November Reflections

This month I read 44 books! 

My top five:

Paperboy. Vince Vawter. 2013. Random House. 240 pages. [Source: Library] 
The Boy on the Porch. Sharon Creech. 2013. HarperCollins. 160 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
Fortunately, The Milk. Neil Gaiman. 2013. HarperCollins. 114 pages. [Source: Review Copy] 
Magic Marks the Spot (Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates). Caroline Carlson. 2013. HarperCollins. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy]
Rose Under Fire. Elizabeth Wein. 2013. Hyperion. 368 pages. [Source: Library]

Picture Books:

1. Olive And The Big Secret. Tor Freeman. 2012. Candlewick Press.  32 pages. [Source: Library] 
2. Olive and the Bad Mood. Tor Freeman. 2013. Candlewick Press. 32 pages. [Source: Review Copy]

Middle Grade and Young Adult:

1. Paperboy. Vince Vawter. 2013. Random House. 240 pages. [Source: Library]  
2. The Boy on the Porch. Sharon Creech. 2013. HarperCollins. 160 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
3. Fortunately, The Milk. Neil Gaiman. 2013. HarperCollins. 114 pages. [Source: Review Copy] 
4. Allegiant. Veronica Roth. (Divergent Series #3) HarperCollins. 544 pages. [Source: Library] 
5. The String Quartet. Dan Hupalo. 2013. CreateSpace. 292 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
6. The Year of Billy Miller. Kevin Henkes. 2013. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Library] 
7. Parallelogram. Robin Brande. 2013. Ryer Publishing. 350 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
8. Rose Under Fire. Elizabeth Wein. 2013. Hyperion. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
9. Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends. Shannon Hale. 2013. Little, Brown. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
10. Magic Marks the Spot (Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates). Caroline Carlson. 2013. HarperCollins. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
11. Mandy. Julie Andrews Edwards. 1971. HarperCollins. 320 pages. [Source: Bought Replacement Copy]
12. Anne of Windy Poplars. L.M. Montgomery. 1936. 288 pages. [Source: Bought] 
13. The Wind in the Willows. Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by David Roberts. Candlewick. 256 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
14. Heaven is Paved With Oreos. Catherine Gilbert Murdock. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 208 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
15. The Hero's Guide to Saving the Kingdom. Christopher Healy. 2012. HarperCollins. 448 pages. [Source: Library] 
16. The Norman Conquest. Janice Hamilton. 2007. Twenty-First Century Books. 160 pages. [Source: Library]
17. Our Island Story. H.E. Marshall. 1905/? 512 pages. [Source: Bought]  

Adult Fiction and Nonfiction:

1. The Nonesuch. Georgette Heyer. 1962/2009. Sourcebooks. 352 pages. [Source: Library] 
2. False Colours. Georgette Heyer. 1963/2011. Thorndike. 520 pages. [Source: library]
3. Black Sheep. Georgette Heyer. 1966/2008. Sourcebooks. 280 pages. [Source: Library]
4. Frederica. Georgette Heyer. 1965/2009. Sourcebooks. 437 pages. [Source: Library] 
5. The Bastard King. Jean Plaidy. 1974. Fawcett Crest. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]  
6. The Lion of Justice. Jean Plaidy. 1975. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought] 
7. The Passionate Enemies. Jean Plaidy. 1976. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought] 
8. Alfred the Great. Justin Pollard. 2005. John Murray. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
9. How The Barbarian Invasions Shaped The Modern World. Thomas J. Craughwell. 2008. Fair Winds Press. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
10. Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright Into the Bard. Jack Lynch. 2007. Walker. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
11. Cymbeline. William Shakespeare. circa 1611. [Source: Bought]

Christian Fiction and Nonfiction:

1. Found In Him. Elyse M. Fitzpatrick. 2013. Crossway. 240 pages. [Source: Review Copy]  
2. The Kind of Preaching God Blesses. Steven J. Lawson. 2013. Harvest House. 128 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
3. Almost Heaven by Chris Fabry. 2010. Tyndale. 400 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
4. Prodigal Cat. Janette Oke. 1984. Bethany House. 160 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy] 
5. Spunky's Diary. Janette Oke. 1982/1998. Bethany House. 112 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy] 
6. When Breaks the Dawn. Janette Oke. 1985. Bethany House. 215 pages. [Source: Library] 
7. Reliable Truth: The Validity of the Bible in an Age of Skepticism. Richard E. Simmons III. 2012. Union Hill. 192 pages. [Source: Review Copy] 
8. Perfectly Matched. Maggie Brendan. 2013. Revell. 352 pages. [Source: Library] 
9. Living for God's Glory. Joel R. Beeke. 2008. Reformation Trust. 414 pages. [Source: Borrowed From Friend]
10. Ducktails. Janette Oke. 1985. Bethany House. 144 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]  
11. A Cote of Many Colors. Janette Oke. 1987. Bethany House. 144 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy] 
12. The Impatient Turtle. Janette Oke. 1986. Bethany House. 112 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]
13. Made In Our Image. Steven J. Lawson. 2000. Doubleday. 224 pages. [Source: Borrowed From Friend]
14. Not In The Heart. Chris Fabry. 2012. Tyndale. 432 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews