Note: This is cut and pasted from my Evernote record, with whatever notes I gave them at the time. The hearts turned black here, which is a little disturbing, so imagine them red.
117 for the year
January:11 bks (4 audio, 2 rd aloud, 5 nonfic, 3 mg, 1ya, 2 adult)
[x] Quiet (how to be an introvert in a world that can't w-2stop talking) by Susan Cain audio bk.😍😍😍😍NF
[x] Refuge by Alan Gratz😍😍😍YA
[x]My Name is Lucy Barton audio bk AF 😍😍😍
[x] Thomas Jefferson Education non-fic
[x] Robert E Lee Recollections and Letters by Capt. Robert E Lee.(his son) NF Read first half. Skimmed rest. Would be good gift for Cline
[x] Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie miremarked. Tons of excellent quotes and inspirinspiration NF
[x] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl RdAL
[x] Call it Courage Rd Aloud JT wanted more. his fav. book now. hey even painted the cover. 😍😍😍😍
[x] Unbreakable (Audio Bk) AF really struggled through the dark night of the sun. Great redemptive story. 😍😍😍😍
[x] The Screwtape Letters NF Audio
[x] Rules by Cynthia Lord cried on p.123 when she runs Jason around parking lot MG
February
4 bks (2 YA, 2 MG, 1 adult audio, in the middle of 4 non-fict)
[x]A Wrinkle In Time
[x] Beneath the Scarlet Sky audio bk. Adult true story good, but hard to finish after Anna dies. war ocer, but life far from better
[x] Orphan Monster Child YA
[x] Goodbye Days Jeff Zenter YA audio bk so good
[x] Three Times Lucky MG audio mystery fun!
[x] started 4 bks I'll finish in March
March
13 total (4 non-fiction, 2 classics: Huck Finn mg, Maltese Falcan adult), 2 ya, 4 MG, 1 poems)
[x] Intellegro Math
[x] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
[x] GoSeeBeDo
[x] Seek This Jesus
[x] Mere Christianity
[x] The Vanderbeekers on 141st street
[x] Anna and The Swallow Man audio ww2 poland
[x] The chosen
[x] The2222loow Maltese Falcon audio Adult classic detective novel. goid, but wouldn't read again
[x] A Dog Called Homeless (Sarah Lean) MG sweet, made me cry
[x] Take me with you (poems by Andrea Gibson)wouldnt rec. LGBT
[x] Orphan Island
[x] Listening for Lions (Gloria Whelan) MG ❤❤❤ want to rd more from her, and more of Africa
April
10 bks (7 MG audios, 2 NF, 1 read aloud (Treasure Island, abr.))
[] Friendly Shakespeare
[x] Levels of Learning
[x] Loot ( Jude Watson) MG audio. super fun❤❤❤
[x] The Read-Aloud Family
sew[x] Beyond the Bright Sea audio audio MG
[x] The Penderwicks MG ❤❤❤ audio
[x] The Trumpeter Swan audio, bored kids
[x] The Mystery of the Missing Lion (McCall Smith, fast!) audio
[x] Treasure Island Abridged Childrens Classic Rd to kids in 3 days. JT pretended he didn't like it, but he didn't fool me😉
[x] The Mystery of Meerkat Hill (McCall Smith) audio
[x] The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (audio)
67th
May
14 total: 4 Nonfic, 4 Adult Fic, 2 YA, 3 MG, 1 Shakespeare Play
[x] 84, Charring Cross Road NF letters! bk lovers dream. quick read, and marvelous!❤❤❤
[x] No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert Adult Fic racism really good, showed all sides. 5 povs, maybe? ❤❤❤
[x] The Friendly Shakespeare NF long! not always painless. I learned alot. too much focus on sex for me
[x] Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young YA Debut Viking warriors read in a day. ❤❤❤
[x] Before We Were Yours Adult audio adult
[] How to teach your children Shakespeare NF
[] Lost Crow Conspiracy YA audio
[x] Penderwicks on Gardem Street #2 MG audio
[] The Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness MG read-aloud
[x] Becoming Madeline (bio of Madeline L'Engle by granddaughters lovely, insightful
[x] Moonwalking with Einstein NF memory champion (memory comps and memory palace) fun to rd, learned I don't want to do crazy random tricks, but fun to read.
[x] Return to Bent Top Mountain (VA) Adult Fic Enjoyed, studied how author covered time and moved to only important events
[x] My Name is Venus Black Adult/YA? 19yo great read. not easy
[x] The Penderwicks at Point Moette (bk 3) ❤❤❤
[x] The Light-Keeper's Daughter by Jean E Pendziwol Adult Fic absolutely stunning so many stars❤❤❤❤❤❤
[x] The Tree House War MG audio fun rd
[x] Merchant of Venice CliffsComplete
June
10 bks: 1 YA, 2 MG, 4 adult WW2 mysteries, 2 shakespeare plays, 1 NF
[x] The Deep Below YA fant. great story, unneeded language f-word
[x] Much Ado About Nothing
[x] Much Ado About Nothing Audio
[x] Maisie Dobbies Adult audio
[x] Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs 2) Adult audio
[x] The Penderwicks in Spring MG audio ❤❤❤❤
[x] String, Straightedge, and Shadow NF
[x] Duty to the Dead Adult ww2 mystery like Maisie Dobbs, but not as good
431[x] Mr. Churchhill's Secretary Adult audio good
[x] There is a Boy in the Girls Bathroom Louis Sachir MG ❤❤❤
July
11 total: 3 YA, 1 mg, 3 adult memior, 2 adult fic, 2 nonfict
[x] Revive (Ilima)
[x] Educated by Tara Westover, a memoir, that really has me spinning still. Mom works with the parents in the temple I use her oils. I can't think they're good people right now, choosing their awful son over Tara
[x]Into the bright unknown (Carson last bk gold) audio YA
[x] Carry on, Mr. Bowditch mg
[x] The Alchemist Adult
[x] Hunting Grounds Patricia Briggs adult
[x] Adrift nonfict. Ashcraft sailboat
[x] Caraval YA audio
[x] Intellegro nonfiction
[x] Mennonite in a little black dress audio adult memoir
[x] Philosophy 101 DK press
August
11 didn't keep good track
2 adult fiction, 3 adult nonfict, 2 ya, 3 mg
[x] The Wright Brothers David McCullough nonfic adult bio
[x] The Rithmatist Sanderson!! YA
[x] Pandamonium MG audio
[x]Us Against You Fredrick Backman YA/NA
[x]Penderwicks at last MG audio didn't love like the others
[x]Wonderwoman war bringer Audio YA
[x]Alas, Babylon adult dystopian for pyramid
[x]Searching for stars on an island off Maine by Alan Lightman nonfic, theoretical physisist
[x]Heaven is here, memoir
[x]The Librarian of Auswitz adult audio
[x]Spy School MG audio
September
8 total? 5 ya audio 1 mg audio, 1mg, 1 ya
[x]The Shadow Queen YA audio 387
[x]Rebel in the Sand YA audio 318
[x]Spy camp MG audio 336
[x]Stormcaster YA audio 535
[x]Flamecaster YA audio 535
[x]On Fortune's Wheel YA 402
[x]Two Dark Reigns YA audio 464
[x]The Miscalculations of Lightening Girl MG ❤ 294
October
12 total: 4mg, 3ya, 2 adult, 1 memior, 1 motivational, 1 nonfiction (8 audio, 2 kindle, 2 bks)
[x]Saving Winslow MG audio 176
[x]Winnies Great War MG audio 244
[x]Me Before You Adult Audio 369
[x]The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden. MG, not nearly as wonderful as the first 336
[x]Brotherband: The Outcasts YA 434
[x]The Thing about Jellyfish MG audio ❤❤❤ science. heart. would buy 352
[x]String, Straightedge, and Shadow non fic geometry 164
[x]Girl, Wash Your Face adult self help audio 240
[x]In Pieces Sally Field memior lots of language,but fascinating audio 399
[x]After You Adult audio 352
[x]Brotherband Invaders YA 429
[x]And the Ocean Was Our Sky (Ness)YA moby dick from whale 160
November 8 bks
4 MG, 3 YA 1 adult Listenee to all but 2 MG, started 3 YAs I didn't finish
[x]The Truth About Martians MG audio ❤❤❤ 1947 Roswell. great, authentic characters and needs. I want to write like this. 336
[x]The Green Glass Sea LOVED, ❤❤❤❤historical fiction at its best. creating atom bomb 324
[x]White Sands, Red Menace (green glass 2) also excellent, but loved the 1st one more 344
[x]Brotherband The Hunters YA 403
[x]Seafire YA audio 374
[x]Out of Left Field (1950s, women and baseball green glass 3) 320
[x]The Great alone Kristen Hannah (nightengale author) deep, sad, (violence and hard choices) powerful, hard to read. amazing! adult audio 435
[]Stalking Jack the Ripper 337
[x]The burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice 2) 262
December
9 bks, 4 ya, 2 adult, 1 MG, 2 NF, (3 audio)
[x]Braving the Wilderness Brene Brown 208
[x]The Icebound Land (3) 266
[x]The Battle for skandia (4) 294
[x]The family fang adult wierd, but awesome. lots of the f-word though 336
[x]Save the cat writes a novel (Jessica Brody) 304
[x]Soldier Boy YA made me cry yz rec. so good true story Uganda child soldiers 336
[x]Auggie and Me MG (wonder 2)❤❤❤
[x]The Purloined Puzzle adult mystery just okay
[x]Skyward Sanderson YA ❤❤❤
