Books with a star I recommend
1. Maze Runner - James Dashner
2. Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
3. Lock and Key - Sarah Dessen
4. Leaving the Bellweathers - Kristin Clark Venuti
5. The Card Turner - Lois Sachar
6. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landou-Banks - E. Lockhart
7. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
8. The Road** - Cormac McCarthy
9. Brightly Woven - Alexandra Bracken
10. Dark and Hollow Places - Carrie Ryan
11. Playing for Pizza - John Grisham
12. Ford County - John Grisham
13. Walking to Gatlinburg - Howard Frank Mosher
14. Shadow - Jenny Moss
15. The Otherworldies - by Jennifer Anne Kogler
16. City of Fallen Angels - by Cassandra Clare *
17. To Kill a Mockingbird - by Harper Lee ***
18. The Willoughby's - by Lois Lowry *
19. Incarceron - by Catherine Fisher
20. Sapphirique - by Catherine Fisher
21. Replay - Sharon Creech
22. Matched - by Ally Condie*
23. The Museum of Thiefs - by Lian Tanner
24. The Room - by Emma Donoghue
25. Words in the Dust - by Trent Reedy
26. Crunch by Leslie Conner
Friday, April 8, 2011
Sunday, June 20, 2010
ASHLEE 2010
BOOK GROUP READS
1. In the Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
2. Shiver by Maggie Steifvater
3. Liar by Justine Larbalestier
4. The Heist Society by Ally Carter
5. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
6. The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne
7. The Explosionist by Jennifer Davidson
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10.
BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES
1. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
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10.
CAUSE I FELT LIKE IT
1. Whirligigs by Paul Fleischman
2. Fragments by Jeffry Johnston
3. Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
4. Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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7.
8.
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10.
LIFE STORIES
1. An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
2. My Life in France by Julia Childs
3. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
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5.
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8.
9.
10.
MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME STARTS WITH A
1. American Wife (ALICE) by Curtis Sittenfeld
2. Adaline Falling Star (ADALINE) by Mary Pope Osborne
3. Persuasion (ANNE) by Jane Austen
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ON MY SHELF
1. Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
1. In the Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
2. Shiver by Maggie Steifvater
3. Liar by Justine Larbalestier
4. The Heist Society by Ally Carter
5. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
6. The Finishing Touches by Hester Browne
7. The Explosionist by Jennifer Davidson
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9.
10.
BOOKS MADE INTO MOVIES
1. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
2. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
3. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
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8.
9.
10.
CAUSE I FELT LIKE IT
1. Whirligigs by Paul Fleischman
2. Fragments by Jeffry Johnston
3. Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
4. Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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7.
8.
9.
10.
LIFE STORIES
1. An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
2. My Life in France by Julia Childs
3. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
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9.
10.
MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME STARTS WITH A
1. American Wife (ALICE) by Curtis Sittenfeld
2. Adaline Falling Star (ADALINE) by Mary Pope Osborne
3. Persuasion (ANNE) by Jane Austen
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ON MY SHELF
1. Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
2. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
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ONCE UPON A TIME
1. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
2. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
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READ IT FORWARD
1. The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice
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SOUNDS TASTY
1. The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
2. Orange, Mint, and Honey by Carleen Brice
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. Apple Turnover Mystery by Joanne Fluke
5. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
6. Saving Cinnamon by Christine Sullivan
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8.
9.
10.
WHO DUNNIT?
1. The Cat Who Robbed the Bank by Lillian Jackson Braun
2. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat by Lillian Jackson Braun
3. The Cat Who Went Up The Creek by Lillian Jackson Braun
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EXTRA! EXTRA!
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3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
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ONCE UPON A TIME
1. Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
2. Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
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READ IT FORWARD
1. The Geometry of Sisters by Luanne Rice
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9.
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SOUNDS TASTY
1. The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
2. Orange, Mint, and Honey by Carleen Brice
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
4. Apple Turnover Mystery by Joanne Fluke
5. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
6. Saving Cinnamon by Christine Sullivan
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8.
9.
10.
WHO DUNNIT?
1. The Cat Who Robbed the Bank by Lillian Jackson Braun
2. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat by Lillian Jackson Braun
3. The Cat Who Went Up The Creek by Lillian Jackson Braun
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EXTRA! EXTRA!
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
SONJA 2010
** A star means I recommend the book
1. "Charly" by Jack Weyland **
2. "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins**
3. "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins **
4. "Ladder of Years" by Anne Tyler **
5. "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare**
6. "City of Ashes" by Cassandra Clare**
7. "City of Glass" by Cassandra Clare**
8. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare
9.
10.
1. "Evernight" by Claudia Gray
2. "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon (both had castles)
3. "Bran Hambric and the Farfield Curse" by Kaleb Nation(both involved magical travel)
4. "Impossible" by Nancy Werline (both involved a curse)
5. "A Curse Dark as Gold" by Elizabeth Bunce (another curse)
6. "Straw into Gold" by Gary Schmidt (both were Rumplestiltskin rewrites)
7. "Evermore" by Alyson Noel (both main characters were raised by someone other than their parents)
8. "Stargazer" by Claudia Gray (both could be described as "gothic romance")
9. "Shiver" by Maggie Steifvater (both involve people trying to control what they are {vampires/werewolves})
10. "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore ( both have wolves)
1. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
2. "Go Ask Alice" by anonymous
3. "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence
4. "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque **
5. "The Adventures of Huck Finn" by Mark Twain
6. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
7.
8.
9.
10.
1. "The Lightening Thief" by Rick Riordan
2. "The Black Sun Rising" by C.S. Friedman
3. "Breath of Snow and Ashes" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle
5. "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" by Mildred Taylor
6.
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8.
9.
10.
1. "The Girl Who Could Fly" by Victoria Forester (read with E2)
2. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (read with E2, E3)
3. "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
4. "The Battle of the Labryinth" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
5. "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
6. "Fire" by Kristin Cashore (E1)
7. "Journey of the Trail" by E. Stewart and R. Clark (E2)
8. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (E1)
9. "Finally" by Wendy Mass (read with E2)
10. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins (read with E1 & E2)
1. "Living Oprah" by Robyn Okrant (recommended by Ker-Bear)
2. "Meely LaBauve" by Ken Wells (recommended by Linda)
3. "My Sister's Keeper) by Jodi Picoult (recommended by Ker-Bear)
4. "Waiting for Normal" by Leslie Conner (recommended by Robin)
5. "The Lost Conspiracy" by Frances Hardinge (recommended by Robin)
6. "Daughter of the Forest" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
7. "Son of the Shadows" by Juliet Marillier ( recommended by Diane)
8. "Child of the Prophecy" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
9. "I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to Kill You" by Ally Carter (recommended by Joleen also read with E1)
10. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (recommended by Jodi Solt and Tosha and several others. This is our October book group selection).
1. "The Winter of Our Discontent" by John Steinbeck
2. "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells
3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
4. "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller (also read with Emily)
5. "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling **
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7.
8.
9.
10.
1. "How to Ditch your Fairy" by Justine Larbalestier (Ashlee)
2. "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation" by M.T.Anderson (Ashlee)
3. "The Eleventh Man" by Ivan Doig ( Ashlee)
4. "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" by Fannie Flag (Roxey)
5. "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley (Ashlee)
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10.
1. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
2. "A Clearing in the Wild" by Jane Kirkpatrick
3. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
4. "Maps for Lost Lovers" by Nadeem Aslam
5. "Th1rteen R3asons Why" by Jay Asher
6. "The Last Queen" by CW Gortner
7. "How to Steal A Dog" by Barbara O'Conner
8. "The Iron King" by Julie Kagawa
9. "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
10. "When You Reach Me" Rebecca Stead (2010 Newbery Winner)
1. "Boy in the striped pajamas" by John Boyne
2. "La's Orchestra Saves the World" by Alexander McCall Smith
3. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
4. "Fly Boys" by James Bradley
5. "The English Patient" by Micahel Ondaatje
6. "Saints and Soldiers" by Jeffrey Scott
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8.
9.
10.
1. "The Perfect Day" by Richard Paul Evans
2. "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy
3. "Dragonfly in Amber" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon
5. "The short second life of Bree Tanner" by Stephenie Meyer
6. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon
7. "Downsiders" by Neil Shusterman
8. "The Schwa was Here" by Neil Shusterman **
9. "Insatiable" by Meg Cabot
10. "Salt" by Maurice Gee
11. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare **
12. "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
13. "Beautiful Darkness" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
14. "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan
15. "The Dead tossed waves" by Carrie Ryan
1. "Charly" by Jack Weyland **
2. "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins**
3. "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins **
4. "Ladder of Years" by Anne Tyler **
5. "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare**
6. "City of Ashes" by Cassandra Clare**
7. "City of Glass" by Cassandra Clare**
8. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare
9.
10.
1. "Evernight" by Claudia Gray
2. "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon (both had castles)
3. "Bran Hambric and the Farfield Curse" by Kaleb Nation(both involved magical travel)
4. "Impossible" by Nancy Werline (both involved a curse)
5. "A Curse Dark as Gold" by Elizabeth Bunce (another curse)
6. "Straw into Gold" by Gary Schmidt (both were Rumplestiltskin rewrites)
7. "Evermore" by Alyson Noel (both main characters were raised by someone other than their parents)
8. "Stargazer" by Claudia Gray (both could be described as "gothic romance")
9. "Shiver" by Maggie Steifvater (both involve people trying to control what they are {vampires/werewolves})
10. "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore ( both have wolves)
1. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
2. "Go Ask Alice" by anonymous
3. "Lady Chatterly's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence
4. "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque **
5. "The Adventures of Huck Finn" by Mark Twain
6. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
7.
8.
9.
10.
1. "The Lightening Thief" by Rick Riordan
2. "The Black Sun Rising" by C.S. Friedman
3. "Breath of Snow and Ashes" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle
5. "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" by Mildred Taylor
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
1. "The Girl Who Could Fly" by Victoria Forester (read with E2)
2. "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan (read with E2, E3)
3. "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
4. "The Battle of the Labryinth" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
5. "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan (E2,E3)
6. "Fire" by Kristin Cashore (E1)
7. "Journey of the Trail" by E. Stewart and R. Clark (E2)
8. "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks (E1)
9. "Finally" by Wendy Mass (read with E2)
10. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins (read with E1 & E2)
1. "Living Oprah" by Robyn Okrant (recommended by Ker-Bear)
2. "Meely LaBauve" by Ken Wells (recommended by Linda)
3. "My Sister's Keeper) by Jodi Picoult (recommended by Ker-Bear)
4. "Waiting for Normal" by Leslie Conner (recommended by Robin)
5. "The Lost Conspiracy" by Frances Hardinge (recommended by Robin)
6. "Daughter of the Forest" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
7. "Son of the Shadows" by Juliet Marillier ( recommended by Diane)
8. "Child of the Prophecy" by Juliet Marillier (recommended by Diane)
9. "I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to Kill You" by Ally Carter (recommended by Joleen also read with E1)
10. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett (recommended by Jodi Solt and Tosha and several others. This is our October book group selection).
1. "The Winter of Our Discontent" by John Steinbeck
2. "The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells
3. "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
4. "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller (also read with Emily)
5. "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling **
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
1. "How to Ditch your Fairy" by Justine Larbalestier (Ashlee)
2. "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation" by M.T.Anderson (Ashlee)
3. "The Eleventh Man" by Ivan Doig ( Ashlee)
4. "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" by Fannie Flag (Roxey)
5. "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley (Ashlee)
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7.
8.
9.
10.
1. "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
2. "A Clearing in the Wild" by Jane Kirkpatrick
3. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
4. "Maps for Lost Lovers" by Nadeem Aslam
5. "Th1rteen R3asons Why" by Jay Asher
6. "The Last Queen" by CW Gortner
7. "How to Steal A Dog" by Barbara O'Conner
8. "The Iron King" by Julie Kagawa
9. "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
10. "When You Reach Me" Rebecca Stead (2010 Newbery Winner)
1. "Boy in the striped pajamas" by John Boyne
2. "La's Orchestra Saves the World" by Alexander McCall Smith
3. "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
4. "Fly Boys" by James Bradley
5. "The English Patient" by Micahel Ondaatje
6. "Saints and Soldiers" by Jeffrey Scott
7.
8.
9.
10.
1. "The Perfect Day" by Richard Paul Evans
2. "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy
3. "Dragonfly in Amber" by Diana Gabaldon
4. "Drums of Autumn" by Diana Gabaldon
5. "The short second life of Bree Tanner" by Stephenie Meyer
6. "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon
7. "Downsiders" by Neil Shusterman
8. "The Schwa was Here" by Neil Shusterman **
9. "Insatiable" by Meg Cabot
10. "Salt" by Maurice Gee
11. "Clockwork Angel" by Cassandra Clare **
12. "Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
13. "Beautiful Darkness" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
14. "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan
15. "The Dead tossed waves" by Carrie Ryan
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Lady Taylor 2009
Clair Poulsen
1. I'll Find You
2. Relentless
3. Lost and Found
4. Conflict of Interest
5. Runaway
6. Cover-Up
7. Mirror Image
8. Blind Side
9. Evidence
Christian Fiction
1. Diamonds Are Forever - Dennis L. Mangrum
2. Final Act- C. Paul Andersen
3. Voice in the Night - C. Paul Andersen
4. The Light Above - Jean Holbrook Mathews
5. One Last Chance - Jerry Borrowman
6. Dead Wrong - Clair Poulson
7. Mummy's the Word - Kerry Blair
8. Topaz and Treachery - Lynn Gardner
9. Miracles for Michael - JoAnn Arnold
Christmas
1. The Red Suit Diaries Volume 1 - Ed Butchart
2. The Red Suit Diaries Volume 2 - Ed Butchart
3. The Christmas Quest - Richard Siddoway
4. Secret Santa - Anne Osborn Poelman
5. The Christmas Box - Richard Paul Evans
6. Home for Christmas - Anita Stansfield
7. The Christmas Wish - Richard M. Siddoway
8. Evergreen Miracles - Larry R. & Lisa Gleave Laycock
9. A Return to Christmas - Chris Heimerdinger
Weather Words
1. The Sound of Rain - Anita Stansfield
2. A Distant Thunder - Anita Stansfield
3. Winds of Hope - Anita Stansfield
4. Shelter From the Storm - Anita Stansfield
5. The Silence of Snow - Anita Stansfield
6. The Raging Sea - Sonia O'Brien
7. Little Snowflakes - Robyn Pearl Izquierdo
8. A Light in the Storm - Chris Heimerdinger
9. Counting Stars - Michele Paige Holmes
Takes place in another country
1. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink, takes place in Germany
2. A Train to Potevka - Mike Ramsdell, takes place in Russia
3. Assegai - Wilber Smith - takes place in South Africa
4. My Brother's Voice - Stephen Nasser- takes place in Auschwitz and Hungary
5. Playing for Time - Fania Fenelon - Womens orchestra in Auschwitz-Birkenau
6. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo - Capt. Ted Lawson - Japan and China
7. A Quiet Courage - Elizabeth R. Skoglund - Hungary, WWll
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
9. Victoria's Daughters - Jerrold M. Packard
Historical-Fact or Fiction
1. We Refused to Die (Bataan Death March) - Gene S. Jacobsen
2. The Killer Angels (Battle at Gettysburg) - Michael Shaara,
3. Assegai (WW1) - Wilber Smith
4. Statehood (Utah) - Marilyn Brown
5. 9-11 Terror in America - David M. Bresnahan
6. Seven Years in Hanoi (Vietnam War) - Capt. Larry Chesley
7. Upon the Mountain - (WWl) - Gale Sears
8. The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor - A.N. Wilson
9. Witness to War A Biography of Marguerite Higgins - Antoinette May
Womens Names
1. Roxey's Choice - Virginia Havens
2. Victoria's Daughters - Jerrold M. Packard
3. Laura - Larry Watson
4. Searching for Selene - Lael Littke
5. I Just Got a Letter from Allyson Pringle - Anya Bateman
6. Zoe's Gift - Leslie Beaton Hedley
7. A Love Like Lilly - Kay Lynn Mangum
8. Jennie - Susan Evans McCloud
9. Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay
Read to or by Nathan
1. The King's Highway - Howard Fullmer
2. Noisy Nora
3. The Case of the Mat's Meow - Crosby Bonsall
4. Ottie and the Star - Laura Jean Allen
5. Frog and Toad Together - Arnold Lobel
6. Dolphin - Robert A Morris
7. Frog and Toad all Year - Arnold Lobel
8. City Sounds - Jean Marzollo
9. Handa's Surprise - Eileen Browne
AARP Recommended/Others bookshelves
1. The Alchemist - Donna Boyd
2. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
3. Sander's Starfish - Tara C. Allred
4. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares
5. The Reader - Bernhard Schlink
6. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
7. Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay
8. Jesse's Highway- -Barbara Miller
9. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
Darren 2009
1. "Absolute Power" by David Baldacci
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2. The Flood
3. First Strike
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Sonja 2009
1)"Hummingbird" by LaVyrle Spencer
2)"Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
3)"Shadowland" (The Mediator Series book one) by Meg Cabot
4) "Reunion" (The Mediator Series book three) by Meg Cabot
5) "Haunted" (The Mediator Series book five ) by Meg Cabot
6) "Twilight" (The Mediator Series book six) by Meg Cabot
7) "Twisted" by Laurie Halse Anderson
8) "Eventide" by Kent Haruf
9) "Catalyst" by Laurie Halse Anderson
1) "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry
2) "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
3) "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" by C.S. Lewis
4) "Ramona and her Mother " by Beverly Cleary
5) "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
6) "The Princess Bride" by S. Morgenstern
7) "Jacob Havc I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
8) "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry
9) "Hello, Mrs Piggle Wiggle" by Betty MacDonald
1) "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
2) "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald
3) "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger
4) "1984" by George Orwell
5) "Lord of the Flies" by William Goulding
6) "Inferno" by Dante
7) "Beowulf" by ??
8) "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
9) "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau
1) "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch (recommended by Ashlee - THANK YOU!)
2) "The Scent of Oranges" by Joan Zawatzky (recommended by Linda)
3) "Ninth Key" (the Mediator series book 2) by Meg Cabot (recommended by Robin)
4) "Darkest Hour" (the Mediator series book 4) by Meg Cabot (recommended by Robin)
5) "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman and Dave Mckean (recommended by Newberry)
6) "Odd Man Out" by Sarah Ellis (recommended by Robin)
7) "Skulduggery Pleasant" by Derek Landy (recommended by Robin)
8) "Emma-Jean Lazurus Fell Out of a Tree" by Lauren Tarshis (recommended by Robin)
9) "Summer of Pearls" by Mike Blakely (recommended by Linda)
1) "Hank the Cowdog: The Original Adventures"by John R. Erickson and Gerald L. Holmes (read with Nathan)
2) "The Rangers Apprentice - The Ruins of Gorlan" by John Flanagan (read with Emily and Elizabeth)
3) "The Rangers Apprentice - The Burning Bridge (read with Emily and Elizabeth)
4) "The Rangers Apprentice - The Icebound Land (read with Emily and Elizabeth)
5) "The Rangers Apprentice - The Battle for Skandia (read with Emily and Elizabeth)
6) "Eragon" by Christopher DePaolini (read with Emily and Elizabeth)
7) "Eldest" by Christopher DePaolini (read with Emily and Elizabeth)
8) "Brisingr" by Christopher DePaolini (read with Emily and Elizabeth)
9) "The Rangers Apprentice- Sorceror of the North by John Flanagan (read with E1 and E2)
1) "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
2) "I capture the castle" by Dodie Smith
3) "The Men I Didn't Marry" by Janice Kaplan and Lynn Schnurnberger
4) "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer
5) "New Moon" by Stephanie Meyer
6) "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink ( also recommended by Roxey)
7) "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary Schmidt
8) "Elephant Run" by Roland Smith
9) "Granny Torelli makes Soup" by Sharon Creech
Stories of princesses, knights, dragons, etc
1)"Loyalty's Web" by Joyce DiPastena (read if you want to be bored to tears)
2)"Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett
3)"World without End" by Ken Follett
4)"The Tales of Beetle the Bard" by JK Rowling
5) "Avalon High" by Meg Cabot
6) "The Hero and the Crown" by Robin McKinlay
7) "Dealing with Dragons" by Patricia C Wrede
8) "Searching for Dragons" by Patricia C Wrede
9) "Calling on Dragons" by Patricia C Wrede
1) "The Spellman Files - a novel" by Lisa Lutz
2) "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
3) "The girls of Riyadh" by Rajaa Alsanea
4) "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle" by David Werbolewski
5) "Wicked- The Life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire
6) "Mr Poppers Penguins" by Richard and Florence Atwater
7) "The Curse of the Spellman's " by Lisa Lutz
8) "The Revenge of the Spellman's" by Lisa Lutz
9) "I, Coriander" by Sally Gardener
1)"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
2)"The City of Ember" by Jeanne Duprau
3) "The Diamond of Darkhold" by Jeanne DuPrau
4) "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment" by James Patterson
5) "Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever" by James Patterson
6) "Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports" by James Patterson
7) "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
8) "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
9) "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
Ashlee 2009
1. "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
2. "A Day No Pigs Would Die" by Robert Newton Peck
3. "The Looking Glass Wars" by Frank Beddor
4. "The Golem's Eye" by Jonathan Stroud
5. "How to Ditch Your Fairy" by Justine Larbalestier
6. "Ghostgirl" by Tonya Hurley
7. "Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox" by Eoin Colfer
8. "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley
9. "Gone" by Michael Grant
1."How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
2. "Jellicoe Road" by Melina Marchetta
3. "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary Schmidt
4. "Airborn" by Kenneth Oppel
5. "The Garden of Eve" by K.L. Going
6. "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
7. "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
8. "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol 2: The Kingdom of the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
9. "American Born Chinese" by Gene Lee Yang
1. "The Root Cellar" by Janet Lunn
2. "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before" by David Yoo
3. "Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go" by Dale E. Basye
4. "The Summoning" by Kelley Armstrong
5. "A is for Alibi" by Sue Grafton
6. "The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella
7. "Nobody's Princess" by Esther Friesner
8. "Wolves of Willoughby Chase" by Joan Aiken
9. "City of the Sun" by David Levien
1. "The River" by Gary Paulsen
2. "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" by C.S. Lewis
3. "The Silver Chair" by C.S. Lewis
4. "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
5. "The Magician's Nephew" by C.S. Lewis
6. "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
7. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J. K. Rowling
8. "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
9. "Love Among the Walnuts" by Jean Ferris
1. "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
2. "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery
3. "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
4. "1984" by George Orwell
5. "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
6. "The Last Battle" by C.S. Lewis
7. "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Patterson
8. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
9. "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
1. "The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands" by Laura Schlessinger
2. "Massacre at Mountain Meadows" by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley, & Glen M. Leonard
3. "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran
4. "Brother, I'm Dying" by Edwidge Danticat
5. "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch
6. "The Zookeeper's Wife" by Diane Ackerman
7. "Called out of Darkness" by Anne Rice
8. "My Stroke of Insight" by Jill Bolte Taylor
9. "The Woman Who Can't Forget" by Jill Price
1. "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor
2. "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
3. "Holes" by Louis Sachar
4. "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
5. "Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
6. "Summer of the Swans" by Betsy Byars
7. "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
8. "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
9. "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
1. "War Child: A Child Soldier's Story" by Emmanuel Jal
2. "Everyone is Beautiful" by Katherine Center
3. "Lucky Breaks" by Susan Patron
4. "The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children" by Keith McGowan
5. "Radiant Darkness" by Emily Whitman
6. "Schemers: A Nameless Detective Novel" by Bill Pronzini
7. "Going Bovine" by Libba Bray
8. "Scat" by Carl Hiaasen
9. "That Old Cape Magic" by Richard Russon
1. "Size 12 Is Not Fat" by Meg Cabot
2. "The Eleventh Man" by Ivan Doig
3. "One More Day" by Mitch Abom
4. "Thirteen At Dinner" by Agatha Christie
5. "A Thousand Never Evers" by Shana Burg
6. "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
7. "Slumdog Millionaire" by Vikas Swarup
8. "My One Hundred Adventures" by Polly Horvath
9. "One in a Million" by Kimberla Lawson Roby
1. "Big Boned" by Meg Cabot
2. "Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets" by P.G. Wodehouse
3. "Pack Up the Moon" by Mary Anne Kelly
4. "The Palace of Laughter" by Jon Berkeley
5. "The Dark Hills Divide" by Patrick Carman
6. "Diary of a Fairy Godmother" by Esme Raji Codell
7. "Every Soul a Star" by Wendy Mass
8. "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
9. "11 Birthdays" by Wendy Mass
10. "Silent to the Bone" by e.l. konigsburg
11. "Confessions of an Unbalanced Woman" by Emily Watts
12. "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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