battlemaiden Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 What is on your list? There is not a chance on earth I could read a book a week, but I do like to make a list of 10-15 books to read a year. As I put my list together I would love to see what others look like. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 So far, the only book on my list is Don Quixote. It never fails if I try to plan ahead more than that, by the time I finish the one I'm reading, there's something else *not* on the list that I want to go to next. So, if I made a list, I'd spend a week trying to decide whether to stick to the list or just read the one I want to. I'm learning to avoid putting myself in those self-defeating situations. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Well, I am going to try for the book-a-week thing, but I don't have 52 titles lined up yet. Here's what's currently on my list: Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak Magician’s Assistant, Patchett Bel Canto, Patchett Poison Study, Snyder The Book Thief, Zusak Joy in the Morning, Smith Alex and Me, Pepperberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 I should say that so far I have The Core Program Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors Passionate Housewives Desperate for God Total Truth (I have been reading this for years... I think I can, I think I can) I need a fiction book. Maybe I'll read the Dark is Rising series when my kids get through with it. I also want to read a health book related to whole food eating but I haven't done any preliminary research- in other words I haven't searched Amazon yet.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 These are what I purchased with Amazon gift cards today! -Keeper of the Bees, Michael O Halloran, & The Harvester, all by Gene Stratton-Porter -Dawn of Heaven Breaks: Anticipating Eternity, by Sharon James -Instructing A Child's Heart, by Ted Tripp -Worldliness, ed. by C.J. Mahaney -Radical Womanhood: Feminine Faith in a Feminist World, by Carolyn McCulley -A Passion for the Impossible (biography of Lilias Trotter), by Miram Rockness -A Blossom in the Desert: Reflections of Faith in the Art and Writings of Lilias Trotter", by Miriam Huffman Rockness -Real Learning: Education in the Heart of the Home, by Elizabeth Foss -The Complete Guide to Getting and Staying Organized, by Karen Ehrman I would also like to read the Beany Malone series by Lenora Mattingly Weber. I'll get the first one through ILL to see if I love them. They come highly recommended by those who love the Betsy-Tacy series as much as I do. I'm always looking for warm, loving, homey fiction reads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I should say that so far I have I also want to read a health book related to whole food eating but I haven't done any preliminary research- in other words I haven't searched Amazon yet.;) As far as a book on sound nutrition. I really like "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon. It's a lot of information combined with recipes. Primarily, I would consider it a cookbook but it is really so much more. I read it like a book and learned so many things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 ...but I hope to get many of these read this next year: Family Read-Alouds: Man of the Family by Ralph Moody Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong Heidi by Johanna Spyri More in a Series: Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart The Messenger by Lois Lowry A Wind in the Door by Madeline L'Engle *Man of the Family by Ralph Moody Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card *Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome ChocLit Guild (book club): *The Messenger by Lois Lowry Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson April 1865 by Jay Winik Middlemarch by George Eliot (and 8 more selections!) Medieval/Renaissance Themed: (Story of the World Vol. II (With Levi)) The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood (with Levi) King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green (with Levi) Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (with Levi) The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney The Once and Future King by T. H. White Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters Non-Fiction: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeline L'Engle My Life in France by Julia Child Intellectual Devotional *Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson *April 1865 by Jay Winik What is a Family by Edith Schaeffer The No-Cry Discipline Solution Simple Mom Book Club (More Non-Fiction): Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver~ review) (Last Child In the Woods by ~review) Christianity: Year One of Two Year Bible Reading Plan *Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeline L'Engle The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey Fiction/Literature: A Ring of Endless Light by Madeline L'Engle The Europeans by Henry James Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde *Middlemarch by George Eliot War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy *A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters Clouds of Witness by Dorothy Sayers (Out of My Comfort Zone: ) Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander *Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Right now, I have Jesus, and Buddha, both by Deepak Chopra, lying around waiting to be finished. I just bought Scarpetta today. I don't read much fiction, but I do like Patricia Cornwell's books due to a more believable forensics theme than most books of that genre can boast. (I was in the field in school.) I've been reading C. S. Lewis for a while and I have a few more of his books lined up to read. I'm trying to finish up a book on Chaos theory. After that, I don't know which direction I'll be going, LOL. Over the past few years, one book seems to lead me to another without much effort.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin M Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Well so far: The Unseen by T.L. Hines Hercules Poirot Christmas by Agatha Christi Wicked by Gregory Maguire Magyk by Angie Sage The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen Unspeakable by Sandra Brown Split Second by David Baldacci A Ghost in the Machine by Caroline Graham Life of Pi by Yann Martel A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Hot Mahogany by Stuart Woods If There Be Dragons by Kay Hooper (Also Romance Challenge) Destiny Hills by Keri Arthur (Also Romance Challenge) Five in a Row by Jane Coffey (Romance Challenge) Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb Prey for a Miracle by Aimee Thurlo Bad Faith by Aimee Thurlo Sarah Palin by Joe Hilley Mysterious Benedict Society Series to Finish Challenge 2009 (all 7 books apply to Romance Challenge as well) Killing Fear (1) Allison Brennan Playing Dead (3) Allison Brennan Blood Bound (2) Patricia Briggs Iron Kissed (3) Patricia Briggs Take No Prisoners (2) Cindy Gerard Whisper No Lies (3) Cindy Gerard For Her Eyes Only (3) Cait London Edge of Midnight (4) Shanna McKenna Martel - Harper Challenge 2009 - First Quarter Jan 1 to March 31st Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett Casual Classics 2009 Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton St. Augustine Confessions Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen' War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Teresa of Avila - Life of St Teresa of Avila by Herself Christian Readers 2009 Coral Moon by Brandilyn Collins Eighth Shepherd by Bodie Thoene Fireproof by Eric Wilson Hadassah by Tommy Tenney Line of Duty by Teri Blackstock The Apostles by Pope Benedict Fire Dancer by Colleen Coble The Shape of Mercy by Susan Meissner Distant Echoes by Colleen Coble 2009 Pub Challenge - books published in 2009 Whisper No Lies - Cindy Gerard (1/1/09) A Killing Frost - Hannah Alexander (1/1/09) Kiss - Ted Dekker (1/6/09) Dark of Night - Susanne Brockmann (1/27/09) Double Minds - Teri Blackstock (2/1/09) Bone Crossed - Patricia Briggs (2/3/09) Promises in Death - J.D. Robb (2/24/09) Deceived - James Scott Bell (3/1/09) 2009 Romance Reading Challenge Hero Under Cover by Suzanne Brockman Last Look #1 by Mariah Stewart Last Words #2 by Mariah Stewart Last Breath #3 by Mariah Stewart Night Fall by Cherry Adair Servant: The Awakening by L.L. Foster Servant: The Acceptance by L.L. Foster Dewey's Books Reading Challenge 2009 The Uncommon Reader (also part of casual challenge) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Order House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs Waiting for Spring Reading Challenge with Calladipper days Walls of Phantoms by Courtney Thomas I have 65 on the list so far. I have all except for the ones published in 09. Plus I decided to continue with SWB well educated mind and working on what 3 books going to read for history, drama and poetry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Books on my nightstand waiting to be read. . . Forget the book list! I want a nightstand that would hold all of that! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 My Life in France! That is a book to add. I have been wanting to read that book. It doesn't help me with my fiction titles, but I like what I like. :D Thanks Heidi. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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