Monday, December 30, 2013

My 2013 Book List

April
1:  The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien
2:  Peony by Pearl S. Buck
3:  The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson

May
4:  Notorious Nineteen (Stephanie Plum series) by Janet Evanovich
5:  Flip-Flopped by Jill Smolinkski
6:  The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stoelz
7:  Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
8:  The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng
9:  Shadow and Bone (The Grisha series) by Leigh Bardugo

June
10:  Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone series) by Laini Taylor
11:  Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone series) by Laini Taylor
12:  Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanna Wakatsuki
13:  The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave series) by Rick Yancy
14:  The Giver by Lois Lawry

July
15:  Siege and Storm (The Grisha series) by Leigh Bardugo
16:  Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
17:  Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
18:  Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
19:  Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
20:  The Never List by Koethi Zan

August
21:  Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
22:  The Ginseng Hunter by Jeff Talarigo
23:  The Second Spy (The Books of Elsewhere series) by Jacqueline West
24:  Pacific Rim by Alex Irvine

September
25:  Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
26:  Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
27:  Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
28:  New Earth by Ben Bova
29:  The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
30:  The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
31:  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
32:  Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

October
32:  Monument 14 (Monument 14 series) by Emmy Laybourne
33:  Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
34:  The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
35:  A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama
36:  Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy) by Sarah Rees Brennan
37:  Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
38:  Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

November
39:  I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
40:  Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
41:  Sisters of the Sword by Maya Snow

December
42: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
43:  Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn


My goal was 50 books this year, but in all honesty I probably read five times this amount in fanfiction and I wrote thousands and thousands of words this year so I'm pretty happy.  :D

Monday, December 23, 2013

Pom pom puppies

Goose bought a how to book at her bookfair on how to make your own pom pom puppies.  We've made a border collie and a beagle so far and she adores them.


Say hello to Champ the border collie and Princess the beagle!