There is not a chance that I will read every book on this list in 2009, but it is a handy way to keep track of the books I would like to read. Certainly I will add a few along the way as well. Whew! I need more hours in a day!
Family Read-Alouds:Man of the Family by Ralph MoodyRebecca of Sunnybrook FarmThe Little Bookroom by Eleanor FarjeonThe Wind on the Moon by Eric LinklaterEight Cousins by Louisa May AlcottSwallowdale by Arthur RansomeThe Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJongHeidi by Johanna Spyri
More in a Series:
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall SmithThe Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee StewartThe Messenger by Lois LowryA Wind in the Door by Madeline L’Engle*Man of the Family by Ralph MoodyAnne of Avonlea by L. M. MontgomerySpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card*Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome
ChocLit Guild (Book Club):
*The Messenger by Lois LowryThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonApril 1865 by Jay WinikMiddlemarch by George Eliot(and 8 more selections!)
Medieval/Renaissance Themed:
(Story of the World Vol. II (With Levi))The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood (with Levi)King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green (with Levi)Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray (with Levi)The Edge on the Sword by Rebecca TingleBeowulf translated by Seamus HeaneyThe Once and Future King by T. H. WhitePrince of Foxes by Samuel ShellabargerA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Non-Fiction:
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (continue)The History of Science by Joy Haikim (continue)The Intellectual Devotional by Kidder & Oppenheim (continue)Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeline L’EngleMy Life in France by Julia Child*Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson*April 1865 by Jay WinikWhat is a Family by Edith SchaefferThe No-Cry Discipline Solution by Elizabeth Pantley
Simple Mom Book Club (More Non-Fiction):
Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin(Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver~ review)(Last Child In the Woods ~review)For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men by Shaunti FeldhahnIt’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter WalshThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen R. Covey
Christianity:
Year One of Two Year Bible Reading Plan*Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeline L’EngleThe Jesus I Never Knew by Philip YanceyThe Victor Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers (continue)The Screwtape Letters by C. S. LewisHard Questions, Real Answers by William Lane CraigA Year with C. S. Lewis (selections)
Fiction/Literature:
A Ring of Endless Light by Madeline L’EngleThe Europeans by Henry JamesMrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris by Paul GallicoA Tree Grows in BrooklynThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde*Middlemarch by George EliotWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy*A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersClouds of Witness by Dorothy SayersPhilippa by Anne Douglas SedgwickThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
(books with * are also listed in a previous category)