Books I Read Last Year

This is not really a post for all of you, mostly it's just a point of curiosity for me because it's interesting to see how many, and which books I've read in a year. However, there are a few notable things here:

1) You can obviously tell which year I was unemployed.
2) I am coming to the realization that my book choice might not be considered academic...by any stretch of the imagination.
3) I don't really care... ;)

It turns out that I really like reading young adult (okay, okay...teen and children fiction) books. They just capture my attention a lot better than "scholarly" books (I do teach Kindergarten). And I figure that if I have to live in reality why do I need to read about it too? Every once in a while I try to read something from the classics, but as well written as "Jane Eyre" is, it can be a little tedious to get through.

Goal for 2011: Read a few more classics in between my "easy" reads!

Also, for anybody who might still be reading this post right now, consider this my official plug for the "Hunger Games" series. If you haven't read them, you should. I can't tell you anything about the story, but they are a MUST READ! You won't regret a single minute.

Books I read in 2010

• The Baseball Box Prophecy - Bruce Newbold
• East - Edith Pattou
• A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle
• Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
• Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
• The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
• The Three Musketeers - Alexander Dumas
• The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
• The Davinci Code - Dan Brown
• Dragon Flight - Jessica Day George
• Dragon Slippers - Jessica Day George
• Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
• A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle
• Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
• Heartfire - Orson Scott Card
• The Princess Bride - William Goldman
• Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
• Alvin Journeyman - Orson Scott Card
• Prentice Alive - Orson Scott Card
• Red Prophet - Orson Scott Card

Books I read in 2009

• The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
• The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
• The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
• The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
• Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
• Seventh Son - Orson Scott Card
• Beauty - Robin McKinley
• East of Eden - John Steinbeck
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
• North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
• Austenland - Shannon Hale
• Fairest - Gail Carson Levine
• Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
• Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (The Sorcerer's Stone...in German) - J.K. Rowling
• River Secrets - Shannon Hale
• Enna Burning - Shannon Hale
• Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson
• The Goose Girl - Shannon Hale
• The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
• The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint Exupery
• Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• East - Edith Pattou
• The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis