***PERSONAL READING LIST:
Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson (pages)My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult - 448 pages (reviewed on my blog)The Innocent Man by John Grisham - 360 pages (reviewed on my blog)A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers- 544 pages (reviewed on my blog)An Echo in the Darkness by Francine Rivers- 464 pages (reviewed on my blog)As Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers - 488 pages (reviewd on my blog)Key Lime Murder Mystery by Joanne Fluke - 352 pages (reviewed on my blog)Smart Organizing by Sandra Felton - 254 pages (reviewed on my blog)A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - 240 pages or 8.5 hours audio (reviewed on my blog)Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters - 306 pages (reviewed on my blog)Redemption by Karen Kingsbury - 384 pages (reviewed on my blog)Remember by Karen Kingsbury - 432 pages (reviewed on my blog)Return by Karen Kingsbury - 368 pages (reviewed on my blog)Rejoice by Karen Kingsbury - 369 pages (reviewed on my blog)Reunion by Karen Kingsbury - pages (reviewed on my blog)
***LITERATURE FOR SCHOOL (read alouds to Josh & Emily):
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (151 pp.)
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (437 pp, short stories of an English veterinarian during Depression era)
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England by Walter Dean Myers
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift (Dear America, 185 pp.)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - 100 pages
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Francis Hodgson Burnett - 276 pages (reviewed on my blog)
My Antonia by Willa Silbert Cather
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan - 156 pages
The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson
The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett
Where the Poppies Grow by Linda Granfield (48 pp.)
***YOUNG CHILDREN'S LIT READ TO NATHAN:
The Water Hole by Graeme Base (32 pages)
Jungle Drums by Graeme Base (40 page)
Animalia by Graeme Base (32 pages)
The Baby Bee Bee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie (32 pages)
I'm so excited to participate in another reading challenge. Katrina at Callapider Days is hosting a Fall Reading Challenge! One of the best parts of participating in such a challenge is getting to put this REALLY KEWL graphic in my sidebar! Doesn't looking at it make you want to just snuggle up by a nice warm fire under a cozy blanket to read all day? Preferably with rain or snow coming down outside? It does me!
My friend, DeEtta, is hosting a Summer Reading Challenge. YIPPEE. Maybe I'll finish reading some of the books I have piled up here on my desk, beside my bed, on the floor by the couch, in the Yukon, in my tote bag, and a zillion other places I keep things on hand incase I'm ever without something to do for a few minutes (LOL).
Our youngest will turn four tomorrow. That means I could conceivably have some reading time during a park/pool day since he will be old enough to watch from a distance now instead of having to stand right beside him every second. I'm a list checker-off type person so this is the kick-it-into-gear type motivation I needed! Thanks for setting this up, DeEtta!
I saw this Spring Reading Thing way back in March when I was surfing the internet looking at blog designs that have been created by Susie at Bluebird Blogs. I didn't sign up to participate at that time because I knew my blog was going to be overhauled and I was trying to clean up the side margin before the overhaul. I was also tied up with graduation plans and really didn't have much time for reading. However, I did make a list (LOL). Since I'm still wading through the Benjamin Franklin book and haven't even gotten to the others yet, I decided to put my book list at the top of the page and call it good for both challenges.
7 comments:
Great list Cynthia. It reads a little like a Sonlight Core!
Dorothy
I was trying to figure out how to add myself to the Book challenge and it's given me a headache.LOL These look like great books! I'm enjoying everyone's lists!
Your new blog looks great! I haven't been on many lately and have just made it through to yours. I really like the changes you've made!
LOL, I have had several of the same books on my list for many months. I WILL get through them! But I don't think I could stand the pressure of the Summer Reading Thing!
My oldest son was reading The Cross and the Switchblade but he never finished, I am not sure why.
Looks like a good book list!!
Laura
Yea....glad you're back to blogging! I just did my reading list. I think this will be a fun challenge.
Looks like a great list! I'm adding the Dear America one to my list. I enjoy those and haven't read that one. My grandmother's name was minnie and she lived through the depression. Hmm wonder if I'll notice any more similarities!
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