Every year I post my exhaustive list for the year. So, Happy New Year! Here’s what happened last year:
I’ve included chapter books I read out loud to Ayla, but not picture books because that would be insane.
JANUARY
1. Magic Tree House #18 & #19 – Mary Pope Osborne
2. The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver
3. Get Me Out of Here – Reiland
4. Papyrus – John Oehler
5. The Road Not Taken & Other Poems
6. Voltaire’s Calligrapher – Pablo de Santos
7. The Newton Letter – John Banville
8. The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Wilder
FEBRUARY
9. A Shopshire Lad – A. E. Housman
10. Still Life With Insects – Brian Kitely
11. Codependent No More – Beattie
12. Committed – Gilbert
13. Not Even Wrong – Paul Collins
14. The Weekend Novelist – Robert J. Ray
MARCH
15. The Landmark Herodotus
16. Divergent – Roth
17. Hunger – Michael Grant
APRIL
18. The Colorado Kid – Stephen King
19. Follies Past – Melanie Kerr
20. The Green Book – Rogers & Kostigen
21. Green Greener Greenest – Lori Bongiorno
22. The Archivist – Cooley
MAY
23. Why Didn’t They Teach Me This in School – Siegel
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Smith
25. The Devenshire Chronicles: Stones of Andarus
26. The Dying of the Light: End – Jason Kristopher
27. The City of Bones – Cassandra Clare
JUNE
28. Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart – Beth Pattillo
29. Death by Darjeeling – Laura Childs
30. The Book of Secrets – Elizabeth Joy Arnold
31. The Early Investor – Michael W. Zisa
32. City of Glass – Clare
33. City of Fallen Angels – Clare
34. City of Lost Souls – Clare
35. City of Heavenly Fire – Clare
36. A Circle of Quiet – L’Engle
37. Clockwork Princess – Clare
38. Bitten – Kelley Armstrong
39. The Beginner’s Goodbye – Anne Tyler
40. Be the Captain of Your Career – Molisani
41. A Reliable Wife – Goolrick
42. Barabbas – Par Lagerkvist
43. How to Achieve True Greatness – Castiglione
JULY
44. Life is Hard But God is Good – Horton
45. ADHD According to Zoe – Zoe Kessler
46. The Entrepreneur Mind – Kevin D. Johnson
47. A Thousand Days in Venice – de Blasi
48. Entangled – Barbara Ellen Brink
49. Fairy Bell Sisters #1 & #2 – McNamara (to Ayla obviously)
50. Share Your Message With the World – Gambone
AUGUST
51. The Thirteenth Tale – Setterfield
52. Of Blood & Brothers – E. Michael Helms
53. Investing for Retirement – Harwood
54. His Texas Forever Family – Amy Woods (SO PROUD OF HER!)
55. The King’s English – Burton
56. A Fancy Dinner Party – Grey Gecko Press
57. Of Blood & Brothers 2 – E. Michael Helms
58. Expecting Money – Erica Sandberg
59. Cruel Devices – George Wright Padgett
SEPTEMBER
60. Gunpowder Green – Laura Childs
61. The Secret Life of Captain X – Mrs. X No More
62. 28 1/2 Wishes – Denise Grover Swank
63. Planning for College – Paul Lloyd Hemphill
64. Angelbound – Christina Bauer
65. Doubles Match – Meb Bryant
66. On the Decay of the Art of Lying – Mark Twain
67. Alone – Robert J. Crane
68. Buying a Home: Don’t Let Them Make a Monkey Out of You – Musgrave
69. The Last Beach Bungalow – Jennie Nash
70. Voyager – Diana Gabaldon
OCTOBER
71. Adolescent Literacy Research & Practice
72. Why School? Reclaiming Education… – Rose
73. Stolen – Kelley Armstrong
74. Drums of Autumn – Diana Gabaldon
75. Lies That Make You Pay – Rachel Norman
76. The Mother Tongue – Bill Bryson
77. Enchanted Ivy – Sarah Beth Durst
78. Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie
79. Women, Men, & Money – Devine
80. Insurgent – Roth
NOVEMBER
81. Allegiant – Roth
82. The Summer of the Great Grandmother – L’Engle
83. The Rural Life – Klinkenberg
84. A Question of Upbringing – Anthony Powell
85. Rich as a King – Goldstein
86. Deadly Catch – E. Michael Helms
87. Murder Past Due – D.R. Meredith
88. The Fault in Our Stars – John Green
89. Murder Past Due – Miranda James
90. Greystone Valley – Charlie Brooks
91. Shades of Earl Grey – Laura Childs
92. Roomies – Lindy Zart
93. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
94. The Five Civilized Tribes – Foreman
95. Retirement GPS – Aaron Katsman
DECEMBER
96. Resolute – Martin W. Sandler
97. The Maze Runner – Dashner
98. Love & Misadventure – Lang Leav
99. The Scorch Trials – Dashner
100. Lullabies – Lang Leav
101. The Death Cure – Dashner
102. Money: Master the Game – Tony Robbins
103. Emissary – Chris Rogers
