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Newbery Medal and Honor BooksWell, last year was another one in which I read scantily but listened widely. I finished with 84 books - 37 to you audiobook snobs (28 if you don't count graphic novels ( Read more... )

Last year's list here

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Newbery Medal and Honor BooksWell, last year was one in which I read scantily but listened widely. I finished with 81 books - 21 to you audiobook snobs ( Read more... )

What's In a Name 2

1. A book with a "profession" in its title. Examples might include: The Book Thief, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Historian
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression challenged a President and fueled his Greatness2. A book with a "time of day" in its title. Examples might include: Twilight, Four Past Midnight, The Curious Incident of ( Read more... )

Last year's list here

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Newbery Medal and Honor Books

I just scraped 50 in 2009, but I STILL did not complete my other challenges from 2008. Oh, well, keep tacking them on to this year.

I am just happy that I finished UlyssesAgain I give myself the freedom to not finish books that I do ( Read more... )

As requested by my friend, the following are the books I read this year which I most enjoyed:

( The books )

The Fiery Cross and Hellfire by Diana Gabaldon

"Some kinds of hunger were sweet in themselves, the anticipation of satisfaction as keen a pleasure as the slaking." - The Fiery Cross

Hellfire was a short story almost. Who cares? I'm behind. :P

"I am a warrior so my son can be a merchant so his son can be a poet." - Thomas Jefferson

"Why cannot the past leave us be and what peace we have made with it?" - Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross

The above quote by Thomas Jefferson was referenced in The Fiery Cross

A Breath of Snow and Ashes, by Diana Gabaldon

I'm a horse's behind. Actually, I am two books behind, because unless I read two books by Sunday (ain't gonna happen), the 23rd (Ricky Baby's birthday! ::fireworks:: ::confetti:: ::celebration::) begins week 35 and I am on book 33. That being said, I just finished an audio book which was FORTY-EIGHT ( Read more... )

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Last year's list here

2007 2006 2005 2004

handy dandy calendar

Newbery Medal and Honor Books

I made it to 57 in 2008, but I did not complete my other challenges. Oh, well, tack them on to this year.

There are SO many books that are awaiting being read, and I promise you, James Joyce, I WILL finish Ulysses before a year's time has passed ( Read more... )