My last two challenges of 2014 are complete! I figured I wouldn't have a lot of trouble with the I Love Library Books Challenge hosted by Book Dragon's Lair. I signed up for the highest goal - Just Insert IV, which meant I needed to read 50 library books. My summer is full of trips to the big libraries in the nearby cities (as opposed to the little library here in the small town I live in). I regularly come home with ten books (at least) per trip. So I assumed that hitting a goal of fifty books wouldn't be a problem. I was right. :) Here are the books I read for this challenge:
1. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
2. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
3. Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani
4. The Wishing Thread by Lisa Van Allen
5. Paris in the Twentieth Century by Jules Verne
6. A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn
7. Strings Attached by Joanne Lipman & Melanie Kupchynsky
8. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
9. Serving Victoria by Kate Hubbard
10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11. The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
12. My Venice and Other Essays by Donna Leon
13. Longbourn by Jo Baker
14. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
15. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
16. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
17. Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
18. Tilt by Nicholas Shrady
19. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
20. The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior by Paul Strathern
21. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
22. Orphan Train Rider by Andrea Warren
23. The Last Enchantments by Charles Finch
24. She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell
25. Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
26. The Service of Clouds by Delia Falconer
27. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
28. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
29. The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz by Almudena Solana
30. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
31. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
32. The Secret Life of William Shakespeare by Jude Morgan
33. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
34. The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
35. Glamorous Illusions by Lisa Tawn Bergren
36. The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
37. Imperfect Harmony by Stacy Horn
38. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
39. A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell
40. The Case of the Love Commandos by Tarquin Hall
41. Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye by Zac Unger
42. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
43. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
44. A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman
45. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
46. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
47. The Xanadu Adventure by Lloyd Alexander
48. Vienna Nocturne by Vivien Shotwell
49. Jerusalem Vigil by Bodie & Brock Thoene
50. The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
51. Zoobreak by Gordon Korman
52. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
53. Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
54. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
2. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
3. Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani
4. The Wishing Thread by Lisa Van Allen
5. Paris in the Twentieth Century by Jules Verne
6. A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn
7. Strings Attached by Joanne Lipman & Melanie Kupchynsky
8. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
9. Serving Victoria by Kate Hubbard
10. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
11. The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
12. My Venice and Other Essays by Donna Leon
13. Longbourn by Jo Baker
14. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
15. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
16. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
17. Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
18. Tilt by Nicholas Shrady
19. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
20. The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior by Paul Strathern
21. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
22. Orphan Train Rider by Andrea Warren
23. The Last Enchantments by Charles Finch
24. She Walks in Beauty by Siri Mitchell
25. Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
26. The Service of Clouds by Delia Falconer
27. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
28. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
29. The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz by Almudena Solana
30. Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
31. The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton
32. The Secret Life of William Shakespeare by Jude Morgan
33. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
34. The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
35. Glamorous Illusions by Lisa Tawn Bergren
36. The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
37. Imperfect Harmony by Stacy Horn
38. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
39. A Constant Heart by Siri Mitchell
40. The Case of the Love Commandos by Tarquin Hall
41. Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye by Zac Unger
42. The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
43. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
44. A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman
45. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
46. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
47. The Xanadu Adventure by Lloyd Alexander
48. Vienna Nocturne by Vivien Shotwell
49. Jerusalem Vigil by Bodie & Brock Thoene
50. The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
51. Zoobreak by Gordon Korman
52. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
53. Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
54. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The other major place I get the books I read is my personal library. I own a lot of books, and I don't read nearly enough of them. So I joined My Reader's Block's Mount TBR Challenge again this year. In 2013, I barely made my goal of 12 books. I knew I needed to do better than that this year, so I signed up to read at least 36 books that I've owned for a year or more. Maybe I can even increase that to the next level in 2015!
1. Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer
2. Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
3. The Iron Whim by Darren Wershler-Henry
4. Austenland by Shannon Hale
5. The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
6. The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost by Rachel Friedman
7. The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
8. The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
9. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
10. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
11. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu
12. Travels in the Greater Yellowstone by Jack Turner
13. The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
14. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
15. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse
16. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
17. La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales
18. Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig
19. A Romance on Three Legs by Katie Hafner
20. Living in a Foreign Language by Michael Tucker
21. Renaissance Florence on 5 Florins a Day by Charles FitzRoy
22. Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence by Buonaccorso Pitti & Gregorio Dati
23. Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux
24. The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
25. Room by Emma Donoghue
26. The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley
27. The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
28. The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood
29. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
30. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
31. Jesus by Walter Wangerin
32. Bitter Chocolate by Carol Off
33. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro
34. The President's Lady by Irving Stone
35. Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer
36. The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Moyes
37. The Feast by Randy Lee Eickhoff
2. Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
3. The Iron Whim by Darren Wershler-Henry
4. Austenland by Shannon Hale
5. The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
6. The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost by Rachel Friedman
7. The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
8. The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
9. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
10. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
11. Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu
12. Travels in the Greater Yellowstone by Jack Turner
13. The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
14. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
15. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse
16. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
17. La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales
18. Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig
19. A Romance on Three Legs by Katie Hafner
20. Living in a Foreign Language by Michael Tucker
21. Renaissance Florence on 5 Florins a Day by Charles FitzRoy
22. Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence by Buonaccorso Pitti & Gregorio Dati
23. Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux
24. The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
25. Room by Emma Donoghue
26. The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley
27. The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
28. The Man Who Ate the 747 by Ben Sherwood
29. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
30. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
31. Jesus by Walter Wangerin
32. Bitter Chocolate by Carol Off
33. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro
34. The President's Lady by Irving Stone
35. Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer
36. The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Moyes
37. The Feast by Randy Lee Eickhoff
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