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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

2010 Reading List

January:
1. So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore... an Unexpected Journey, by Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman (Religion)
2. He Loves Me! Learning to Live in the Father's Affection, Wayne Jacobsen (Religion)





February:
3. Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell (Classic)
4. The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck, M.D. (Self Help)


















March:
5. Leprechaun in Late Winter; Magic Tree House #43, Mary Pope Osborne (Read aloud to my Ginger)
6. Just Jane, Nancy Moser (Novel Biography of Jane Austen)
7. Tales of Ancient Egypt, Roger Lancelyn Green (Ancient Egyptian History Study)





April:
8. Mummies & Pyramids, Will Osborne & Mary Pope Osborne (Ancient Egyptian History Study)
9. The Golden Goblet, Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Newbery Honor Book) (Ancient Egyptian History Study)
10. The Children's Homer, Padraic Colum (Ancient Greece History Study)


May:
11. Help I'm Married to a Homeschool Mom, Todd Wilson
12. How to be a Good Wife Even thou You Homeschool, Todd Wilson
13. Honey For a Teens Heart, Gladys Hunt


June:
14. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (Read aloud to kids; the virtue of true friendship)
15. Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination, Vigen Guroian (Mentions lots of classic stories that I'm now planning to read to my kiddos)

July:
16: Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi (Classic)


August:
17: Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (Classic)


















Okay, so I ran out of classics and have resorted to using some children's versions I have around the house. Ordered some, but they wont be in until next week sometime. Yes, I could use the library, but that's too expensive for me. I always forget to return them. =(

18: Treasure Island; Bullseye Classic (Wanted to better understand the original I just finished.)
19: Around the World in Eighty Days; Moby: Illustrated Classic Editions
20: Gulliver's Travels, Moby: Illustrated Classic Editions
21: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Moby: Illustrated Classic Editions



September:

October:
22: Tom Sawyer Illustrated Classics

November:
23: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
24: Giants of Science; Albert Einstein

December:
25: The Chronicle of Narnia; The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
26: The Chronicle of Narnia; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
27: The Chronicle of Narnia; The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis



Reading:
Thomas Talbott, The Inescapable Love of God (Religion)
Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (Self Help)
Mabel Hale, Beautiful Girlhood
Sarah Mally, Before You Meet Prince Charming
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of The Rings (Classic)
John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath (Classic)
Karen Armstrong, The Bible (Religion/History)

Sometimes I forget to finish a book before I start a new one.

Reading Goals:
Read more books by Jacobsen, books on God's Love, The Gospels (again), Romans (again) Galatians (again), Colossians (again), finish the books I've started, more Classics & more Newbery Medal, more books than last year. To write down the books I've read before I forget.

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