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Friday, January 04, 2019

My 2018 Reads

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. πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜
[x] Unbreakable (Audio Bk) AF really struggled through the dark night of the sun. Great redemptive story. πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜
[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 meπŸ˜‰ 
[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 ❤❤❤

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

This is 40


 For my 40th birthday we headed to the Outer Banks to ring in the New Year, see lighthouses,  and play in the sand. Here I am on the boardwalk headed to watch the sunrise and put my feet in the ocean.




















Sunday, December 07, 2014

Mixel fight!

Stanley Hall, PhD LMFT

Sunday, August 04, 2013

Playing at the park

Stanley Hall, PhD LMFT

Monday, July 29, 2013

Fwd:


We had a blast this weekend seeing family in Southern Virginia. Thank you everyone who came to see us out in Floyd. We loved it!
We also loved spending time with the horses on the property (i.e., Reagan and Flicka). Reagan is Laura Beth's horse, the tall one.
We spent the weekend picking blackberries, swinging from the tree swing, eating s'mores and other wonderful cooking! Travis and I rearranged the creek to make it more accessible to the horses. I picked out most of the weeds in the garden with Cline Lee (nephew) and the next day we ate the green beans that we picked.

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Julia riding Flicka at Coles Knob with Aunt Susan and her cousin Audrey.

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 Israel riding Flicka at Grandma's house.
 
 

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

Overdue Christmas Pictures

Eliza gave Israel Ninjago legos. He was thrilled

Eliza with her Belle doll from Santa

JT loved the little table, he spent all morning at it.

Julia in her wedding dress up and ballerina doll from Santa
in her Christmas dress and wedding veil

Stan riding the front of his longboard from Stanta


Pretty Princess



Pretty Princess
SNOW!



Happy Birthday to me (at my sister Michele's house)

hanging out with Grandma in Laketown