Reading 2011

Every year I have long lists of books I want to read.  This year…

11 Books to read in 2011

• The Silence of God by Gale Sears 2/21
• Swiss Family Robinson 3/3 (audiobook) (boys’ book club)
  
• We were not alone: how an LDS family survived World War II Berlin by Patricia Reece Roper and Karola Hilbert Reece 3/25
  
• The Hobbit 4/15
• *Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage
  
• Robinson Crusoe
• The History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer
• *A House United by Nicholeen Peck
• Song of the Righteous by Darwin Wolford
• House of Learning by M. Richard and Kathleen H. Walker
• Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand

I can’t come up with any more than that right now!  I must need to go to the library and browse a bit so I can add to the list.

OK, I’m starting to add….and categorize

Audiobooks with the boys

• The Calder Game by Blue Balliett 1/6
• Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield 1/27
• Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright 3/24
• Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright
• Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop 4/12
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis 5/
• Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis 6/2
• The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis 6/11
• The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis 6/27
• The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis
• The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
• Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick 8/13
• Urchin of the Riding Stars, Mistmantle Chronicles book 1 
• 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson 9/29
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 10/21
• *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Boys’ book club books

• The BFG by Roald Dahl 7/1 (audiobook) (boys’ book club)
• Ben and Me by Robert Lawson  (boys’ book club)
• The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists’ Club by Bertrand R. Brinley 10/11
• The Phantom Tollbooth (audiobook) 11/3

My book club books

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 8/17
• The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy 10/3
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck 12/8

Ancient history literature to read and discuss with A

• The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw 9/21
• Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean 11/10

Just because books

• I Am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson 3/9
• A Distant Prayer by Joseph Banks and Jerry Borrowman 3/16
• Operation Mincemeat by Ben McIntyre 3/20
• The Berlin Candy Bomber by Gail S. Halvorsen 4/28
• Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright 4/28 (audiobook)
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 5/3
• Rumors of War by Dean Hughes 5/24
• Since You Went Away by Dean Hughes 5/30
• Far From Home by Dean Hughes 6/2
• When We Meet Again by Dean Hughes 6/4
• As Long As I Have You by Dean Hughes 6/8
• The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin 7/1
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett 10/8
• The King’s Speech 11/3
• The Lost Cellos of Lev Aronson by Frances Brent 12/21
• The Writing on the Wall by Dean Hughes 12/27
• Brave Companions by David McCullough
• The Greater Journey by David McCullough
• The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
• On Wings of Faith by Frederick W. Babbel
• Cleopatra: a Life by Stacy Schiff
• Sallie and Captain Sam

Starred titles are what I’m currently reading.