Armchair Cybils -- I'm Participating

I am super-excited that Hope is The Word is hosting the Armchair Cybils Reading Challenge!!!

The categories:

• Book Apps
• Easy Readers/Early Chapter Books
• Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
• Young Adult Speculative Fiction
• Fiction Picture Books
• Graphic Novels
• Middle Grade Fiction
• Elementary and Middle Grade Nonfiction 
• Young Adult Nonfiction
• Poetry
• Young Adult Fiction

I will not be reading from every category--just most of them. The rules as listed on her post.

• Read as many or as few of the Cybils nominated titles as you care to and write up your thoughts on your blog.  You can do this on a title-by-title basis or in one big ol’ post–it’s up to you!
• Come back here on the following dates to link up your Armchair Cybils posts:
  • October 15 — your “I’m participating!” post
  •  November 15–reviews
  •  December 15–reviews
  •  January 1–shortlist thoughts
  •  January 15– reviews and thoughts
  • February 14–reviews and thoughts about the winners

Elementary/MG Speculative Fiction

1) A Snicker of Magic. Natalie Lloyd.
2) Gabriel Finley and the Raven's Riddle. George Hagen.
3) Greenglass House by Kate Milford (review coming in December)
4) Oliver and the Seawigs. Philip Reeve
5) Ophelia and the Marvelous Boys. Karen Foxlee.
6) Platypus Police Squad: The Ostrich Conspiracy. Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
7) Seven Stories Up. Laurel Snyder.
8) Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale. Charles de Lint.
9) Tesla's Attic by Neal Shusterman (review coming in January)
10) Boundless by Kenneth Oppel (review coming in January)
11) The Children of the King. Sonya Hartnett.
12) The Fourteenth Goldfish. Jennifer L. Holm.
13) The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage (review coming later in November)
14) The Glass Sentence. S.E. Grove
15) The Night Gardener. Jonathan Auxier.
16) The Orphan and the Mouse. Martha Freeman.
17) The Shadow Throne. Jennifer A. Nielsen.
18) Thursdays with the Crown. (Castle Glower #3) Jessica Day George.
19) Winterfrost by Michelle Houts (review coming in December)

11/15/14: My favorite in this category so far is...Jonathan Auxier's The Night Gardener. I loved it SO MUCH, I've read it TWICE!!! My second favorite would have to be Laurel Snyder's Seven Stories Up.

YA Speculative Fiction

1) A Creature of Moonlight. Rebecca Hahn.
2) Allegiant by Veronica Roth (reviewed in 2013)
3) Dangerous by Shannon Hale (reviewed in 2013)
4)Don't Even Think About It. Sarah Mlynowski.
5) Free to Fall. Lauren Miller.
6) The Glass Casket. McCormick Templeman.
7 Kiss of Deception. (The Remnant Chronicles #1) Mary E. Pearson.
8) The Living by Matt de La Pena
9) Independent Study. Joelle Charbonneau.

11/15/14: My favorite in this category so far is... Lauren Miller's Free to Fall. My second pick would be either The Glass Casket or Kiss of Deception.
 

Middle Grade Fiction

1) Absolutely Almost. Lisa Graff.
2)Courage for Beginners. Karen Harrington.
3) Half A Chance. Cynthia Lord.
4) I Kill the Mockingbird. Paul Acampora.
5) My Friend the Enemy by Daniel Smith (review coming in December)
6) Tell Me. Joan Bauer.
7) The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher. Jessica Lawson.
8) The Madman of Piney Woods. Christopher Paul Curtis
9) The Magic Trap. (Lemonade War #5) Jacqueline Davies.
10) The Summer I Saved the World in 65 Days. Michele Weber Hurwitz.
11) The Swift Boys & Me. Kody Keplinger.
12) West of the Moon. Margi Preus.
13) What the Moon Said. Gayle Rosengren.

11/15/14: My favorite in this category so far is... Lisa Graff's Absolutely Almost. My second pick would be either I Kill the Mockingbird or The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher.

YA Nonfiction

1) The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
2) The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming
3) Hidden Like Anne Frank by Marcel Prins
4) Boundaries by Sally M. Walker (review coming in December)

11/15/14: My favorite in this category so far is... Steve Sheinkin's The Port Chicago 50.

YA Fiction

1) A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman (review coming later in November)
2) Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen.
3) Love by the Morning Star. Laura L. Sullivan.
4) The Chapel Wars. Lindsey Leavitt.
5) The Impossible Knife of Memory. Laurie Halse Anderson.
6) We Were Liars. E. Lockhart.

11/15/14: My favorite in this category so far is... A.C. Gaughen's Lady Thief. My second pick would be The Chapel Wars by Lindsey Leavitt.

Elementary/MG Nonfiction

1) A Home for Mr. Emerson by Barbara Kerley
2) Angel Island by Russell Freedman
3) Ivan the Remarkable True Story by Katherine Applegate (review coming in December)
4) Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell
5) Sniffer Dogs by Nancy Castaldo
6) Stand There by Susan Goldman Rubin (review coming later in November)
7) The Girl from the Tar Paper School by Teri Kanefield

11/15/14: My favorite in this category so far is... Katherine Applegate's Ivan The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla.

Picture Books

1) E-I-E-I-O by Judy Sierra
2) Frances Dean Who Loved To Dance by Birgitta Sif
3) Help! We Need A Title by Herve Tullet
4) I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel by Caryn Yacowitz
5) I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein
6) Max and the Won't Go To Bed Show
7) Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Anne Isaacs
8)  The Book With No Pictures. B.J. Novak.
9) The Good Pie Party by Liz Garton Scanlon
10) Weasels by Elys Dolan
11) The Pigeon needs a bath by Mo Willems

11/15/14: My favorite in this category so far is... Mark Sperring's Max and the Won't Go To Bed Show. My second favorite is Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch.

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenges: RIP IX

Host: Stainless Steel Droppings, (sign up) (reviews)
Title: RIP (Readers Imbibing Peril) IX
Duration: September and October
# of Books: at least 4, peril the first --

Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

What I Read:

1. The Attenbury Emeralds. Jill Paton Walsh. 2010/2011. St. Martin's Press. 352 pages. [Source: Library] 
2. The Late Scholar. Jill Paton Walsh. 2014. St. Martin's Press. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
3. My Cousin Rachel. Daphne du Maurier. 1951. 374 pages. [Source: Library]
4. Death of a Schoolgirl (Jane Eyre Chronicles #1) Joanna Campbell Slan. 2012. Berkley Trade. 340 pages. [Source: Library]
5. The Lost. Sarah Beth Durst. 2014. Harlequin. 352 pages. [Source: Library] 
6. The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten. Harrison Geillor. 2011. Night Shade Books. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
7. Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen. 1817/1992. Everyman's Library. 288 pages. [Source: Book I Own] 
8. Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. 1953/1991. Del Rey. 179 pages. [Source: Bought]
9.  The Singing Sands. Josephine Tey. 1952. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
10. The Night Gardener. Jonathan Auxier. 2014. Abrams. 350 pages. [Source: Library] 
11. Grave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. 2012. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 560 pages. [Source: Review copy]
12. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) Robert Jordan. 1990. Tor. 814 pages. [Source: Bought] 
13. A Creature of Moonlight. Rebecca Hahn. 2014. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 313 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
14. The Only Thing To Fear. Caroline Tung Richmond. 2014. Scholastic. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
15. The Case of the Stolen Sixpence. Holly Webb. Illustrated by Marion Lindsay. 2014. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
16. A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens. 1854/2003. Bantam Classics. 382 pages. [Source: Bought]
     

What I Recommend:

I read one book in the spring that I'd definitely recommend to others joining this challenge. The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman. 

What I Plan on Reading:

The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten
The Lost
The Attenbury Emeralds
The Late Scholar
Fahrenheit 451
Northanger Abbey
Death of a Schoolgirl
My Cousin Rachel

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenges: Once Upon A Time VIII

Host: Stainless Steel Droppings
Title: Once Upon A Time; sign up post; review site
Duration: March 21-June 21, 2014
# of Books: Quest the First (5 books from any of the 4 categories: fantasy, folklore, fairy tale, mythology); OR Quest the Third (5 Books + Midsummer Night's Dream)

What I Read:

1. Five Children and It. E. Nesbit. 1902/2004. Puffin Classics. 240 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
2. Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale. Charles de Lint. Illustrated by Charles Vess. 2014. Little, Brown. 272 pages. [Source: Library]  
3. Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen. 2014. Walker Books. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
4. The False Prince. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2012. Scholastic. 342 pages. [Source: Review copy]
5. The Runaway King. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2013. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
6. The Trouble with Magic. Ruth Chew. 1976/2014. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]
7. Magic in the Park. Ruth Chew. 1972/2014. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]
8. The Shadow Throne. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2014. Scholastic. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
9. Melisande. E. Nesbit. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 1901/1988/1999. Candlewick. 48 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
10. The House of Arden. E. Nesbit. 1908. 242 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
11. Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin. 2013. Random House. 272 pages. [Source: Review copy]
12. Switched at Birthday. Natalie Standiford. 2014. 240 pages. [Source: Review copy]
13. Hero. (Woodcutter Sisters #2). Alethea Kontis. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
14. Rumpelstiltskin. Jenni James. 2013. Stonehouse Ink. [Source: Bought]
15. Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie. 1911/2008. Penguin. 207 pages. [Source: Review copy]
16. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boys. Karen Foxlee. 2014. Random House. 240 books. [Source: Review copy]
17. The Phoenix and the Carpet. E. Nesbit. 1904. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
18. The Glass Casket. McCormick Templeman. 2014. Random House. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
19. The Children of the King. Sonya Hartnett. 2014. Candlewick. 272 pages. [Source: Review copy]
20. 11 Birthdays. Wendy Mass. 2009. Scholastic. 267 pages. [Source: Library book]
21. Finally (Willow Falls #2) Wendy Mass. 2010. Scholastic. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
22. You Wish. Mandy Hubbard. 2010. Penguin. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
23. The Story of the Amulet. E. Nesbit. 1906/1996. Puffin. 292 pages. [Source: Bought]
24. The Lost Sun. (The United States of Asgard #1) Tess Gratton. 2013. Random House. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
25. 13 Gifts. (Willow Falls #3) Wendy Mass. 2011. Scholastic. 341 pages. [Source: Review copy]
26.  The Last Present (Willow Falls #4) Wendy Mass. 2013. Scholastic. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]

What I Watched:

Frozen 
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Escape
Secret of the Wings
Pirate Fairy

What I Hope To Read

• E. Nesbit's 5 Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the Amulet
• Jennifer Nielsen's The False Prince, The Runaway King, The Shadow Throne
• Ruth Chew's Magic in the Park, and, The Trouble with Magic
• The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman
• Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
• Rump by Liesl Shurtliff
• Hero by Alethea Kontis
• Seven Wild Sisters by Charles De Lint
• Switched at Birthday by Natalie Standiford

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenge: L.M Montgomery

Host: Reading to Know
Name: L.M. Montgomery 
Dates: January 2014
# of Books: 1-3

I have several short story collections to read. And I may even decide to reread The Blue Castle since it's a group read-along.

What I read:

1. The Road to Yesterday. L.M. Montgomery 1974. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. 252 pages.


Things to keep in mind about L.M. Montgomery

• The original readers of Anne of Green Gables (1908) would have been born between 1895 and 1900. 
• The original readers had the unique opportunity of maturing alongside Anne herself. Anne of the Island (1915) and Anne's House of Dreams (1917), perhaps the most romantic of them all, would have been published just as they were dreaming of love and marriage.
• The original fans might have passed on their love (and their books) to their own daughters. How lovely that they both could finish the series together. Consider the first book of the series was published in 1908, and the last "Anne" book (Anne of Ingleside) was published in 1939! 
• Her (writing) contemporaries were Eleanor H. Porter, Jean Webster, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Grace Livingston Hill, etc. 
• It is interesting to consider how her books fit in with the times, to find publishing trends. Let's just say that Anne was not the ONLY orphan. A Little Princess (1905) Anne of Green Gables (1908), The Secret Garden (1911), Miss Billy (1911), Daddy Long-Legs (1912),  Pollyanna (1913), Emily of New Moon (1923). 

© 2014 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenges: British History

Host: Impressions in Ink
Name: British History Reading Challenge
Dates: January - December 2014
# of books: my goal 9 to 12

What I read:

1. Lady of the English. Elizabeth Chadwick. 2011. Sourcebooks. 544 pages. [Source: Library] 
2. 1066 And All That. W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman. 1931/1993. Barnes & Noble. 116 pages. [Source: Bought]
3. Duchess of Drury Lane. Freda Lightfoot. 2013. Severn House. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
4. Royal Affair: George III And His Scandalous Siblings. 2006. Random House. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
5. The Revolt of the Eaglets. Jean Plaidy. 1977. 320 pages. [Source: Bought] 
6. Doomsday Book. Connie Willis. 1992. Random House. 592 pages.  [Source: Book I Bought]
7. The Courts of Love. Jean Plaidy. 1987. Broadway Books. 576 pages. [Source: Bought]
8. Scarlet. A.C. Gaughen. 2012. Walker. 292 pages. [Source: Library]
9. Goodnight, Mr. Tom. Michelle Magorian. 1981. HarperCollins. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
10. In Search of England. H.V. Morton. 1927/2007. Da Capo Press. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
11. Blackout. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 495 pages. [Source: Bought]
12. The Dog Who Could Fly: The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew At His Side. Damien Lewis. 2014. Simon & Schuster. 304 pages. [Source: Library] 
13. The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought]
14. The Princess of Celle. Jean Plaidy. 1967/1985. Ballantine. 400 pages. [Source: Bought]
15. The Merry Monarch's Wife. (A Queens of England Novel). Jean Plaidy. 1991/2008. Crown. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
16. The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill. 1956. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]
17. History of England. Jane Austen. 1977. 64 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
18. A Child's History of England. Charles Dickens. 1851-1853.  390 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
19. The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt. Scott O'Dell. 1975/1988. JourneyForth. 182 pages. [Source: Bought]
20. Tudor: The Family Story. Leanda de Lisle. 2013. Public Affairs. 576 pages. [Source: Library]
21. To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought]
22. The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, The Playboy Prince. Jane Ridley. 2013. Random House. 752 pages. [Source: Library]
23. When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought]
24. Lady Thief. A.C. Gaughen. 2014. Walker Books. 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]
25. Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman. James Sharpe. 2004. Profile Books. 258 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
26.  Hideous Love: The Story of The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein. Stephanie Hemphill. 2013. HarperCollins. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
27. An Autobiography. Agatha Christie. 1977/1996. Berkley. 635 pages. [Source: Bought] 
28.  A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens. 1854/2003. Bantam Classics. 382 pages. [Source: Bought]
29. The Man Who Invented Christmas. Les Standiford. 2008. Crown. 241 pages. [Source: Library]

What I want to read:

Neither fiction nor nonfiction:

• 1066 And All That. W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman. 

Nonfiction:

• The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill.
• The New World (History of the English Speaking People #2). Winston Churchill.
• The Age of Revolution. (History of the English Speaking People #3). Winston Churchill.
• Royal Affair: George III and His Scandalous Siblings. Stella Tillyard.
• In Search of England. H.V. Morton.
• The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley.
• Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman. James Sharpe.
• The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VIII. Jane Ridley
• Elizabeth of York. Alison Weir
• The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. Dan Jones.

Fiction:

• When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman.
• The Merry Monarch's Wife by Jean Plaidy.
• Victoria Victorious. Jean Plaidy.
•  The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
• Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
• Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman
• The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
• Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
• London by Edward Rutherfurd
• The Revolt of the Eaglets by Jean Plaidy
• The Courts of Love by Jean Plaidy
• Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick
• Duchess of Drury Lane by Freda Lightfoot

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenges: Victorian

The Two Sisters, 1889, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Host: Becky's Book Reviews
Title: Victorian Reading Challenge
Duration: Jan - Dec 2014
# of books: my goal is 6 to 9

What I read:

1) The Eustace Diamonds. Anthony Trollope. 1873. 794 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
2) A Rogue's Life. Wilkie Collins. 1856. 159 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
3) Phineas Redux. Anthony Trollope. 1874. 768 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
4) Melisande. E. Nesbit. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 1901/1988/1999. Candlewick. 48 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
5) Stepping Heavenward. Mrs. Elizabeth Prentiss. 1869/1998. Barbour Books. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]  
6) The Prime Minister. Anthony Trollope. 1876. 864 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
7) The Law and the Lady. Wilkie Collins. 1875. 430 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
8) The Duke's Children. Anthony Trollope. 1880. 560 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
9) The Belton Estate. Anthony Trollope. 1866/1993. Penguin. 432 pages. [Source: Bought]
10) No Name. Wilkie Collins. 1862/1998. Oxford University Press. 748 pages.
11) North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages. [Source: Bought]
12) To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought]
13) A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens. 1854/2003. Bantam Classics. 382 pages. [Source: Bought]
14) Black Beauty. Anna Sewell. 1877. 245 pages. [Source: Bought]
15) Stand There! She Shouted: The Invincible Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. 2014. Candlewick. 80 pages. [Source: Review copy]
16) Is He Popenjoy? Anthony Trollope. 1878/1993. Penguin. 632 pages. [Source: Bought]
17 A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens. 1843. 96 pages. [Source: Bought] 
18) Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte. 1847.  300 pages. [Source: Own]
19) The Story of the Treasure Seekers. E. Nesbit. 1899. Puffin. 250 pages. [Source: Bought]
20)  Lark Rise to Candleford. Flora Thompson. 1943. 537 pages. [Source: Bought]


What I recommend to fellow participants, perhaps those new to Victorian literature!

One of the first books I'd recommend is Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. It is wonderful. It is funny. It is short! Plus if you like his style, there are a handful more books to read including Three Men on the Bummel.

Another one I'm quick to recommend is George MacDonald's The Light Princess. For anyone who enjoys fairy tales or spins on fairy tales, this one is a MUST. It is charming in all the right ways. And it's a very quick read. For those who think that Victorian literature means heavy literature, think again!!!

The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories. Edited by Michael Sims. I'm recommending this collection of Victorian short stories because one can pick and choose and skim. It's not a book you'd have to feel obligated to read cover to cover. I'm recommending it to those with a love of mysteries and detective fiction, obviously. I really enjoyed this one when I read it, read a lot of new-to-me authors.

For those that really want a movie to watch along with what they read...I recommend North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. I love, love, love the adaptation of North and South with Richard Armitage!!! And The Barchester Chronicles are very, very fun!!!

And my list would not be complete, could not be complete without a mention of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte!

My long, long, list of potential reads:

Bearded Victorians I hope to read in 2014:

Anthony Trollope
I'd love to finish the Palliser series:

• The Eustace Diamonds (1873)
• Phineas Redux (1874)
• The Prime Minister (1876)
• The Duke's Children (1880)

I'm really tempted to reread some Trollope favorites:

• Lady Anna (1874)
• He Knew He Was Right (1879)

Charles Dickens
I am torn between wanting to read Dickens chronologically which would mean reading Sketches by Boz (1836) before beginning Pickwick Papers (1837)...OR just indulging in a rereading of my favorites, which would mean Our Mutual Friend (1864-5) and possibly Bleak House (1852-3)...OR randomly tackling those I haven't read yet, which would mean Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-4), or A Tale of Two Cities (1859).

Wilkie Collins
I'd love to read:

• The Law and the Lady (1875)
• No Name (1862)
• The Dead Secret (1856)

I'd really love to reread:

• Armadale (1866)
• Man and Wife (1870)
• The Woman in White (1860)

Women Authors

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847)
• Shirley by Charlotte Bronte (1849)
• Vilette by Charlotte Bronte (1853)
• North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854-5)
• Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell (1863)
• Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (1865)
• Adam Bede by George Eliot (1859)
• Miss Marjoribanks by Margaret Oliphant (1866)

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Victorian Reading Challenge

I've not hosted any challenges at Becky's Book Reviews lately. But. I really want to join a Victorian Reading Challenge, and since I haven't found one for this year, I thought I'd try hosting it myself. It will be a simple challenge. Nothing fancy. No giveaways. No monthly link-ups. Of course, if you want to share in the comments what you've been reading, you can! But no obligations to come back and leave links.

Goal: Read two or more Victorian books. Preferably books published during the Victorian years (1837-1901). But books about those years are fine. Here is a list of authors you may find useful if you are looking for ideas.

• Fiction or nonfiction.
• Books, e-books, audio books all are fine.
• Books and movies can be reviewed together or separately.
• You can create a reading list if you want, but it's not a requirement
• If you do make a list, consider adding a list of five books you'd recommend to others
• If possible try to try a new-to-you author! I know it can be really tempting to stick with familiar favorites.
• Children's books published during these years should not be forgotten!
• Rereads are definitely allowed if you have favorites!

Join by leaving a comment.

Participants (last updated Jan. 11)
Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews
Cass @ Words on Paper
Annette @ Impressions in Ink
JMisgro @ Litlequeen Rules
Arabella @ The Genteel Arsenal
Miss Kim @ The Joy of Reading
Jenni @ Dangerous Metaphors
Katie @ The Bookshelf Blogger
Maphead @ Maphead's Book Blog
Shounak @ Life With Books and Movies
Fig and Thistle

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenges: Chunkster

Chunkster Reading Challenge 
Dates: January - December 2014
# of books: each reader decides! my goal: 6 to 8

1. Lady of the English. Elizabeth Chadwick. 2011. Sourcebooks. 544 pages. [Source: Library] 
2. Doomsday Book. Connie Willis. 1992. Random House. 592 pages.  [Source: Book I Bought]
3. The Courts of Love. Jean Plaidy. 1987. Broadway Books. 576 pages. [Source: Bought]
4. Mansfield Park. Jane Austen. 1814. 464 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
5. When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought]
6. Phineas Redux. Anthony Trollope. 1874. 768 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
7.  The Prime Minister. Anthony Trollope. 1876. 864 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
8. Redeeming Love. Francine Rivers. 2005. Multnomah. 464 pages. [Source: Bought]
9.  No Name. Wilkie Collins. 1862/1998. Oxford University Press. 748 pages.
10. Bridge to Haven. Francine Rivers. 2014. Tyndale House. 468 pages. [Source: Library]
11.  North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages. [Source: Bought]
12. To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought] 
13. The Duke's Children. Anthony Trollope. 1880. 560 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
14.  The Auschwitz Escape. Joel C. Rosenberg. 2014. Tyndale. 468 pages. [Source: Library]
15. Blackout. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 495 pages. [Source: Bought]
16. All Clear. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 645 pages. [Source: Bought]
17.  Is He Popenjoy? Anthony Trollope. 1878/1993. Penguin. 632 pages. [Source: Bought]
18. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) Robert Jordan. 1990. Tor. 814 pages. [Source: Bought]
19. An Autobiography. Agatha Christie. 1977/1996. Berkley. 635 pages. [Source: Bought]  
20. Les Miserables. Victor Hugo. Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood. 1862/1887. 1232 pages.
21. Lark Rise to Candleford. Flora Thompson. 1943. 537 pages. [Source: Bought] 
22. God Has Spoken: A History of Christian Theology. Gerald Bray. Crossway. 1264 pages. [Source: Review copy]
23. The Secret of Pembrooke Park. Julie Klassen. 2014. Bethany House. 460 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenge: A Year in Re-Reading

Host: Caffeinated Life
Name: A Year In Rereading (sign-up post; review sharing post)
Dates: January - December 2014
# of Books: 10+ my goal is 50-52 books; one each week

1. The Story of the Treasure Seekers. E. Nesbit. 1899. Puffin. 250 pages. [Source: Bought]
2. Good Morning, Miss Dove. Frances Gray Patton. 1954. 218 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
3. Pastwatch The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. Orson Scott Card. 1996. Tor.  351 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
4. The Time Machine. H.G. Wells. 1895. Penguin. 128 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
5. Doomsday Book. Connie Willis. 1992. Random House. 592 pages.  [Source: Book I Bought]
6. Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen. 1811. 352 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
7. A Woman's Place. Lynn Austin. 2006. Bethany House. 450 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
8. The Merchant's Daughter. Melanie Dickerson. 2011. Zondervan. 285 pages. [Source: Library]
9. The Long Winter. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1940. 334 pages. [Source: Library] 
10. Colonel Brandon's Diary. Amanda Grange. 2009. Penguin. 304 pages. [Source: Library] 
11. To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee. 1960. 281 pages. [Source: Book I Own]
12. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. 2008. Random House. 274 pages. [Source: Library]
13. Sword in the Storm. David Gemmell. 1998. Del Rey. 448 pages [Source: Library]
14. Knowledge of the Holy. A.W. Tozer. 1961/1978. HarperCollins. 128 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]
15. The Giver. Lois Lowry. 1993. Houghton Mifflin. 180 pages. [Source: Library]  
16. A Long Way From Chicago. Richard Peck. 1998. Penguin. 148 pages. [Source: Library book] 
17. Five Children and It. E. Nesbit. 1902/2004. Puffin Classics. 240 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
18. The Testing. Joelle Charbonneau. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 344 pages. [Source: Review Copy] 
19. Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen. 1813. 386 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
20. Mansfield Park. Jane Austen. 1814. 464 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
21.Ten Cents A Dance. Christine Fletcher. 2008/2010. Bloomsbury USA. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy]
22 Meet Me in St. Louis: A Trip to the 1904 World's Fair. Robert Jackson. 2004. HarperCollins. 144 pages. [Source: Bought] 
23.A Year Down Yonder. Richard Peck. 2000. Penguin. 144 pages. [Source: Library] 
24.The False Prince. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2012. Scholastic. 342 pages. [Source: Review copy]
25. The Runaway King. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2013. Scholastic. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
26. The Shadow Throne. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2014. Scholastic. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
27. The Teacher's Funeral. Richard Peck. 2004. Penguin. 208 pages. [Source: Library] 
28. The Phoenix and the Carpet. E. Nesbit. 1904. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
29.Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. Jennifer Armstrong. 1998. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Library]
30. Preacher's Boy. Katherine Paterson. 1999/2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
31.Greetings from Nowhere. Barbara O'Connor. 2008. FSG. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
32.Because of Winn Dixie. Kate DiCamillo. 2000. Candlewick. 182 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
33.Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie. 1911/2008. Penguin. 207 pages. [Source: Review copy]
34. The Lemonade War. Jacqueline Davies. 2007. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 192 pages. [Source: Library]
35. Doggirl. Robin Brande. 2011.  Ryer Publishing. 269 pages. [Source: Review copy]
36. Julia Gillian (And the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee. 2008. Scholastic. 290 pages. [Source: Review copy]
37. 11 Birthdays. Wendy Mass. 2009. Scholastic. 267 pages. [Source: Library book] 
38. The Story of the Amulet. E. Nesbit. 1906/1996. Puffin. 292 pages. [Source: Bought]
39. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Betty Smith. 1943/2006. HarperCollins. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]  
40. The Railway Children. E. Nesbit. 1906/2011. Penguin. 304 pages.  [Source: Bought]  
41. North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1854-1855. 452 pages. [Source: Bought]
42.  To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought]
43. Umbrella Summer. Lisa Graff. 2009. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
44. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Kate DiCamillo. 2006. Candlewick. 200 pages. [Source: Bought]
45. The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
46. Out of the Dust. Karen Hesse. 1997. Scholastic. 240 pages. [Source: Bought]
47. The Daughter of Time. Josephine Tey. 1951/1995. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]
48. The Convenient Marriage. By Georgette Heyer. (1934) Read by Richard Armitage. 2010. August 2010. Naxos Audiobooks. 5 hrs. 6 minutes. [Source: Review copy]
49. The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
50. Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney. 2009. Chronicle Books. 366 pages. [Source: Library]
51. Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. 1953/1991. Del Rey. 179 pages. [Source: Bought]
52. Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen. 1817/1992. Everyman's Library. 288 pages. [Source: Book I Own]
53. Blackout. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 495 pages. [Source: Bought]  
54. All Clear. Connie Willis. 2010. Random House. 645 pages. [Source: Bought] 
55. Howl's Moving Castle. Diana Wynne Jones. 1986. 336 pages. [Source: Bought]
56. Grave Mercy. Robin LaFevers. 2012. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 560 pages. [Source: Review copy]
57. Frankenstein. Mary Shelley. 1818/1831. Oxford World's Classics. 250 pages. [Source: Bought]
58. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) Robert Jordan. 1990. Tor. 814 pages. [Source: Bought]
59. The Night Gardener. Jonathan Auxier. 2014. Abrams. 350 pages. [Source: Library]
60. The Hiding Place. Corrie Ten Boom. With John and Elizabeth Sherrill. 1971/1984/1995. Chosen. 228 pages. [Source: Bought] 
61. Countdown by Deborah Wiles. 2010. May 2010. Scholastic. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy]
62. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Robin LaFevers. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 387 pages. [Source: Review copy]
63. Black Beauty. Anna Sewell. 1877. 245 pages. [Source: Bought]
64. Persuasion. Jane Austen 1818/1992. Knopf Doubleday. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]
65.  A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens. 1843. 96 pages. [Source: Bought]  
66. The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll. Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. 2007. Schwartz & Wade. 40 pages. [Source: Library] 
67. The Tailor of Gloucester. Beatrix Potter. 1903. 58 pages. [Source: Library]
68. Polar Express. Chris Van Allsburg. 1985/2009. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
69. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Dr. Seuss. 1957. Random House. 64 pages. [Source: Review copy]
70. The Velveteen Rabbit. Margery Williams. Illustrated by William Nicholson. 1922/2014. Random House. 48 pages. [Source: Review copy]
71. Twas the Night Before Christmas. Clement C. Moore. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. 1823/1912. HMH. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
72. The Tale of Despereaux. Kate DiCamillo. 2003. Candlewick Press. 272 pages. [Source: Bought] 
73. The 5th Wave. Rick Yancey. 2013. Penguin. 457 pages. [Source: Review copy]
74. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Barbara Robinson. 1972. HarperCollins. 128 pages. [Source: Bought]
75. The Golden Dreydl. Ellen Kushner. Illustrated by Ilene Winn-Lederer. 2007. Charlesbridge. 126 pages. [Source: Review copy]
76. Les Miserables. Victor Hugo. Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood. 1862/1887. 1232 pages.
77. Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte. 1847.  300 pages. [Source: Own]
78. A Darcy Christmas: A Holiday Tribute to Jane Austen. By Amanda Grange, Carolyn Eberhart, and Sharon Lathan. 2010. Sourcebooks. 304 pages. [Source: Library] 
79. The Christmas Tree. Julie Salamon. 1996. Random House. 118 pages. [Source: Bought]
80. Keeping Holiday. Starr Meade. Illustrated by Justin Gerard. 2008. Crossway. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]  






© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Sci-Fi Experience

Sci-Fi Experience
Hosted: Stainless Steel Droppings (sign-up post) (review site)
December 2013 - January 2014
# of Books: I'm hoping for seven

What I'm reading, OR, hope to read:

Dangerous by Shannon Hale
Unsouled by Neal Shusterman
Shift by Hugh Howey (I *may* decide to reread Wool before finishing the series with Dust)
Dust by Hugh Howey
Across A Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund (a sci-fi retelling of Scarlet Pimpernel!!!!!)
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown
Star Wars Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
Original Star Wars Trilogy (George Lucas, Alan Dean Foster, Donald F. Glut, James Kahn, Lawrence Kasdan)
Aquifer by Jonathan Friesen
The 100 by Kass Morgan
Risked by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Pastwatch the Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (maybe?)


© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2014 Reading Challenge: TBR Pile (Roof Beam Reader)

2014 TBR Pile
Host: Roof Beam Reader (sign up here); updates on 15th each month.
January - December 2014
# of Books 12 to 14

My list:

1066 And All That. W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman. 1931/1993. Barnes & Noble. 116 pages. [Source: Bought]

 

In Search of England. H.V. Morton. 1927/2007. Da Capo Press. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]

Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman. James Sharpe. 2004. Profile Books. 258 pages. [Source: Book I bought]

When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought]  

The Merry Monarch's Wife by Jean Plaidy. 1991/2008. Crown. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]

Victoria Victorious. Jean Plaidy. 1985. Three Rivers Press. 564 pages. [Source: Bought]

The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill. 1956. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]

Pastwatch The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. Orson Scott Card. 1996. Tor.  351 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

An Autobiography. Agatha Christie. 1977/1996. Berkley. 635 pages. [Source: Bought]

And Be A Villain. (Nero Wolfe). Rex Stout. 1948. 256 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

Good Morning, Miss Dove. Frances Gray Patton. 1954. 218 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

The Eustace Diamonds. Anthony Trollope. 1873. 794 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]


My alternates:

The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court At Kensington Palace. Lucy Worsley. 2010. Walker. 432 pages [Source: Bought]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Betty Smith. 1943. Harper Perennial. 493 pages. [Source: Bought]

© 2013 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

2013-2014 Reading Challenges: A Century of Books

Host: Stuck in a Book (sign up page)
Duration: All of 2013 and 2014 (for me); I may be participating "unofficially" since I started in 2013. I saw the idea, loved it, but it wasn't an 'official' challenge when I started; now it is becoming official, but I don't want to start over!!!

1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum. 1900. 156 pages. [Source: Bought]
1901:

• Melisande. E. Nesbit. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch. 1901/1988/1999. Candlewick. 48 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  
• The Wouldbegoods. E. Nesbit. 1901. 156 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

1902: Five Children and It. E. Nesbit. 1902/2004. Puffin Classics. 240 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
1903: According to the Pattern. Grace Livingston Hill. 1903. 186 pages. [Source: Bought]
1904:

•  The Marvelous Land of Oz. L. Frank Baum. 1904. 192 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Phoenix and the Carpet. E. Nesbit. 1904. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The New Treasure Seekers. E. Nesbit. 1904. 252 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

1905:

•  A Little Princess. Frances Hodgson Burnett. 1905. 264 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Our Island Story. H.E. Marshall. 1905/? 512 pages. [Source: Bought]  

1906:

• The Racketty-Packetty House. Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin. 1906/2006. Simon & Schuster. 96 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Story of the Amulet. E. Nesbit. 1906/1996. Puffin. 292 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• I Will Repay. Baroness Orczy. 1906. 220 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
• The Railway Children. E. Nesbit. 1906/2011. Penguin. 304 pages.  [Source: Bought]  

1907:

•  Ozma of Oz. L. Frank Baum. 1907. 126 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Wind in the Willows. Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by David Roberts. 1907/2013. Candlewick. 256 pages. [Source: Review Copy] 
• The Enchanted Castle. E. Nesbit. 1907. 291 pages. [Source: Bought]

1908:

• Anne of Green Gables. L.M. Montgomery. 1908. 308 pages.   [Source: Bought]
• Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum. 1908. 148 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Marcia Schuyler. Grace Livingston Hill. 1908. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The House of Arden. E. Nesbit. 1908. 242 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]  

1909:

•  The Road to Oz. L. Frank Baum. 1909. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Phoebe Deane. Grace Livingston Hill. 1909. 224 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• The Autobiography of Methuselah. John Kendrick Bangs. 1909. 104 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• Harding's Luck. E. Nesbit. 1909. 164 pages. [Source: Bought]  

1910: Kilmeny of the Orchard. L.M. Montgomery. 1910. 144 pages. [Source: Bought]
1911:

• The Story Girl. L.M. Montgomery. 1911. 220 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Miss Billy. Eleanor H. Porter. 1911. Dodo Press. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Secret Garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett. 1911. 302 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie. 1911/2008. Penguin. 207 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

1912:

• The Life of Cesare Borgia: A History and Some Criticisms. Rafael Sabatini. 1912. 326 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Miss Billy's Decision. Eleanor H. Porter. 1912. Dodo Press. 248 pages.   [Source: Bought]
• Pygmalion. George Bernard Shaw. 1912. 96 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• Daddy Long Legs. Jean Webster. 1912. 208 pages. [Source: Review Copy]

1913:

•  A Little Maid Of Provincetown. Alice Turner Curtis. 1913. 192 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Golden Road. L.M. Montgomery. 1913. 213 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Pollyanna. Eleanor H. Porter. 1913. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]

1914: Miss Billy Married. Eleanor H. Porter. 1914. 240 pages. [Source: Bought]
1915:

• Miranda. Grace Livingston Hill. 1915. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Anne of the Island. L.M. Montgomery. 1915. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Dear Enemy. Jean Webster. 1915. 236 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Pollyanna Grows Up. Eleanor H. Porter. 1915. 304 pages. [Source: Bought]

1916:

• Understood Betsy. Dorothy Canfield Fisher. 1916. 176 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Real Mother Goose. Blanche Fisher Wright. 1916. Scholastic. 128 pages. [Source: Library]

1917:

• Anne's House of Dreams. L.M. Montgomery. 1917. 227 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• The Belgian Twins. Lucy Fitch Perkins. 1917. 124 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Man With Two Left Feet. P.G. Wodehouse. 1917. 200 pages. [Source: Bought]

1918: The Magic Pudding. Norman Lindsay. 1918. 144 pages. [Source: Bought]
1919:

• Rainbow Valley. L.M. Montgomery. 1919. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
• My Man Jeeves. P.G. Wodehouse. 1919. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]

1920:

• Mary Marie. Eleanor H. Porter. 1920. 136 pages. [Source: Bought]
•  The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Agatha Christie. 1920/2006. Black Dog & Leventhal. 224 pages. [Source: Library]

1921:

•  Rilla of Ingleside. L.M. Montgomery. 1921. 280 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Black Moth. Georgette Heyer. 1921/2009. Sourcebooks. 355 pages. [Source: Bought]

1922: The Red House Mystery. A.A. Milne. 1922. Dover. 156 pages. [Source: Bought]
1923:

• Emily of New Moon. L.M. Montgomery. 1923. Bantam. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers. 1923/1995. HarperCollins. 224 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves). P.G. Wodehouse. 1923. 225 pages. [Source: Bought]

1924: When We Were Very Young. A.A. Milne. 1924. 100 pages. [Source: Library]
1925: Emily Climbs. L.M. Montgomery. 1925. Bantam Books. 325 pages. [Source: Bought]
1926:

• The Blue Castle. L.M. Montgomery. 1926. 218 pages. [Source: Bought]
• These Old Shades. Georgette Heyer. 1926/2008. Harlequin. 384 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• Clouds of Witness. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1926/1966. Avon. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]

1927:

• Emily's Quest. L.M. Montgomery. 1927. 228 pages.  [Source: Bought]
•  Now We Are Six. A.A. Milne. 1927. 101 pages. [Source: Library]
• Unnatural Death. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1927. HarperCollins. 288 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• In Search of England. H.V. Morton. 1927/2007. Da Capo Press. 304 pages. [Source: Bought] 

1928:

•  The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1928/1995. HarperCollins. 256 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Masqueraders. Georgette Heyer. 1928. Arrow. 290 pages. [Source: Library]

1929:

•  The Black Dudley Murder. Margery Allingham. 1929. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Beauvallet. Georgette Heyer. 1929. Arrow Books. 264 pages. [Source: Library]
• Magic for Marigold. L.M. Montgomery. 1929. 274 pages.  [Source: Bought]

1930:

• Strong Poison. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1930/1995. HarperCollins. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Powder and Patch. Georgette Heyer. 1930. 284 pages. (Originally published as THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN in 1923.) [Source: Bought]

1931:

• A Tangled Web. L.M. Montgomery. 1931. 257 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Cape Cod Mystery. Phoebe Atwood Taylor. 1931. Countryman Press. 190 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Five Red Herrings. Dorothy L. Sayers. 1931. HarperCollins. 325 pages. [Source: Bought]
• 1066 And All That. W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman. 1931/1993. Barnes & Noble. 116 pages. [Source: Bought]

1932:

• Little House in the Big Woods. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1932. 238 pages. [Source: Library]
• Peril at End House. Agatha Christie. 1932. HarperCollins. 287 pages. [Source: Library]
• Devil's Cub. Georgette Heyer. 1932/2003. Harlequin. 272 pages. [Source: Review Copy]

1933:

• Pat of Silver Bush. L.M. Montgomery. 1933. 288 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Lord Edgware Dies (OR Thirteen at Dinner). Agatha Christie. 1933. 260 pages. [Source: Library]
• Why Shoot a Butler? Georgette Heyer. 1933. 352 pages. [Source: Library]

1934:

• In The Steps of the Master. H.V. Morton. 1934. 416 pages.  [Source: Library]
•  Mary Poppins. P.L. Travers. Illustrated by Mary Shepard. 1934/2006. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Convenient Marriage. Georgette Heyer. 1934/2009. Sourcebooks. 318 pages.  [Source: Library]

1935:

•  Mistress Pat. L.M. Montgomery. 1935. 288 pages. [Source: Bought].
• Mary Poppins Comes Back. P.L. Travers. 1935. Harcourt. 315 pages. [Source: Library]
• Death in the Clouds (Death in the Air). Agatha Christie. 1935. 253 pages [Source: Library]
• Death in the Stocks. Georgette Heyer. 1935/2009. Sourcebooks. 314 pages. [Source: Library]
• In The Steps of St. Paul. H.V. Morton. 1935. 528 pages. [Source: Library]
• The League of Frightened Men. Rex Stout. 1935. Bantam. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Little House on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1935. 335 pages. [Source: Library]
• Regency Buck. Georgette Heyer. 1935. 352 pages. [Source: Review Copy]

1936:

•  Behold, Here's Poison. Georgette Heyer. 1936/2009. Sourcebooks. 330 pages.  [Source: Library]   
• The Red Box. Nero Wolfe. (Nero Wolfe #4) 1936. 266 pages.  [Source: Bought]
• The Rubber Band. (Nero Wolfe #3) 1936. Rex Stout. 190 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Talisman Ring. Georgette Heyer. 1936/2009. Sourcebooks. 316 pages. [Source: Library]
• Anne of Windy Poplars. L.M. Montgomery. 1936. 288 pages. [Source: Bought]  

1937:

• Death on the Nile. Agatha Christie. 1937/2007. Black Dog & Leventhal. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
• They Found Him Dead. Georgette Heyer. 1937. Sourcebooks. 325 pages [Source: Library]
• The Cost of Discipleship. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 1937/1959/1995. Simon & Schuster. 320 pages. [Source: Borrowed from friend.] 
• Hamlet, Revenge! Michael Innes. 1937. 312 pages.  [Source: Library]
• Brentwood. Grace Livingstone Hill. 1937. 315 pages. [Source: Library]
• Jane of Lantern Hill. L.M. Montgomery. 1937. 274 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937.  320 pages. [Source: Bought] 

1938: A Blunt Instrument. Georgette Heyer. 1938. Sourcebooks. 309 pages. [Source: Library]
1939: Anne of Ingleside. L.M. Montgomery. 1939. 274 pages. [Source: Bought]
1940:

• The Corinthian. Georgette Heyer. 1940/2009. Sourcebooks. 261 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Long Winter. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1940. 334 pages. [Source: Library]  

1941:

• Faro's Daughter. Georgette Heyer. 1941. 288 pages. [Source: Library]
• Envious Casca. Georgette Heyer. 1941/2010. Sourcebooks. 396 pages. [Source: Library]

1942: The Screwtape Letters. C.S. Lewis. 1942. HarperCollins. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
1943:

•  The Little Prince. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. 1943/2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 112 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Betty Smith. 1943/2006. HarperCollins. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]  

1944:

•  Detection Unlimited. Georgette Heyer. 1944/2010. Sourcebooks. 378 pages. [Source: Library]
• Friday's Child. Georgette Heyer. 1944/2008. Sourcebooks. 425 pages. [Source: Review Copy]

1945: The Great Divorce. C.S. Lewis. 1945. HarperCollins. 160 pages. [Source: Library]
1946:

• The Reluctant Widow. Georgette Heyer. 1946/2008. Sourcebooks. 316 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
• Party Shoes. Noel Streatfeild. 1946. Oxford Children's Classics. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
• Miss Pym Disposes. Josephine Tey. 1946. 238 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

1947:

• Prince of Foxes. Samuel Shellabarger. 1947. 433 pages. [Source: Library] 
• I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book. Iona and Peter Opie. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. 1947/2012. Candlewick Press. 160 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
•  Final Curtain. Ngaio Marsh. 1947. Jove. 278 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The School for Cats. Esther Averill. 1947/2005. New York Review Children's Collection. 32 pages. [Source: Library]

1948:

•  The Foundling. Georgette Heyer. 1948/2009. Sourcebooks. 439 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Case of the Late Pig. Margery Allingham. 1948. 144 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Franchise Affair. Josephine Tey. 1948. 304 pages. [Source: Book I bought]
• And Be A Villain. (Nero Wolfe). Rex Stout. 1948. 256 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

1949:

•   The Case of the Cautious Coquette (Perry Mason #34). Erle Stanley Gardner. 1949. 230 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• Brat Farrar. Josephine Tey. 1949/1997. 288 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• Jenny's Moonlight Adventure. Esther Averill. 1949/2005. New York Review Children's Collection. 32 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Second Confession (Nero Wolfe). Rex Stout. 1949. 256 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

1950:

• The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis. 1950. HarperCollins. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
•  The Grand Sophy. Georgette Heyer. 1950/2009. Sourcebooks. 372 pages. [Source: Review Copy] 
• In the Best Families. (Nero Wolfe). Rex Stout. 1950. 272 pages. [Source: Book I Bought]

1951:

•  All-of-a-Kind-Family. Sydney Taylor. 1951. 190 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Skating Shoes. Noel Streatfeild. 1951. 224 pages.  [Source: Library]
• The Quiet Gentleman. Georgette Heyer. 1951/2005. Arrow. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
• Duplicate Death. Georgette Heyer. 1951/2010. Sourcebooks. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
• My Cousin Rachel. Daphne du Maurier. 1951. 374 pages. [Source: Library] 
• The Daughter of Time. Josephine Tey. 1951/1995. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]

1952: The Singing Sands. Josephine Tey. 1952. 224 pages. [Source: Bought]
1953:

•  Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. 1953/2003. Random House. 190 pages. [Source: Library]
• Cotillion. Georgette Heyer. 1953/2007. Sourcebooks. 362 pages. [Source: Review Copy]

1954:

• The Toll Gate. Georgette Heyer. 1954. Harlequin. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
• Half Magic. Edward Eager. 1954. 192 pages. [Source: Library]  
• Good Morning, Miss Dove. Frances Gray Patton. 1954. 218 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 
• Jenny's Birthday Book. Esther Averill. 1954/2005. New York Review Children's Collection. 44 pages. [Source: Library]

1955:

• Bath Tangle. Georgette Heyer. 1955/2011. Sourcebooks. 368 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
• The Daughter of Time. (Inspector Grant #5). Josephine Tey. 1955/1995. Touchstone. 206 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Birth of Britain (History of the English Speaking People #1). Winston Churchill. 1956. 496 pages. [Source: Bought]

1956:

• Sprig Muslin. Georgette Heyer. 1956/2011. Sourcebooks. 304 pages. [Source: Library]  
• The 101 Dalmatians. Dodie Smith. 1956/1989 Penguin. 192 pages. [Source: Owned Since Childhood] 

1957:

•  Sylvester, Or, The Wicked Uncle. Georgette Heyer. 1957/2004. 
• April Lady. Georgette Heyer. 1957/2005. Harlequin. 270 pages. [Source: Library] 
• Jenny Goes to Sea. Esther Averill. 1957/2005. New York Review Children's Collection. 140 pages. [Source: Library]

1958:

• Venetia. Georgette Heyer. 1958/2009. Harlequin. 368 pages. [Source: Gift]  
• Madonna of the Seven Hills: A Novel of the Borgias. Jean Plaidy. 1958/2011. Broadway. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Light on Lucrezia: A Novel of the Borgias. Jean Plaidy. 1958/2011. Crown. 384 pages. [Source: Bought] 

1959: Unknown Ajax. Georgette Heyer. 1959. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
1960:

•  To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee. 1960. 281 pages. [Source: Book I Own]  
• The Fire Cat. Esther Averill. 1960/1983. HarperCollins. 64 pages. [Source: Own] 

1961:

•  Civil Contract. Georgette Heyer. 1961/2009. Harlequin. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Phantom Tollbooth. Norton Juster. Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. 1961/2011. Random House. 272 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

1962: The Nonesuch. Georgette Heyer. 1962/2009. Sourcebooks. 352 pages. [Source: Library] 
1963: False Colours. Georgette Heyer. 1963/2011. Thorndike. 520 pages. [Source: library]
1964: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald Dahl. 1964. 155 pages. [Source: Library]
1965: Frederica. Georgette Heyer. 1965/2009. Sourcebooks. 437 pages. [Source: Library]
1966:

•  The Case of the Worried Waitress: A Perry Mason mystery. Erle Stanley Gardner. 1966. 151 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Black Sheep. Georgette Heyer. 1966/2008. Sourcebooks. 280 pages. [Source: Library] 

1967: The Princess of Celle. Jean Plaidy. 1967/1985. Ballantine. 400 pages. [Source: Bought] 
1968:

•  Caroline the Queen. Jean Plaidy. 1968. 415 pages. [Source: Library] 
• Cousin Kate. Georgette Heyer. 1968/2009. Sourcebooks. 384 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey. Margaret Powell. 1968/2012. St. Martin's Press. 224 pages. [Source: Library]

1969: The Hotel Cat. Esther Averill. 1969/2005. New York Review Children's Collection. 180 pages. [Source: Library]
1970: Charity Girl. Georgette Heyer. 1970/2008. Sourcebooks. 282 pages. [Source: Review copy]
1971: Mandy. Julie Andrews Edwards. 1971. HarperCollins. 320 pages. [Source: Bought Replacement Copy]
1972:

• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Roald Dahl. 1972. 166 pages. [Source: Library] 
• Magic in the Park. Ruth Chew. 1972/2014. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
• Lady of Quality. Georgette Heyer. 1972. Sourcebooks. 300 pages. [Source: Review Copy]  
• Captains of the City Streets. Esther Averill. 1972/2005. New York Review Children's Collection. 164 pages. [Source: Library]  

1973: Jenny and the Cat Club: A Collection of Favorite Stories About Jenny Linsky. Esther Averill. 1973/2003. New York Review Children's Collection. 176 pages. [Source: Library]
1974:

• The Bastard King. Jean Plaidy. 1974. Fawcett Crest. 320 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• The Road to Yesterday. L.M. Montgomery 1974. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. 252 pages. 
• The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles. Julie Andrews Edwards. 1974. Scholastic. 288 pages. [Source: Bought]

1975:

•  The Lion of Justice. Jean Plaidy. 1975. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt. Scott O'Dell. 1975/1988. JourneyForth. 182 pages. [Source: Bought]  

1976:

•  The Passionate Enemies. Jean Plaidy. 1976. Fawcett. 320 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• The Trouble with Magic. Ruth Chew. 1976/2014. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

1977:

• The Revolt of the Eaglets. Jean Plaidy. 1977. 320 pages. [Source: Bought]  
•  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. George Lucas, Alan Dean Foster. 1977. 247 pages. [Source: Own]

1978: The Westing Game. Ellen Raskin. 1978. 182 pages. [Source: Library]
1979: Love Comes Softly. Janette Oke. 1979. 240 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]
1980:

•  Love's Enduring Promise. Janette Oke. 1980. Bethany House. 239 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]
• Star Wars: Episode V: Empire Strikes Back. Donald F. Glut. 1980. 214 pages. [Source: Bought]

1981: Goodnight, Mr. Tom. Michelle Magorian. 1981. HarperCollins. 320 pages. [Source: Library]

1982:

•  Love's Long Journey. Janette Oke. 1982. Bethany House. 240 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]
• Spunky's Diary. Janette Oke. 1982/1998. Bethany House. 112 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]

1983:

•  When Calls the Heart. Janette Oke. 1983/2005. Bethany House. 224 pages.  [Source: Childhood Copy]
• Love's Abiding Joy. Janette Oke. 1983. Bethany House. 240 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]
• Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. James Kahn, George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan. 1983. 181 pages. [Source: Bought]

1984:

• Love's Unending Legacy. Janette Oke. 1984. Bethany House. 239 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]
• Prodigal Cat. Janette Oke. 1984. Bethany House. 160 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]

1985:

•  When Comes The Spring. Janette Oke. 1985. Bethany House. 252 pages. [Source: Library] 
• When Breaks the Dawn. Janette Oke. 1985. Bethany House. 215 pages. [Source: Library] 
• When Hope Springs New. Janette Oke. 1986. Bethany House. 216 pages. [Source: Book I Own] 
• Ducktails. Janette Oke. 1985. Bethany House. 144 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy]  

1986:

• Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant. Patricia Beatty. 1986. HarperCollins. 160 pages. [Source: Bought.]  
• The Impatient Turtle. Janette Oke. 1986. Bethany House. 112 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy] 

1987:

•  Love's Unfolding Dream. Janette Oke. 1987. Bethany House. 240 pages.
• The Courts of Love. Jean Plaidy. 1987. Broadway Books. 576 pages. [Source: Bought]  
• A Cote of Many Colors. Janette Oke. 1987. Bethany House. 144 pages. [Source: Childhood Copy] 

1988: Love Takes Wing. Janette Oke. 1988. Bethany House. 240 pages. [Source: Own].
1989:

•  Love Finds A Home. Janette Oke. 1989. Bethany House. 240 pages. [Source: Owned for decades]  
• Afternoon of the Elves. Janet Taylor Lisle. 1989. Scholastic. 128 pages. [Source: Review copy]  

1990: The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) Robert Jordan. 1990. Tor. 814 pages. [Source: Bought]
1991: The Merry Monarch's Wife. (A Queens of England Novel). Jean Plaidy. 1991/2008. Crown. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]

1992:

• Only You Can Save Mankind. Terry Pratchett. 1992. 207 pages. 
• Doomsday Book. Connie Willis. 1992. Random House. 592 pages.  [Source: Book I Bought]

1993: The Giver. Lois Lowry. 1993. Houghton Mifflin. 180 pages. [Source: Library]
1994: When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman. 1994. Random House. 746 pages. [Source: Bought] 
1995: Where The Heart Is. Billie Letts. 1995. 376 pages. [Source: Bought]
1996:

•  The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline. Flora Fraser. 1996/2009. Anchor Books. 560 pages. [Source: Library]
• Pastwatch The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. Orson Scott Card. 1996. Tor.  351 pages. [Source: Book I Bought] 

1997: Out of the Dust. Karen Hesse. 1997. Scholastic. 240 pages. [Source: Bought]
1998:

•  The Sunroom. Beverly Lewis. 1998. Bethany House. 144 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• Stardust. Neil Gaiman. 1998. 368 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance. Jennifer Armstrong. 1998. Random House. 144 pages. [Source: Library]
• A Long Way From Chicago. Richard Peck. 1998. Penguin. 148 pages. [Source: Library book] 
• Sword in the Storm. David Gemmell. 1998. Del Rey. 448 pages [Source: Library]  
• To Say Nothing of the Dog. Connie Willis. 1998. Bantam. 493 pages. [Source: Bought] 

1999:

• Preacher's Boy. Katherine Paterson. 1999/2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• Midnight Falcon. David Gemmell. 1999. Del Rey. 448 pages. [Source: Library]

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