Smurf_goddess Reading List

I am new to this list and did not receive clarification about what books are allowed. Please let me know if I am breaking any rules. I am starting with books I read or listened to beginning in January.

1) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (audio/ Horror)
2) Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill (book/ Horror)
3) Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan (eBook/ Romance- Regency)
4) The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie (eBook/ Romance)
5) Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin (audio/ Women's Lit)
6) The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card (audio/ Science Fiction)
7) The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe (audio/ Non-Fiction- Memoir)
8) Old Man's War by John Scalzi (book/ Science Fiction/ Military)
9) Room by Emma Donoghue (book/ Mainstream Fiction/ Story)
10) Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (audio/ Nonfiction/ Humor)
11) The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale (audio/ Nonfiction/ Historical True Crime)

My goal is to work on Reader's Advisory for adults, and to learn more about children's books. I won't count picture books or shorter chapter books, but will count children's books that might appeal to older children or adults. I also want to count textbooks I read on these subjects.

February:

12) The King's Curse by Phillipa Gregory (book/ Historical Fiction/ 1500's England)
13) Landline by Rainbow Rowell (audio/ Mainstream/ Character) (could be Women's Fiction, Magical Realism)
14) Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (book/ Children's/ Fantasy)
15) The Stonekeeper (Amulet Book #1) by Kazu Kibuishi (book/ Children's/ Graphic Novel/ Fantasy)
16) El Deafo by Cece Bell (book/ Children's/ Graphic Novel/ Memoir)
17) Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (audio/ Children's/ Fantasy)
18) When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (audio/ Children's/ Fantasy)
19) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (eBook/ Children's/ Science Fiction-Fantasy)
20) Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy (audio book/ Children's/ Historical Fiction)
21) Year of Impossible Goodbyes (book/ Children's/ Historical Fiction)
22) The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (book/ Children's/ Contemporary Fiction- Newbery Winner- Frequently Challenged)

March:

23) Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (audio book/ Children's/ Contemporary Fiction)
24) Kakapo Resue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop (book/ Children's / Nonfiction/ Siebert Winner)*
25) Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom by Sue Macy (book/ Children's/ Nonfiction)*
26) Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (book / Children's/ Nonfiction- Historical-Autobiography)*
27) Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (audiobook/ Children's/ Poetry/ Newbery Winner)
28) Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (book/ Children's/ Poetry)
29) Children's Literature in Action by Sylvia Vardell (book/ Textbook/ Children's Literature)
30) From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Books by Kathleen Horning (book/ Textbook/ Children's Literature)
31) Love that Dog by Sharon Creech (book/ Children's/ Poetry)*
32) Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo (eBook/ Children's/ Newbery Winner)
33) The One and Only Ivan by Katharine Applegate (book/ Children's/ Newbery Winner)
34) The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry (audio book/ Children's/ Odyssey Honor Book)
35) Dash by Kirby Lawson (book/ Children's/ Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction)
36) Marching to the Mountaintop by Ann Bausum (book/ Children's/ Nonfiction/ Carter G. Woodson Book Award)*
37) First Girl Scout: The Life of Juliette Gordon Low by Ginger Wadworth (book/ Children's/ Nonfiction/ Amelia Bloomer Selection)
38) How I Became a Ghost by Tim Tingle (book/ Children's/ American Indian Youth Literature Award)

* Books are shorter than my original goal, but very meaningful to me and much too long to count as picture books

April:

39) Consent by Nancy Ohlin (book/ Teen/ Contemporary Fiction)
40) Bunnicula Collection 1 (Bunnicula, Howliday Inn, Celery Stalks at Midnight) by James Howe (audio book/ Children's/ Mystery-Horror)
41) Bunnicula Collection 2 (Nighty-Nightmare, Return to Howliday Inn) by James Howe (audio book/ Children's/ Mystery-Horror)
42) Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson (audio book/ Teen/ Poetry-Memoir/ Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King winner)
43) Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (book/ Contemporary or Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction)
44) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (audio book/ Fantasy)
45) Wonder by R.J. Palacio (eBook/ Children's/ Young Reader's Choice Award)
46) Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (audio book/ Children's/ Schneider Family Book Award)
47) A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached (eBook/ Teen/ Graphic Novel/ Batchelder Award)
48) Divergent by Veronica Roth (audio book/ Teen/ Science Fiction)
49) One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (audio book/ Children/ Newbery Honor)
50) Whateverland by Alexis Stewart and Jennifer Koppelman-Hutt (book/ nonfiction/ humor)
51) The War that Saved my Life by Karen Brubaker Bradley (audio book/ Children/ Newbery Honor/ Odyssey Award Winner)

May:

52) If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie (book/Contemporary Fiction/ Character-Setting)
53) The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (audio book/ Mystery)
54) Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (audio book/ Mystery)
55) Slade House by David Mitchell (audio book/ Horror)
56) Monster by Walter Dean Myers (audio book/ Teen/ Printz Award Winner)
57) A Gift of Magic by Lois Duncan (audio book/ Teen/ Fantasy)

June:

58) Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani (audio book/ Women's Fiction)
59) Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani (audio book/ Women's Fiction)
60) Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella (audio book/ Teen/ Character)
61) Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (audio book/ Teen/ Newbery Winner)
62) Going Bovine by Libba Bray (audio book/ Teen/ Printz Award Winner)
63) Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (book/ Horror)

July:

64) P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia (audio book/ Children's)
65) Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia (audio book/ Children's/ Newbery Winner)
66) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (audio book/ Character)

August:

67) The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (audio book/ Children's) (*)
68) The Big Short by Michael Lewis (book/ Nonfiction/ Finance-Sociology)
69) A World Waiting to be Born by M.Scott Peck (book/ Nonfiction/ Psychology-Sociology)
70) Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn (book/ Children's/ Graphic Novel)

September

71) Miss Manners Minds Your Business by Judith Martin and Nicholas Ivor Martin (book/ Nonfiction/ Business Etiquette)
72) Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (audio book/ Literary Fiction/ Character)
73) The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (audio/ Literary Thriller)
74) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (ebook/ Fiction/ Play)
75) Miss Manners Guide to Domestic Tranquility by Judith Martin (book/ Nonfiction/ Etiquette- Home Economics)
76) Finders Keepers by Stephen King (audio book/ Horror)
77) Inferno by Dan Brown (audio book/ Literary Thriller)

October

78) Intimacy and Desire by David Schnarch (book/ Marriage- Sexuality)
79) The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (audio book/ Historical Fiction)
80) A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (audio book/ Young Adult/ Fantasy)
81) Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark (audio book/ Fantasy)
82) Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (audio book/ Teen/ Romance-Chick Lit)

November

83) The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell (book/ Adult-Teen Crossover/ Character)
84) Love Your Life Not Theirs by Rachel Cruze (book/ Non-Fiction/ Personal Finance)
85) End of Watch by Stephen King (audio book/ Horror)
86) The Garden of Darkness by Gillian Murray Kendall (book/ Teen/ Horror)
87) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (audio eBook/ Science Fiction)

December

88) The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (audio eBook/ Non-Fiction/ Home Economics- Organization)
89) Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (eBook/ Children's/ Graphic Novel)
90) Crenshaw by Katharine Applegate (eBook/ Children's/ Fantasy)
91) The Thickety: The Path Begins by J.A. White (eBook/ Children's/ Fantasy)
92) Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (eAudio Book/ Teen/ Magical Realism/ Prinze Honor)
93) Hill Billy Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance (eAudio Book/ Nonfiction/ Memoir)
94) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (book/ Science Fiction)
95) Small Steps by Louis Sachar (eAudio Book/ Teen/ Character)
96) I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (book/ Teen/ Magical Realism- Character, Language) (Prinze Winner, Stonewall Book Award Honoree)
97) The True Blue Scouts of Sugarman Swamp by Kathy Appelt (eBook/ Children's/ Fantasy) (National Book Award Finalist)
98) An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (book/ Teen/ Character) (Prinze Honor)
99) Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (book/ Teen/ Historical Fiction)
100) Faithful by Alice Hoffman (book/ Character)
101) Career Transitions for Librarians edited by Davis Erin Anderson and Raymond Pun (book/ Nonfiction/ Career)

Welcome, and there are no real rules, it's more of a way to challenge oneself and share with others what you are reading this year. Looks like you have already gotten a very good start!

Thank you!