
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
March 2008
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
February 2008
The Floor of the Sky by Pamela Carter Joern
Smashed; story of a drunken girlhood by Koren Zailckas
Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
January 2008
Taken by Chris Jordan
The Tenth Circe by Jodi Picoult
November 2007
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
October 2007
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
September 2007
Echo Burning by Lee Child
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evenovich
August 2007
Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline
Damsels in Distress by Joan Hess
Eden Burning by Elizabeth Lowell
July 2007
Beautiful Dreamer by Elizabeth Lowell
Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah
Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell
Heartbreaker by Linda Howard
June 2007
Storm Front : Book One of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
May 2007
D-Day & Beyond: A True Story of Escape and POW Survival by Julie M. Phend and Stanley E. Edwards, Jr.
April 2007
Tell No One Harlan Coben
March 2007
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
December
The Closers by Michael Connelly
November
Good Cop, Bad Cop by Barbara D'Amato
Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich
Hard Road by Barbara D'Amato
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
October
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
A House Divided by Catherine Cookson
At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
September
Summer I Dared by Barbara Delinsky
Katie Mulholland by Catherine Cookson
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Coast Road by Barbara Delinsky
The Girl by Catherine Cookson
August
The Trophy Wife by Diana Diamond
Resort to Murder by Carolyn Hart
Happenstance ; the wife's Story by Carol Shields
July
First Impressions by Jude Deveraux
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shereve
The Art of Deception by Laurie R. King
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
June
The Mulberry Tree by Jude Deveraux
Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Happenstance by Carol Shields
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
Unless by Carol Shields
Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs
May
A Rose for the Crown by Anne Easter Smith
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
DeJa Dead by Kathy Reichs
Almost Home : My Life Story Vol. 1 by Damien Echols
The Box Garden by Carol Shields
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
April
Night Work by Laurie R. King
with child by Laurie R. King
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
"S" is for Silence by Sue Grafton
The Copper Beech by Maeve Binchy
"R" is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
And One More thing Before You Go... by Maria Shriver
"P" is for Peril by Sue Grafton
Jewel by Bret Lott
"Q" is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
March
"O" is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King
"N" is for Noose by Sue Grafton
Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King
February 2006
"H" is for Homicide by Sue Grafton
"I" is for Innocent by Sue Grafton
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
"J" is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
"K" is for Killer by Sue Grafton
"M" is for Malice by Sue Grafton
January 2006
Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy
"D" is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton.
"E" is for Evidence by Sue Grafton.
Lilac Bus : Stories by Maeve Binchy.
"F" is for Fugutive by Sue Grafton.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
The Silver Wedding by Maeve Binchy.
"G" is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton.
December 2005
Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, c 2005.
"A" is for Alibi by Sue Grafton.
"B" is for Burglar by Sue Grafton.
"C" is for Corpse by Sue Grafton.
November 2005
Lord John and the private matter by Diana Gabaldon.
The fiery cross by Diana Gabaldon, c 2001.
Drums of autumn by Diana Gabaldon, c 1996.
October 2005
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, c 1994.
Dragonfly in amber by Diana Gabaldon, c 1992.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, c 1991.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
What I Believe
I believe that the ability to read is a wondrous thing. Making the most of this ability has application to all aspects of your life. Reading can be done nearly everywhere at anytime with a minimum of requirements. Individual preferences would fill in additional levels of comfort past illumination and reading matter.
I believe that reading and playing are more important than cleaning under the bed. Additionally, I believe that everyone has rights and responsibilities. It is my opinion that a successful person enjoys the proper balance between the two.
According to my Mom, I have visited libraries since before I was born. I have worked in a library of some form or another since 1975 and am committeed to doing what I love, and loving what I do! My natural tendancy is to collect and organize. I have surrounded myself with family, friends, books, pets, garden plants and kids.
Words to Live By:
...Always be curious, devoted, enthusiastic, factual, generous, humane, impassioned, jocund, kindhearted ...
I believe that reading and playing are more important than cleaning under the bed. Additionally, I believe that everyone has rights and responsibilities. It is my opinion that a successful person enjoys the proper balance between the two.
According to my Mom, I have visited libraries since before I was born. I have worked in a library of some form or another since 1975 and am committeed to doing what I love, and loving what I do! My natural tendancy is to collect and organize. I have surrounded myself with family, friends, books, pets, garden plants and kids.
Words to Live By:
...Always be curious, devoted, enthusiastic, factual, generous, humane, impassioned, jocund, kindhearted ...
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Books Worth Their Weight in Gold
My reading memories are filled with "good books." Titles which have shaped my life. The reading of a "good book" is a life altering experience. My life experience and my reactions to people, places, events, and things are a direct result of my reading life. The essence of who I am has been shaped as much by my family, nature, nurture, friends, etc... as is has been shaped by my reading habit.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Library Moments
As I think back over my memories of being in libraries there are some special moments to treasure. My first clear memory comes from being in line for Story Time at the Maze Branch of the Oak Park Public Library. I can still feel the excitement of standing there with my name tag around my neck, Miss Peaslee in the lead, and the anticipation of the adventure around the corner and down the stairs in the room for Story Time.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Reading Evangelists
"Finally, I wonder that we shouldn't somehow see ourselves as reading evangelists, each carrying around a bag of relish reading seeds to be planted on the fertile field of our future, the minds of our youth." I love this quote and would like to give credit to the individual responsible for setting me off on my task of sowing those reading relish seeds...
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Just a simple step
I took a simple step to post on the September Project blog and here I am a blogstress.
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