~I Love Books~
My Grandma Otto worked at the Canoga Park Library in California when I was little. She used to send us boxes of books from the library that we would fill our bookshelves with. I think my love of books must come from Grandma. I can totally lose myself in a book....for days on end if I let myself. I try to limit my book reading time to bedtime and during karate. One of my most coveted treasures that my Grandma left behind is her tattered stack of papers which she hand wrote all of the books she had read. Not all of the books that I read I like...but I have an issue where if I start a book I HAVE to finish it. I also only read one book at a time. I decided to keep a log of the books I read so I don't end up reading them twice....especially if it's one I didn't really like. So here is my list for 2009.
2009 Bedtime Stories
~Charlotte's Web-E.B. White
~Heidi-Johanna Spyri
~Marley: A dog like no other-John Grogan
~Mary Poppins-P.L. Travers
~Snot Stew-Bill Wallace**Easton and Jace's Favorite
~The Girl Who Could Fly-Victoria Forester**Camry's Favorite
~The Whipping Boy-Sid Fleishman
~The Wonderful Wizard of Oz-L. Frank Baum
My 2009 Reads
Top 5 Favs (in no particular order)
~Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
~Life of Pi-Yann Martel
~The Secret Life of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd
~The Book Theif-Markus Zusak
~The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
~3 cups of Tea-Greg Mortenson and David Oilver Relin
~A Boy at War-Harry Mazer
~Animal Farm-George Orwell
~A Walk to Remember-Nicholas Sparks
~Bridget Jones Diary-Helen Fielding
~Crazy for the Storm-Norman Ollestad
~East of Eden-Steinbeck
~Eat, Pray, Love-Elizabeth Gilbert
~Firefly Lane-Kristin Hannah
~Hatchet-Gary Poulsen
~Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
~Life of Pi-Yann Martel
~Marley and Me-John Grogan
~Mrs. Miracle-Debbie Macomber
~My Sisters Keeper-Jodi Picoult
~Olive Kitteridge-Elizabeth Strout
~Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
~Princess of the Midnight Ball-Jessica Day George
~Shadow Divers-Robert Kurson
~Sisters-Danielle Steel
~Surprise Packages-Anderson, Littke, Morris
~The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian-Sherman Alexie
~The Book Thief-Markus Zusak
~The Boy in the Striped Pajamas-Harry Mazer
~The Count of Monte Cristo-Alexandre Dumas
~The Guardian-Nicholas Sparks
~The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
~The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
~The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold
~The Lucky One-Nicholas Sparks
~The Pillars of the Earth-Ken Follett
~The Rescue-Nicholas Sparks
~The Time Traveler's Wife-Audrey Niffenegger
~The Undaunted-Gerald Lund
~The Wednesday Letters-Jason F. Wright
My Grandma Otto worked at the Canoga Park Library in California when I was little. She used to send us boxes of books from the library that we would fill our bookshelves with. I think my love of books must come from Grandma. I can totally lose myself in a book....for days on end if I let myself. I try to limit my book reading time to bedtime and during karate. One of my most coveted treasures that my Grandma left behind is her tattered stack of papers which she hand wrote all of the books she had read. Not all of the books that I read I like...but I have an issue where if I start a book I HAVE to finish it. I also only read one book at a time. I decided to keep a log of the books I read so I don't end up reading them twice....especially if it's one I didn't really like. So here is my list for 2009.
2009 Bedtime Stories
~Charlotte's Web-E.B. White
~Heidi-Johanna Spyri
~Marley: A dog like no other-John Grogan
~Mary Poppins-P.L. Travers
~Snot Stew-Bill Wallace**Easton and Jace's Favorite
~The Girl Who Could Fly-Victoria Forester**Camry's Favorite
~The Whipping Boy-Sid Fleishman
~The Wonderful Wizard of Oz-L. Frank Baum
My 2009 Reads
Top 5 Favs (in no particular order)
~Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
~Life of Pi-Yann Martel
~The Secret Life of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd
~The Book Theif-Markus Zusak
~The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
~3 cups of Tea-Greg Mortenson and David Oilver Relin
~A Boy at War-Harry Mazer
~Animal Farm-George Orwell
~A Walk to Remember-Nicholas Sparks
~Bridget Jones Diary-Helen Fielding
~Crazy for the Storm-Norman Ollestad
~East of Eden-Steinbeck
~Eat, Pray, Love-Elizabeth Gilbert
~Firefly Lane-Kristin Hannah
~Hatchet-Gary Poulsen
~Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte
~Life of Pi-Yann Martel
~Marley and Me-John Grogan
~Mrs. Miracle-Debbie Macomber
~My Sisters Keeper-Jodi Picoult
~Olive Kitteridge-Elizabeth Strout
~Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen
~Princess of the Midnight Ball-Jessica Day George
~Shadow Divers-Robert Kurson
~Sisters-Danielle Steel
~Surprise Packages-Anderson, Littke, Morris
~The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian-Sherman Alexie
~The Book Thief-Markus Zusak
~The Boy in the Striped Pajamas-Harry Mazer
~The Count of Monte Cristo-Alexandre Dumas
~The Guardian-Nicholas Sparks
~The Hunger Games-Suzanne Collins
~The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini
~The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold
~The Lucky One-Nicholas Sparks
~The Pillars of the Earth-Ken Follett
~The Rescue-Nicholas Sparks
~The Time Traveler's Wife-Audrey Niffenegger
~The Undaunted-Gerald Lund
~The Wednesday Letters-Jason F. Wright
