Sunday, January 2, 2011

The Books of 2010

It's been a year since I started keeping track of the books I read.  Some were re-reads, some were new, and some I didn't finish.  Here's the list.  If you'd like me to write a review of one or more of these, let me know in the comments.

January 2010
Seeking Diversity, Linda Rief
Jingo, Terry Pratchett
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
A Circle of Quiet, Madeline L'Engle
Eve, Elissa Elliot
Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett
Seed Savers Exchange Catalog
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libby Bray
The Silver Wolf, Alice Borchardt
The Backyard Homestead, Carleen Madigan, ed.
I Know This Much is True, Wally Lamb
Seven Wild Sisters, Charles de Lint
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, Fannie Flagg

February
The Dragon Queen, Alice Borchardt
A Man Called Blessed, Bill Bright and Ted Dekker
Magdalen Rising, Elizabeth Cunningham
The Passion of Mary Magdalen, Elizabeth Cunningham
The Little Country, Charles de Lint
Beowulf

March
Labyrinth, Kate Mosse
The Wolf King, Alice Borchardt
House Rules, Jodi Picoult
A Country Affair, Rebecca Shaw
The Writing Class, Jinney Willett
Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper, C. Marina Marchese
The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff
The Te of Piglet, Benjamin Hoff
Literacy and Longing in LA, Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack
Good in Bed, Jennifer Weiner
American Gods, Neil Gaiman
Eragon, Christopher Paolini

April
Graceling, Kristin Cashore
Fire, Kristin Cashore
Look Again, Lisa Scottoline
Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett
Light on Snow, Anita Shreve
How to Spin Gold, Elizabeth Cunningham
The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
Standing in the Rainbow, Fannie Flagg
Rachel and Leah, Orson Scott Card

May
The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
Rebekah, Orson Scott Card
Sarah, Orson Scott Card
Holy Cows and Hog Heaven, Joel Salatin
Everything I Want to Do is Illegal, Joel Salatin
The Rapture of Canaan, Sherri Reynolds
Eggs in the Coffee, Sheep in the Corn, Marjorie Myers Douglas

June
Living on the edge of the world, Irina Reyn
The Covenant, Naomi Ragen
Alphabet Juice, Roy Blount Jr.
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education, Michael Pollan
What the Rest of Us Can Learn from Homeschooling, Linda Dobson

July
Made from Scratch, Jenna Woginrich
Leaning into the Wind, L. Hasselstrom, G. Collier, and N. Curtis, eds.
Across the Kitchen Table, Pamela Read von Gohren
The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis
thirteen moons, Charles Frazier

August
Reading Like a Writer, Francine Prose
A Place of My Own, Michael Pollan
Dragon Haven, Robin McKinnley
Work Hard.  Be Nice., Jay Mathews
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis
Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

September
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, Dorothy Gilman
Peter and the Shadow Thieves, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Gulliver's Travels, Johnathan Swift
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum
Montessori: from the Start, Paula Polk Lillard and Lynn Lillard Jessa
Peter and the Sword of Mercy, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
Love in a Time of Homeschooling, Laura Brodie

October
A Ring of Endless Light, Madeline L'Engle
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
The Unlikely Disciple, Kevin Roose
Bringing it to the Table, Wendell Berry

November
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl, Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball
The Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey

December
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Roberty Heinlein
Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver
The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller
The Stars, H.A. Rey
Storey's Basic Country Skills, John Storey 

Total books: 85

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