1. The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood (adult)
2. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (YA)
3. The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (elementary-YA)
4. Peace Like a River by Leif Engler (adult)
5. Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog (adult)
6. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larsen (middle)
7. Singing Hands by Delia Ray (elementary)
8. These is my words by Nancy E. Turner (adult)
9. The Magician by Michael Scott (middle)
10. The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen (elementary-middle)
11. The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta (adult)
12. Flower Children by Maxinne Swann (adult)
13. The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (elementary-middle)
14. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (elementary-middle)
15. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (adult)
16. The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (YA-Adult)
17. Ida B. and her plans to maximize fun, Avoid Disaster, and (possibly) save the World by Katherine Hannigan (elementary)
18. Little Children by Tom Perrotta (adult)
19. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (YA-adult)
20. In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth (middle)
21. Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggens (adult)
22. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen (adult)
23. Eat, Pray, Love; One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India...Elizabeth Gilbert (adult)
24. The Observations by Jane Harris (adult)
25. Schooled by Gordon Korman (elementary-middle)
26. What I Call Life by Jill Wolfson (elementary)
27. The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond (adult)
28. Chocolat by Joanne Harris (adult)
29. Geronimo by Joseph Bruchac (YA)
30. Sacajawea by Joseph Bruchac (YA)
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (adult)
32. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; A Year in the Life by Barbara Kingsolver (adult)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Reading from my own shelves Challenge(2010)
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
2.The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
3.The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
4. I don't want to be crazy by Samantha Schutz
5.Home to Italy by Peter Pezzelli
6. Every Sunday by Peter Pezzelli
7.The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
8. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
9. One year to an organized life by Regina Leeds
10.Never Change by Elizabeth Berg
11. The Omnivore's Dilemma; A natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan
12. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
13.Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
14. Inheritance by Natalie Danford
15. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing; Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson
16.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
17.The Reluctant Tuscan; How I Discovered my Inner Italian by Phil Doran
18. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
19. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
20. Gilead by Marilyn Robinson
21. The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins
22.The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by e.l. konigsburg
23. I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
24.Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
25.Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs
26.Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
27. The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
28.Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
29.Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
30.Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
31.Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
32.A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
33. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
34. Austenland by Shannon Hale
35.The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
36.The Life and Times of Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
37. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (gasp!!)
38. We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
39. Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang
40. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
41.The Sorceress; The secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
42. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
43.Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
44. A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
45.Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes
46. Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
47. Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
48. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
49.Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
50. The Snipesville Chronicles; Don't Know Where, Don't Know When by Annette Laing
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4. I don't want to be crazy by Samantha Schutz
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6. Every Sunday by Peter Pezzelli
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9. One year to an organized life by Regina Leeds
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11. The Omnivore's Dilemma; A natural history of four meals by Michael Pollan
12. The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
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14. Inheritance by Natalie Danford
15. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing; Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson
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18. Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
19. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
20. Gilead by Marilyn Robinson
21. The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins
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23. I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
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27. The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
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33. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
34. Austenland by Shannon Hale
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37. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (gasp!!)
38. We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
39. Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang
40. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
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42. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
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44. A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
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46. Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
47. Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
48. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
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50. The Snipesville Chronicles; Don't Know Where, Don't Know When by Annette Laing
Friday, December 25, 2009
Read in 2009
January: (3)
The Heart of a chief by Joseph Bruchac (elementary)
*Three cups of tea by Greg Mortenson (adult-NF)
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (adult)
February: (4)
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury (YA)
*The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (YA)
*The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (elementary)
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (elementary)
March: (6)
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (middle)
*Gone by Michael Grant (YA)
*The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarky (adult)
*Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (middle)
*Compound by S.A. Bodeen (YA)
*A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg (middle-YA)
(this was a good-read month-I liked all but The Underneath, could not choose favorite)
April: (3)
*If a Tree Falls at Lunch by Gennifer Choldenko (middle-YA)
Black Box by Julie Schumacher (YA)
Elvis and Olive by Stephanie Watson (elementary)
May: (6)
*The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (YA)
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (elementary-middle)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko (elementary-middle)
Red Glass by Laura Resau (YA)
Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan (elementary)
*The Help by Kathryn Stockett (adult)
June: (5)
*Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin (middle/YA)
The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy (elementary)
The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecelia Galante (middle)
Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal (elementary)
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarity (adult)
July: (6)
*Hunger by Michael Grant (YA)
Vidalia in Paris by Sasha Watson (YA)
*March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac (middle)
Airhead by Meg Cabot (YA)
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult (adult)
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry (elementary-middle)
August: (8)
Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald (elementary)
A friendship for Today by Patricia McKissack (elementary-middle)
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (YA)
Julia's Kitchen by Brenda A. Ferber (elementary)
*Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (adult)
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff (elementary)
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (YA)
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
September: (9)
Savvy by Ingrid Law (elementary-middle)
Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graf (elementary-middle)
That Summer by Sarah Dessen (YA)
*The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (elementary-middle)
*Found by Margaret Petersen Haddix (elementary-middle)
*Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (YA)
*The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (YA)
Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough (YA)
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff (elementary)
(good reading month as well-Four were my favs)
October: (6)
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (adult)
*Rumors by Anna Godbersen (YA)
*The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (elem.-middle)
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (YA)
Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray (adult)
43 Old Creamery Road; Dying to meet you by Kate Klise (elementary)
November: (9)
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (adult)
*The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (elementary-middle)
*Envy by Anna Godbersen (YA)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows(adult)
Journey of Dreams by Pellegrino (YA-adult)
*Liar by Justine Larbalestier (YA)
*Sent by Margaret Petersen Haddix (elementary-middle)
The Black Tower by Betsy Byars (elementary)
Abigail Iris by Lisa Glatt (elementary)
December: (4)
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look (elementary)
The Best Bad Luck Ever by Levine (elementary-middle)
Splendor by Anna Godbersen (YA)
*The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (adult)
The Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd (YA)
The Heart of a chief by Joseph Bruchac (elementary)
*Three cups of tea by Greg Mortenson (adult-NF)
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs (adult)
February: (4)
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury (YA)
*The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (YA)
*The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (elementary)
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (elementary)
March: (6)
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (middle)
*Gone by Michael Grant (YA)
*The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarky (adult)
*Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (middle)
*Compound by S.A. Bodeen (YA)
*A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg (middle-YA)
(this was a good-read month-I liked all but The Underneath, could not choose favorite)
April: (3)
*If a Tree Falls at Lunch by Gennifer Choldenko (middle-YA)
Black Box by Julie Schumacher (YA)
Elvis and Olive by Stephanie Watson (elementary)
May: (6)
*The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (YA)
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (elementary-middle)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko (elementary-middle)
Red Glass by Laura Resau (YA)
Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan (elementary)
*The Help by Kathryn Stockett (adult)
June: (5)
*Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin (middle/YA)
The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy (elementary)
The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecelia Galante (middle)
Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal (elementary)
The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarity (adult)
July: (6)
*Hunger by Michael Grant (YA)
Vidalia in Paris by Sasha Watson (YA)
*March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac (middle)
Airhead by Meg Cabot (YA)
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult (adult)
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry (elementary-middle)
August: (8)
Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald (elementary)
A friendship for Today by Patricia McKissack (elementary-middle)
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen (YA)
Julia's Kitchen by Brenda A. Ferber (elementary)
*Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (adult)
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff (elementary)
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen (YA)
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
September: (9)
Savvy by Ingrid Law (elementary-middle)
Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graf (elementary-middle)
That Summer by Sarah Dessen (YA)
*The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (elementary-middle)
*Found by Margaret Petersen Haddix (elementary-middle)
*Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (YA)
*The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (YA)
Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough (YA)
Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff (elementary)
(good reading month as well-Four were my favs)
October: (6)
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (adult)
*Rumors by Anna Godbersen (YA)
*The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (elem.-middle)
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher (YA)
Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray (adult)
43 Old Creamery Road; Dying to meet you by Kate Klise (elementary)
November: (9)
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (adult)
*The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (elementary-middle)
*Envy by Anna Godbersen (YA)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows(adult)
Journey of Dreams by Pellegrino (YA-adult)
*Liar by Justine Larbalestier (YA)
*Sent by Margaret Petersen Haddix (elementary-middle)
The Black Tower by Betsy Byars (elementary)
Abigail Iris by Lisa Glatt (elementary)
December: (4)
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look (elementary)
The Best Bad Luck Ever by Levine (elementary-middle)
Splendor by Anna Godbersen (YA)
*The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (adult)
The Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd (YA)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Read these before leaving 5th grade!!
Best Books for 5th Graders:
(According to Mrs. Holt*-a must read)
Firegirl* by Tony Abbott
How Tia Lola came to visit (stay) by Julie Alvarez
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle* by Avi
Peter and the starcatchers(series) by Dave Barry
The heart of a chief* by Joseph Bruchac
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Everything written by Esme Raji Codell
Everything written by Christopher Paul Curtis
Everything written by Andrew Clements
The Ransom of Mercy Carter* by Caroline Clooney
Love that dog by Sharon Creech
Hate that cat by Sharon Creech
The missing manatee by Cynthia Defelice
The Tale of Desperaux* by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie* by Kate DiCamillo
The City of Ember* series by Jeanne DuPrau
The breadwinner* by Deborah Ellis
Inkheart* by Cornelia Funke
Umbrella Summer* by Lisa Graff
Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Baseball card adventures by Dan Gutman
The Homework machine by Dan Gutman
Among the Hidden series* by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Found and Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Escape from memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ida B.* by Katherine Harrigan
Bird lake moon by Kevin Henkes
Everything on a waffle by Polly Horvath
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Bird by Angela Johnson
Weedflower* by Cynthia Kadohata
Rules* by Cynthia Lord
Anything by E.L. Konigsburg
Schooled* by Gordon Korman
Poison Ivy by Amy Koss
Drita; my homegirl* by Jenny Lombard
The Giver, Messenger and Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Jeremy Fink by Wendy Mass
A dog’s life by Ann M. Martin
The Snows* by Sharelle Byers Moranville
Charlie Bone series* by Jenny Nimmo
Habibi* by Naomi Shihab Nye
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh* by Robert O’Brien
Island of the blue dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen
The Golden Compass series by Phillip Pullman
Percy Jackson series* by Rick Riordan
Singing hands* by Delia Ray
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Esperanza Rising* by Pamela Munoz Ryan
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pamela Munoz Ryan
Holes* by Louis Sachar
The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Lemony Snicket series
Stargirl* by Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee* by Jerry Spinelli
That girl Lucy Moon* by Amy Timberlake
Sammy Keyes mysteries by Wendelin Van Draanen
Elvis and Olive by Stephanie Watson
So B. It; a novel* by Sarah Weeks
Charlotte’s Web* by E.B. White
Adam Canfield, Watch your back by Michael Winerip
What I call life* by Jill Wolfson
The Devil’s Arithmetic* by Jane Yolen
(According to Mrs. Holt*-a must read)
Firegirl* by Tony Abbott
How Tia Lola came to visit (stay) by Julie Alvarez
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle* by Avi
Peter and the starcatchers(series) by Dave Barry
The heart of a chief* by Joseph Bruchac
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Everything written by Esme Raji Codell
Everything written by Christopher Paul Curtis
Everything written by Andrew Clements
The Ransom of Mercy Carter* by Caroline Clooney
Love that dog by Sharon Creech
Hate that cat by Sharon Creech
The missing manatee by Cynthia Defelice
The Tale of Desperaux* by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie* by Kate DiCamillo
The City of Ember* series by Jeanne DuPrau
The breadwinner* by Deborah Ellis
Inkheart* by Cornelia Funke
Umbrella Summer* by Lisa Graff
Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Baseball card adventures by Dan Gutman
The Homework machine by Dan Gutman
Among the Hidden series* by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Found and Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Escape from memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Ida B.* by Katherine Harrigan
Bird lake moon by Kevin Henkes
Everything on a waffle by Polly Horvath
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
Bird by Angela Johnson
Weedflower* by Cynthia Kadohata
Rules* by Cynthia Lord
Anything by E.L. Konigsburg
Schooled* by Gordon Korman
Poison Ivy by Amy Koss
Drita; my homegirl* by Jenny Lombard
The Giver, Messenger and Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Jeremy Fink by Wendy Mass
A dog’s life by Ann M. Martin
The Snows* by Sharelle Byers Moranville
Charlie Bone series* by Jenny Nimmo
Habibi* by Naomi Shihab Nye
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh* by Robert O’Brien
Island of the blue dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen
The Golden Compass series by Phillip Pullman
Percy Jackson series* by Rick Riordan
Singing hands* by Delia Ray
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Esperanza Rising* by Pamela Munoz Ryan
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pamela Munoz Ryan
Holes* by Louis Sachar
The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Lemony Snicket series
Stargirl* by Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee* by Jerry Spinelli
That girl Lucy Moon* by Amy Timberlake
Sammy Keyes mysteries by Wendelin Van Draanen
Elvis and Olive by Stephanie Watson
So B. It; a novel* by Sarah Weeks
Charlotte’s Web* by E.B. White
Adam Canfield, Watch your back by Michael Winerip
What I call life* by Jill Wolfson
The Devil’s Arithmetic* by Jane Yolen
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