Sunday, April 25, 2010

This week's meme is hosted by The Story Siren


I managed to sneak in a few books this week. Shh! Here's what I bought:

Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
The Day I Shot Cupid by Jennifer Love Hewitt
The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow
A Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt
31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan





What did you get this week?

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Top 100 Children's Novels

Here are the Top 100 Children's Novels, as determined by Betsy's poll. I put the ones I've read in bold. Pretty sad; only 22/100. I also put stars next to the ones I own. Hopefully these can be moved up on my TBR list, because obviously I am missing out. How many have you read?

*100. The Egypt Game - Snyder (1967)
99. The Indian in the Cupboard - Banks (1980)
*98. Children of Green Knowe - Boston (1954)
*97. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo (2006)
96. The Witches - Dahl (1983)
95. Pippi Longstocking - Lindgren (1950)
94. Swallows and Amazons - Ransome (1930)
93. Caddie Woodlawn - Brink (1935)
92. Ella Enchanted - Levine (1997)
91. Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Sachar (1978)
90. Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan (1985)

89. Ramona and Her Father - Cleary (1977)
88. The High King - Alexander (1968)
*87. The View from Saturday - Konigsburg (1996)
86. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Rowling (1999)
85. On the Banks of Plum Creek - Wilder (1937)
84. The Little White Horse - Goudge (1946)
83. The Thief - Turner (1997)
82. The Book of Three - Alexander (1964)
*81. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Lin (2009)
80. The Graveyard Book - Gaiman (2008)
79. All-of-a-Kind-Family - Taylor (1951)
*78. Johnny Tremain - Forbes (1943)
*77. The City of Ember - DuPrau (2003)
*76. Out of the Dust - Hesse (1997)
*75. Love That Dog - Creech (2001)
74. The Borrowers - Norton (1953)
73. My Side of the Mountain - George (1959)
72. My Father's Dragon - Gannett (1948)
71. The Bad Beginning - Snicket (1999)
70. Betsy-Tacy - Lovelae (1940)
*69. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Stewart ( 2007)
*68. Walk Two Moons - Creech (1994)
67. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher - Coville (1991)
66. Henry Huggins - Cleary (1950)
65. Ballet Shoes - Stratfeild (1936)
*64. A Long Way from Chicago - Peck (1998)
*63. Gone-Away Lake - Enright (1957)
*62. The Secret of the Old Clock - Keene (1959)
*61. Stargirl - Spinelli (2000)
*60. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi (1990)
59. Inkheart - Funke (2003)
58. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Aiken (1962)
57. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - Cleary (1981)
*56. Number the Stars - Lowry (1989)
*55. The Great Gilly Hopkins - Paterson (1978)
54. The BFG - Dahl (1982)
53. Wind in the Willows - Grahame (1908)
*52. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)
51. The Saturdays - Enright (1941)
*50. Island of the Blue Dolphins - O'Dell (1960)
*49. Frindle - Clements (1996)
*48. The Penderwicks - Birdsall (2005)
*47. Bud, Not Buddy - Curtis (1999)
*46. Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls (1961)
45. The Golden Compass - Pullman (1995)
44. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume (1972)
43. Ramona the Pest - Cleary (1968)
42. Little House on the Prairie - Wilder (1935)
41. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Speare (1958)
40. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum (1900)
39. When You Reach Me - Stead (2009)
38. HP and the Order of the Phoenix - Rowling (2003)
37. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor (1976)
36. Are You there, God? It's Me, Margaret - Blume (1970)
35. HP and the Goblet of Fire - Rowling (2000)
*34. The Watson's Go to Birmingham - Curtis (1995)
33. James and the Giant Peach - Dahl (1961)
32. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O'Brian (1971)
31. Half Magic - Eager (1954)
30. Winnie-the-Pooh - Milne (1926)
29. The Dark Is Rising - Cooper (1973)
*28. A Little Princess - Burnett (1905)
27. Alice I and II - Carroll (1865/72)
26. Hatchet - Paulsen (1989)
25. Little Women - Alcott (1868/9)
24. HP and the Deathly Hallows - Rowling (2007)
23. Little House in the Big Woods - Wilder (1932)
*22. The Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo (2003)
21. The Lightening Thief - Riordan (2005)
20. Tuck Everlasting - Babbitt (1975)
19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Dahl (1964)
18. Matilda - Dahl (1988)

17. Maniac Magee - Spinelli (1990)
16. Harriet the Spy - Fitzhugh (1964)
*15. Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo (2000)
14. HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Rowling (1999)
*13. Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson (1977)
12. The Hobbit - Tolkien (1938)
11. The Westing Game - Raskin (1978)
*10. The Phantom Tollbooth - Juster (1961)
9. Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery (1908)
8. The Secret Garden - Burnett (1911)
7. The Giver -Lowry (1993)
6. Holes - Sachar (1998)
5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Koningsburg (1967)
4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Lewis (1950)

3. Harry Potter #1 - Rowling (1997)
2. A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle (1962)
1. Charlotte's Web - White (1952)

Monday, April 12, 2010

in My Mailbox


In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren

Books bought from Amazon:



Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
Savannah Grey by Cliff McNish
At Witt's End by Beth Solheim
Darling Jim by Christian Moerk
The Crazy School by Cornelia Read



Books bought from my sister's Scholastic book order:



Abduction! by Peg Kehret
The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
Time of the Witches by Anna Myers



Books borrowed from the library:




They Never Came Back by Caroline B. Cooney
Picture Perfect by Elaine Marie Alphin


That's it for me! What did you get this week?