My Literary Life List- January

Books Read

1. 1984 by Orwell, George *

2. My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World by Ruurs, Margriet

3. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States by Jefferson, Thomas *

4. A Monster Calls by Ness, Patrick

5. Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists by Duffy, Chris

6. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Durrow, Heidi W. *

7. Victor Halfwit: A Winter's Tale by Bernhard, Thomas

8. Pierre : A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue by Sendak, Maurice

9. Alligators All Around by Sendak, Maurice

10. Outside Over There by Sendak, Maurice

11. My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things by Viorst, Judith

* Recommended

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Readings & Others Events

1/4- The Children’s Book Bank Volunteering (Also on 1/14)

1/7- Friends of the Children- Million Books for Kids Volunteering

1/8- Multnomah County Library Volunteering (Also on 1/15, 22 & 29)

My Updated Reading List

Remember Me (Omnibus)- Christopher Pike
To Die For (Omnibus)- Christopher Pike
Until the End (Omnibus)- Christopher Pike
Witch World (10/2)- Christopher Pike
The Chronicles of Kazam: The Last Dragonslayer (9/4)- Jasper Fforde
The Song of the Quarkbeast (UK)- Jasper Fforde
The Return of Shandar (UK; 11/10)- Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next: Dark Reading Matter (UK; 7/12)- Jasper Fforde
The Confession- John Grisham
The Litigators- John Grisham
Theodore Boone: The Accused (5/24/12)- John Grisham
Diary of a Wimpy Kid- Jeff Kinney
The Lord of the Rings- J.R.R. Tolkien
The Case of the Missing Servant- Tarquin Hall
Johannes Cabal: The Necromancer- Jonathan L. Howard
Angelology- Danielle Trussoni
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane- Katherine Howe
The Autobiography of Mark Twain- Charles Neider
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (4/3/12)- Alexander McCall Smith
$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles (1/31/12)- Parnell Hall
Zen of Wonder (No Release Date)- Frank Beddor
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (No Release Date)- Trenton Lee Stewart
The Imperfectionist- Tom Rachman
Giving- Bill Clinton
Working- Bill Clinton
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind- William Kamkwamba
Reading Lolita in Tehran- Azar Nafizi
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle- Barbara Kingsolver
The Shadow of the Wind- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Walden- Henry David Thoreau
Unaccustomed Earth- Jhumpa Lahiri
The Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood
The People of the Book- Geraldine Brooks
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky- Heidi W. Durrow
Pigeon English- Stephen Kelman
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn- Betty Smith

Of the books I read since my last update, these were the ones that were actually on it:
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation Volume I: The Pox Party- M.T. Anderson
The Night Eternal- Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Every Thing On It- Shel Silverstein
Wonderstruck- Brian Selznick
The Borrower- Rebecca Makkai
The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern

My Reading Life- Year in Review 2011

I read 60 books in 2011, not counting picture books.

Out of the titles I included in my reading list, only 15 of the books were on it.

I’ve read 35 books by authors I’ve never read before and only 4 of them I sought more books to read. Although, a lot of them are first time novelists or just have that one title they’ve written.

I also read 174 children’s books- of which 105 were for the A to Z Children’s Picture Book Series Reading Challenge. I read 16 series- actually 18 but the B’s and M’s had two entries out of 26.

Breakdown of Books Read in 2011- I’ve changed the format since I’m more interested in how many books I read that were in the kids/YA genre as opposed to “adult”.

New- 35

Kids/YA- 19

Adults- 43

Fiction-24

Non-Fiction-17

Recommended: Delivering Happiness; Historical Sketch of the Library Association of Portland 1864-1964; The Dreamer; The Lover’s Dictionary; If You Want to Write*; The Crucible*; Tales from Outer Suburbia; The Elegance of the Hedgehog*; Rethinking Paper & Ink; Pop-Up Book of Death; Press Here; I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!; Guess How Much I Love You; The Monster at the End of This Book; The Runaway Bunny; From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Fankweiler*; A Game of Thrones; The Compassionate Diet; The View from Saturday*; The Art of Happiness; Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death; Writing Down the Bones*; The Phantom Tollbooth*; The Night Circus*; Wonderstruck; The Mysteries of Harris Burdick; The Chronicles of Harris Burdick; Every Thing On It; The Happiness Project; It’s Not Easy Being Green; Stumbling on Happiness

*These titles were added to My Favorite Books Ever.

Worst: The Graveyard Book; The Catcher in the Rye

I will also post updated editions of my Reading Challenge and Reading List in the upcoming days.

My Literary Life List- December

Book Read

60. Stumbling on Happiness- Daniel Gilbert*

Reading Challenge

(K)otzwinkle, William and Murray, Glenn

Walter the Farting Dog

Walter the Farting Dog: Banned from the Beach

Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog

Walter the Farting Dog Goes On a Cruise

Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale

Children’s Books Read

The Polar Express- Chris Van Allsburg*

Goodnight Moon- Margaret Wise Brown

My World- Margaret Wise Brown

The Runaway Bunny- Margaret Wise Brown*

Goodnight iPad- Ann Droyd

Zak the Yak With Books on His Back- John Wood

*Recommended

Readings & Other Events

12/3- Read Local, Buy Local- “An afternoon of book selling, signing and socializing with your favorite local authors.”

12/3- Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience- Opening Day: Exhibition Reception (Collins Gallery)

12/4- Multnomah County Library Volunteering (Also on 12/18)

12/6- Hudson Booksellers- McCarran International Airport (New Bookstore Visited)

12/8- Plaza Books (New Bookstore Visited)

12/18- 2011 Publication Fair- “Local publishers, printers and producers with all of their printed matter for sale.”

12/26- Friends of the Children- Million Books for Kids Bridgeport Village Book Store (New Bookstore Visited)

12/26- Friends of the Children- Million Books for Kids Volunteering

My Literary Life List- November

Books Read
55. The Graveyard Book- Neil Gaiman
56. The Bookshop- Penelope Fitzgerald
57. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick- Chris Van Allsburg
58. The Night Eternal- Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
59. It’s Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider- Jim Henson, The Muppets, and Friends*

Reading Challenge
(Y)olen, Jane
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

Children’s Books Read
The North Star- Peter Reynolds
So Few of Me- Peter Reynolds
The Conductor- Laetitia Devernay
A Zeal of Zebras- Woop Studios

*Recommended

Readings & Other Events
11/2- Bayfront Books- Oakland International Airport (New Bookstore Visited)
11/8- Small Press Love Fest
11/12- The Children's Book Bank (McKenzie Books/Cash4Books Volunteering)

11/13- Multnomah County Library Volunteering (Also on 11/20 & 27)
11/25- Unsinkable Genius: The Surreal Voyage of George Hitchcock & kayak (Collins Gallery)

My Literary Life List- October

Books Read
51. The 13 Clocks- James Thurber
52. Wonderstruck- Brian Selznick
53. Every Thing On It- Shel Silverstein*
54. The Happiness Project- Gretchen Rubin*

Reading Challenge

(N)umeroff, Laura
If You Give a Dog a Donut

(W)illems, Mo
Happy Pig Day!

(O)'Connor, Jane
Fancy Nancy
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly
Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique
Fancy Nancy and the Splendiferous Christmas

Children's Books Read
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick- Chris Van Allsburg*
I Am Here- Peter Reynolds
The Dot- Peter Reynolds
Paul Thurlby's Alphabet- Paul Thurlby
The Monster at the End of This Book- Jon Stone*
The Odious Ogre- Norton Juster

Also Read (Not Counted)
The Call of Cthulhu- H.P. Lovecraft (Short Story)*

*Recommended

Readings & Other Events
10/1 Leaks, Tweets and Deletes: Intellectual Freedom in a Digital World
10/2 Multnomah County Library Volunteering (Also on 10/9, 16, 23 & 30)
10/7 Patrick Carman
10/8 & 9 Wordstock
-My Censor, My Self Lynn Connor, Lydia Yuknavitch, Kerry Cohen (Moderated by Ben Moorad)
-The Death of Print & Digital Humanity Plazm magazine (moderated by Tiffany Lee Brown)
- Shelf Life (Documentary)
-"Wildwood", Colin Melloy and Carson Ellis
-A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Nancy Tillman, Maria Frazee, Julie Paschkis (Moderated by Brie Spangler)
-Nitpicky Kids Doreen Cronin, Nancy Tillman, Judy Sierra
10/12 The Children's Book Bank (Volunteered)
10/15 Schoolhouse Supplies (Volunteered)
10/15 Bridge City Comics (New bookstore visited)
10/15 Q Center (Like In Other Words, this community center has a library)
10/15 "The Vampire Bridegroom", Chad Helder
10/22 Bibliophiles Buy Vinyl
10/22 Friends of the Library Hillsboro (Volunteered)
10/26 "Triangles", Ellen Hopkins
10/29 Grown-Ups’ Intro to Picture Books (Library Event)

My Literary Life List- September

Books Read
45. The Name of this Book is Secret- Pseudonymous Bosch*
46. The Phantom Tollbooth- Norton Juster*
47. This is Portland- Alexander Barrett (Zine)
48. The One Minute Entrepreneur- Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson and Ethan Willis
49. The Borrower- Rebecca Makkai
50. The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern*

Children's Books Read
It's a Little Book- Lane Smith
The Boy of a Thousand Faces- Brian Selznick
The Houdini Box- Brian Selznick
Wave- Suzy Lee
The Zoo- Suzy Lee
Guess How Much I Love You- Sam McBratney*
Mirror- Suzy Lee
Shadow- Suzy Lee
I Want My Hat Back- Jon Klassen

*Recommended

Readings & Other Events
9/7 Literacy is Power 2011 (International Literacy Day)- Library Event
9/7 "Rumbunctious Garden"- Emma Marris
9/10 Schoolhouse Supplies- Volunteer
9/12 Street Books Reception
9/15 "Rebel Bookseller"- Andrew Laities
9/14 Children's Book Bank- Volunteer (Also on 9/28)
9/25 Banned Books Week
9/27 Feasting on Forbidden Fruit- Library Event