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?
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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)
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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?
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

In My Mailbox



This week's In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren

Ok, so I know I said that I would be banned from the bookstores for a while, but I couldn't help but pick up a few books that were on sale at my local Target. After all, it wasn't technically a bookstore purchase. Right? Here's what I bought:

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Willow by Julia Hoban
Wake by Lisa McMann
Fade by Lisa McMann
Gone by Lisa McMann


That's it for me! What did you get in your mailbox?
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

In My Mailbox

This week's In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren.


Ok, so last night over dinner my dad informed me that he was going to put my on a budget, which means easing up on buying books. Before the budget begins I convinced him to let me have one last shopping trip to the bookstore. He sat a price limit, and I was more than happy to spend my afternoon at Barnes and Noble. I received a ton of books, but unfortunately it may have to last me a loooong time. Maybe I will actually find some time to write some much needed book reviews. In the meantime, check out my Goodreads account for reviews and books that I have recently read.

MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS:






Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve
Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Finally by Wendy Mass
Knightley Academy by Violet Haberdasher
My Life with the Lincolns by Gayle Brandeis
Strawberry Hill by Mary Ann Hoberman
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Last Invisible Boy by Evan Kuhlman
The Pickle King by Rebecca Promitzer
The Story of Cirrus Flux by Matthew Skelton



YA BOOKS:








A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
The Seven Rays by Jessica Bendinger



ADULT BOOKS:




Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
Grave Surprise by Charlaine Harris
Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle
If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
The Yellow House: A Novel by Patricia Falvey
True Colors by Kristin Hannah


Whew! That's it for me. What was in your mailbox this week?
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

In My Mailbox

In my mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren


Once again, I took over my little sister's Scholastic book order from school. She hates it when I order books because she has to carry them all home. Here is what I received:

Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Book of One Hundred Truths by Julie Schumacher
Blown Away! by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When the Whistle Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
The Jacket by Andrew Clements
The Secrets of Alcatraz by Susan Sloate
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
It Only Looks Easy by Pamela Curtis Swallow
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
Crow Call by Lois Lowry


I also bought and received several books from Amazon:

A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper
Nothing but Ghosts by Beth Kephart
Dani Noir by Nova Ren Suma

What did you get in your mailbox this week?
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

In My Mailbox

This week's In My Mailbox is brought to you thanks to The Story Siren

This week I bought:

How it Ends by Laura Wiess
Northward to the Moon by Polly Horvath
Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell
Breathe: A Ghost Story by Cliff McNish
Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Marilyn Nelson
House Rules by Jodi Picoult


My sister checked out a book from her school library, which I promptly had to borrow.

Engraved in Stone by Alice Scovell Coleman


What did you get in your mailbox?
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