This year I didn't follow an A-Z challenge, but rather books I'd always been intending to read. I posted about the challenge back in December of last year, and I actually did manage to read more than 50! A good deal of them were books I'd wanted to re-read for quite a while - books from my childhood - rather than books already on my shelves.
All but four of them are books that are already around in the house; all but one of them is pictured!
Books in descriptions are presented in the order they were read. Books are counted in the month they are finished - if I read a book all of September, but finished it on the first of October, it's counted as an October book.
JanuaryKeys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George
Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
February
Sun & Moon, Ice & Snow by Jessica Day George
Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee
Wolf Star by Tanith Lee
MarchWolf Queen by Tanith Lee
Wolf Wing by Tanith Lee
Faerie Path by Frewin Jones
The Lost Queen by Frewin Jones
The Sorcerer King by Frewin Jones (seen below, library books)
The Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Choi Sook Nyul
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
April
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
The Shamer's Daughter by Lene Kaaberbøl
MaySo Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
Sender Unknown by Sallie Lowenstein
JuneYear of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs (this one sucked)
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
(these last two were brilliant though!)
July
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
A World Without Princes by Soman Chainani
Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdoch
The Last Ever After by Soman Chainani
Bella At Midnight by Diane Stanley
The Shamer's Signet by Lene Kaaberbøl
The Serpent Gift by Lene Kaaberbøl
The Shamer's War by Lene Kaaberbøl
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
September The Woman Who Rides like a Man by Tamora Pierce
Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf by Gerald Morris
October
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (LOVED this book!)
First Test by Tamora Pierce
Page by Tamora Pierce
November
Squire by Tamora Pierce
Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale (not pictured; a library book)
The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan (finally!)
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
DecemberSeeing Redd by Frank Beddor
The School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari
Class is Not Dismissed by Gitty Daneshvari
The Final Exam by Gitty Daneshvari
A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine
The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
The Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley
Now I just have to come up with a new challenge for next year. Hrm. I've been looking about at a couple, but I'm not really sure. There are heaps of history books in my room I keep putting off reading because I want to read them in historical order and not get confused about the timing of things, but I was thinking now about putting up a timeline and making points along it to help me fit things together as I read in whatever order I please.
I definitely want to do a few re-reads, the Lord of the Rings and Ivanhoe among them, but I'm not sure if there's a challenge I can really pick. Maybe another TBR (to be read) challenge, like this year? All the books I was planning on reading anyway? Sounds about right.
I'll be kitting up the threads I want to use on the Fall girl to go beside the Winter Girl tonight, and updating the Cross Stitch Page at the top of the blog soon; I'm still reading - it's possible I'll get 53 books in yet! - and I've yet to nail down any resolutions I really want to do. Perhaps I'll get to that as well tonight.
I'll miss my list! I'll have to turn the page and write anew. It's always so lonely looking through the first few months of the year, especially as it's during school months now and I don't get to read as much.
Now to write some resolutions and sort some threads!
~x~
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