888 List

The 888 Challenge:  Choose 8 categories and read 8 books in each category in 2008, 8 can overlap so 56 books total

***Final Count: 46+ books completed***

This is my list for the challenge:

I.  History/Biography/Historical Fiction

1. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
2. Quest for a King: Searching for the Real King Arthur by Catherine M. Andronik 10/22
3. Most Wise and Valiant Ladies 11/17
4. Saints at War–I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Robert C. Freeman 12/26
5. Story of the World, Vol. 1 second half/Vol. 2 first half by Susan Wise Bauer

II.  Church Books/Scripture

1. The Book of Mormon 6/23
2. The New Testament 12/1
3. The Life and Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles 12/2
4. May 2008 Ensign 12/15
5. “Not My Will, But Thine” by Neal A. Maxwell 12/29

III.  Classics (including children’s classics)

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 7/18
2. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery 3/19
3. Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery 3/26
4. Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery 3/28
5. Beowulf trans. by Seamus Heaney 9/5
6. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight trans. by Tolkien 10/3
7. The Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean 11/22
8. *The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

IV.  Read-Alouds with the boys (the long ones)

1. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
2. The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis 6/7
3. The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis 3/10
4. The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis 8/4
5. Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
6. The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff
7. The Secret Garden 10/17
8. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo 10/28

V.  Home/Parenting/Homeschooling

1. Confessions of a Happily Organized Family by Deniece Schofield
2. 10 Secrets Wise Parents Know by Brent L. Top and Bruce A. Chadwick 7/11
3. The Well-Adjusted Child, the social benefits of homeschooling by Rachel Gathercole
4. Using the Piano to Help Raise Your Family by Bill Fifield and Janet Aikele
5. The Well-Trained Mind by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer 12/31

VI.  Music

1. Indivisible by Four by Arnold Steinhardt, about the Guarneri Quartet 5/16
2. Using the Piano to Help Raise Your Family by Bill Fifield and Janet Aikele
3. The Soloist by Steve Lopez 8/1

VII.  Books to Movies

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 7/18
2. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien 8/27
3. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
4. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien 10/21
5. Persuasion by Jane Austen 7/15
6. The Sword in the Stone 12/2
7. To Kill a Mockingbird 12/13
8. *The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

VIII. Everything Else/the Fun Books! (Not that everything else isn’t fun, I just tend towards non-fiction and classics unless I trust the author, I like clean reads.)

1. Austenland by Shannon Hale 7/7
2. Travels with Alice by Calvin Trillin
3. Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie 6/30
4. Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie 6/16
5. Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie 3/31
6. After the Funeral by Agatha Christie 4/9
7. Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery 4/28
8. Anne’s House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery 5/5

*what I’m currently reading
what I’ve finished