Dear fellow booklover,
Each year we receive 52 weeks to tackle our to-be-read pile.
That can sound like a lot of time at first. Then I eye the stacks of unread
books on my shelf. Yes, you read that right. Stacks. As in more than one. But
surely I’m not the only one with that problem?
Anyway, to some, those mounds (mountains?) of books could
seem daunting. I prefer to view it as a…challenge. To see how many books I can
enjoy in a year. To see if I can actually cause the mound to shrink.
It turns out that 2019 was a pretty good year for me: 75 books. Not
record-setting year by any stretch, but definitely my above average for the
past several years. Perhaps more impressive was the variety I managed. At least
a couple of books from every major reading level. Genres covered from
historical to space opera. And seven—count them, seven!—nonfiction books.
Considering I’m usually lucky if I read two, that felt pretty impressive to me.J
Of course, that still didn’t make much of a dent in my mounds
of unread books, but hey, I’ll take whatever I can get. And maybe, just maybe,
I can do it again this year.
How about you? How did you do on your reading last year?
Dreaming bigger, growing deeper,
Chawna
P.S. Curious about those 75 books I read this past year? Here’s
this year’s list, with some of my favorites marked by an asterisk:
Picture Book
Anatole by Eve
Titus, ill. by Paul Galdone
Rumpelstiltskin by
Paul O. Zelinsky
Kate Shelley and the
Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer, ill. By Karen Ritz
Casey at Bat by
Ernest Lawrence Thayer, ill. By Christopher Bing
Rapunzel the
Hairbrained by Sarah E. Morin, ill. By Taylor Lucas
Humphrey’s First
Christmas by Carol Heyer
Beginning Reader
Jem Strikes Gold
(Goldtown Beginnings #1) by Susan K. Marlow
Jem’s Frog Fiasco (Goldtown
Beginnings #2) by Susan K. Marlow
Middle Grade
The Horse and His Boy
by C.S. Lewis
Dragon’s Lair (Matterhorn the Brave #5) by Mike Hamel
Rylan the Renegade (Matterhorn the Brave #6) by Mike Hamel
Encyclopedia Brown and
the Case of the Secret Pitch by Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown
Finds the Clues by Donal J. Sobol
The Case of the
Christmas Snowman (Jigsaw Jones #2) by James Preller
Magic Kitten: A
Christmas Surprise by Sue Bentley
On Your Mark
(Byways #1) by C. J. Milbrandt
Magical Melons by
Carol Ryrie Brinks
The Borrowers by
Mary Norton
From the Mixed-up
Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Wanted: A Superhero to
Save the World (Wanted: Superheroes #1) by Bryan Davis
Tunguska Event (Matterhorn the Brave #7) by Mike Hamel
The Book of Stories (Matterhorn the Brave #8) by Mike Hamel
*Gone-Away Lake
The Cabin Faced West
by Jean Fritz
Hertz to be a Hero (Wanted:
Superheroes #2) by Bryan Davis
*The Fire, the
Revelation, and the Fall (Epic Order of the Seven) by Jenny L. Cote
The Secret Garden
Jotham’s Journey: A
Storybook for Advent by Arnold Ytreeide
The Beginning (The
Secret of the Hidden Scrolls #1) by M.J. Thomas
Race to the Ark
The Great Escape
(The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls #1) by M.J. Thomas
The Prince Warriors
and the Swords of Rhema (Prince Warriors #3) by Priscilla Shirer and Gina
Detwiler
Tween
*Swift by R.J.
Anderson
*Nomad by R.J.
Anderson
*Torch by R.J.
Anderson
Teen
Project Gemini
(Mission League #2) by Jill Williamson
Ambushed (Mission League #2.5) by Jill Williamson
Broken Trust
(Mission League #3) by Jill Williamson
The Eighth Ransom
by Given Hoffman
*Profile Match
(Mission League #4) by Jill Williamson
The Silent Songbird
by Melanie Dickerson
Young Adult
Scarlet Moon (Children
of the Blood Moon #1) by S. D. Grimm
A Loyal Heart by
Jody Hedlund
*A Worthy Rebel by
Jody Hedlund
*Fawkes by Nadine
Brandes
Siren’s Fury
(Storm Siren #2) by Mary Weber
Siren’s Song
(Storm Siren #3) by Mary Weber
Adult
*The Princess by
Lori Wick
*Danger in the Shadows
by Dee Henderson
*Edge of Oblivion (The
Chronicles of Sarco #1) by Joshua A. Johnston
A Christian’s Carol
by Wayne Thomas Batson
The Secret of Pembrooke Park
*Mark of the Raven (Ravenwood
Saga #1) by Morgan L. Busse
*Flight of the Raven
(Ravenwood Saga #2) by Morgan L. Busse
*Into the Void (Chronicles
of Sarco #2) by Joshua A. Johnston
*Through Chaos
(Chronicles of Sarco #3) by Joshua A. Johnston
The Killing Tide
(Coastal Guardians #1) by Dani Pettrey
*The Number of Love
(Codebreakers #1) by Roseanna M. White
*The House at the End
of the Moor by Michelle Griep
*Forsaken Island (The Dancing Realms #2) by Sharon Hinck
*Windward Shore
The House on Foster
Hill by Jaime Jo Wright
Nonfiction
Resolving Everyday
Conflict by Ken Sande & Kevin Johnson
Writing from the
Trenches by various contributing novelists
*Saying It Well:
Touching Others with Your Words by Charles R. Swindoll
The Musical World of
Walt Disney by David Tietyen
What Every Body Is
Saying by Joe Navarro
*Creating Magic: 10
Common Sense Leadership Principles by Lee Cockerell
*Preparing to Teach
by Hall, Humphrey, Green, Patton & Tyler
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