1. I have no problem reading 40 or more books a year and most years I read more, but I cannot stick to a list no matter how much I try! As soon as I wrote up the list of books to read in the ten subject areas, I started to revise it. It's because I'm constantly finding new books that interest me and I must have some kind of book ADD or something. Anyway, as I was listening to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a quote (also on my sidebar) jumped out at me and totally described my reading habits:
That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive- all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.
2. I really took off with my knitting this year. I spent a lot of time reading knitting books and this wasn't a category on my list. I also spent more time knitting and when I'm knitting, I usually can't also hold a book.
3. While knitting, I listened to books on my MP3 player. I've long debated with myself whether or not this counts as having read a book. I'm still not sure. Listening is a different skill than reading. I still don't know.
4. Sometimes, less is more.
Here's the final list:
I. Children's Lit ages 6-10
In Grandma's Attic-Arleta Richardson
Betsy-Tacy- Maud Hart Lovelace
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook- Joyce Lankester Brisley
Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
II. Children's Lit ages 10-14 (or older- YA)
Twilight- Stephenie Meyer
Princess Academy - Shannon Hale
Princess of the Midnight Ball -Jessica Day George
Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson
City of Ember- Jeanne DuPrau
The Hunger Games- Suzanne Colllins
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Gone-Away Lake - Elizabeth Enright
Enthusiasm - Polly Shulman
A Door Near Here- Heather Quarles
Bloomability - Sharon Creech
I'd Tell You I Love You, but then I'd Have to Kill You - Ally Carter
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - Ally Carter
Don't Judge a Girl by her Cover - Ally Carter
Waiting For You- Susane Colasanti
The Luxe - Anna Godbersen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling
III. Adult Fiction
The Ten Year Nap - Meg Wolitzer
Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
The Actor and the Housewife - Shannon Hale
Confessions of Jane Austen Addict -Laurie Viera Rigler
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Viera Rigler
Dream When You're Feeling Blue- Elizabeth Berg
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Jillian Dare: A Novel - Melanie M. Jeschke
The School of Essential Ingredients - Erica Bauermeister
IV. Classic Lit
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
V. Parenting/Family
The Duggars: 20 and Counting! - Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar
Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater - Matthew Amster-Burton
Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods - Nina Planck
VI. Education
Christian Uncshooling - Teri J. Brown
VII. Biography/Autobiography
Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau- Jean Bernard
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table- Molly Wizenberg
VIII. Politics, Current Events and Religion
The Mirror Effect - Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young
IX. Self-Improvement
The End of Overeating- David Kessler
Living Simply: Choosing Less in a World of More - Joanne Heim
X. Science/Nature
It looks like I read a lot of fiction this year especially YA literature. Where will I go next year?? I guess I'll just keep on reading and keep on learning! That's the whole point anyway, right?
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