(Frederick the Literate ~ Charles Wysocki)
2012
Full Length Books
January
4. The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry – Wendell Berry (In Progress…)
3. A Sound Among the Trees – Susan Meissner (In Progress…)
2. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins (In Progress…)
1. The Yoga Club – Cooper Lawrence
Short Stories
Childrens’ Books
2011
Full Length Books
58. An O’Brien Family Christmas – Sherryl Woods
57. Delerium – Lauren Oliver
56. The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh
55. The Host – Stephanie Meyer
54. Sweet Inspiration – Penny Watson
53. Wish Upon A Star – Sarah Morgan
52. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
51. Merciful Law – Darby Rae
50. Wings – Aprilynne Pike
49. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
48. Beatrice Munson – Lorena Bathey
47. Cascade – Lisa T Bergren
46. The Passage – Justin Cronin
45. Irish Fling – Valerie Douglas
44. Photographs & Phantoms – Cindy Spencer Pape
43. The Pledge – Kimberly Derting
42. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
41. Waking Hours – Lis Wiehl with Pete Nelson
40. Eve – Anna Carey
39. Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman
38. The Heretic’s Daughter – Kathleen Kent
37. Wanderlove – Kirsten Hubbard
36. Graffiti Moon – Cath Crowley
35. Waterfall – Lisa T Bergren
34. White Cat – Holly Black
33. Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas – James Patterson
32. Entwined – Heather Dixon
31. Hannah Coulter – Wendell Berry
30. Sleeping Beauty: Vampire Slayer – Maureen McGowen
29. Heat Wave – Rick Castle
28. Breaking the Headache Cycle – Ian Livingstone, MD & Donna Novak, RN
27. Wither – Lauren DeStefano
26. Delicate Freakin’ Flower – Eve Langlais
25. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
24. Jane Was Here – Sarah Kernochan
23. Deja Vu -Lisa Childs
22. Bed of Roses – Nora Roberts
21. The Lover – Marquerite Duras
20. Wizard’s Daughter – Catherine Coulter
19. Unfinished Business – Nora Roberts
18. Eternal Rider – Larissa Ione
17. The Scent of Rain and Lightening – Nancy Pickard
16. A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness
15. Casting Spells – Barbara Bretton
14. The Witch’s Daughter – Paula Brackston
13. The Girl Who Chased the Moon – Sarah Addison Allen
12. An Irish Country Doctor – Patrick Taylor
11. The Dubliners - James Joyce
10. The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
9. Cutting for Stone – Abraham Verghese
8. The Celtic Twilight: Myth, Fantasy, & Lore – William Butler Yeats
7. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
6. Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
5. Balancing Acts – Zoe Fishman
4. The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen
3. Breathless – Dean Koontz
2. Garden Spells – Sarah Addison Allen
1. Dark Rivers of the Heart – Dean Koontz
Short Stories
3. A Very Holly Christmas – Sheila Roberts
2. The Lake – Tannarive Due
1. All Summer in a Day – Ray Bradbury
Childrens’ Books
7. The Purrfect Puppy – Kelly Hashway
6. Three Cups - Tony Townsley & Mark St Germain
5. Night Night Blessings – Amy Parker
4. Witches – Cheryl Christian
3. Cookie’s Week – Cindy Ward
2. Five Green and Speckled Frogs – Priscilla Burris
1. Dear Children of the Earth – Schim Schimmel
2010
20. East of Eden – John Steinbeck
19. On Mystic Lake – Kristen Hannah
18. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
17. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Steig Larsson
16. Cold Fire – Dean Koontz
15. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingsolver
14. The Girl Who Played with Fire – Steig Larsson
13. A Reliable Wife – Robert Goolrick
12. The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
11. Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albon
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Steig Larsson
9. The Tempest – William Shakespeare
8. Little Bee – Chris Cleave
7. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
6. A Virtuous Woman – Kaye Gibbons
5. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
4. The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
3. Empire Falls – Richard Russo
2. Relentless – Dean Koontz
1. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
There were of course some random books that I’ve forgotten: A few (ahem) romance novels and some more Koontz.
BONUS–A few highlights from 2009:
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Firefly Lane – Kristen Hannah
Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison
The Red Tent – Anita Diamant
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle – David Wrobleski
Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortensson
Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris
The Last Lecture is such an amazing book. My father passed away from Pancreatic Cancer almost three years ago. It really is a grueling and unforgiving illness. This book really hit home for me. I found myself crying throughout the whole thing! It’s book I’d love to read again though!
That must have been devastating for your whole family
That’s why I’m so impressed with the fact that Pausch took the time to write this book (sort of his legacy for his wife and children, I imagine) I’ve heard that it is a truly inspirational book and can’t wait to read it.
I’ve heard so many profoundly moving things about ‘Cutting for Stone’, and I’m really curious to know what you thought of it! Also, I just had a look at the Yeats you listed, and it sounds gorgeous! It’s been a while since I immersed myself in some exquisite poetry, and with April being declared National Poetry Month in the U.S., it seems like a great time to dive back in.
I wholeheartedly recommend Cutting for Stone. Yeats…well…this isn’t his poetry but rather a collection of short stories that he’s written based upon years of hearing and collecting the folk/faerie tales of Ireland. I must confess to being a tad disappointed…the tales are pretty disjointed and random…perhaps that’s the point though…as if he were sitting before us and simply telling us his memories as they pop into his head. (Or maybe he had ADD and it was just before it was commonly diagnosed!)