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A running list of the books I've read for my own enjoyment, in order from most to least recent, starting sometime in 2000.

Stars next to the most amazing books.

 

SUMMER 2007
sarah weeks -- so b. it
alisa smith & j.b. machinnon -- plenty
trenton lee stewart -- the mysterious benedict society
randa abdel-fattah -- does my head look big in this?
j.k. rowling -- harry potter and the deathly hallows
philip pullman -- count karlstein
curtis sittenfeld -- prep
ian frazier -- gone to new york: adventures in the city
  
SPRING 2007
wendy mass -- jeremy fink and the meaning of life
patricia c. wrede and caroline stevermer -- the mislaid magician
curtis sittenfeld -- prep
  
WINTER 2007
caroline stevermer -- a college of magics
laynie browne -- the agency of wind
lynne cox -- grayson
natalie fast -- the secret apartment
jordan sonnenblick -- notes from the midnight driver
  
FALL 2006
*tarjei vesaas -- palace of ice
  
SUMMER 2006
naomi shihab nye -- going going
edward fenton -- hidden trapezes
dar williams -- lights, camera, amalee
ellen raskin -- figgs and phantoms
e. nesbit -- the story of the amulet
  
SPRING 2006
katy kelly -- lucy rose: here's the thing about me
*meg rosoff -- how i live now
*arthur ransome -- swallows and amazons
laynie browne -- mermaid's purse
laynie browne -- drawing of a swan before memory
  
WINTER 2005-2006
jerry spinelli -- there's a girl in my hammerlock
paul fleischman -- zap
laynie browne -- rebecca letters
e. nesbit -- wet magic
*laynie browne -- acts of levitation
maureen seaton -- fear of subways
  
FALL 2005
bruce clements -- what erika wants
ruth stiles gannett -- elmer and the dragon
diana wynne jones -- howl's moving castle
gordon korman -- the 6th grade nickname game
eleanor cameron -- the wonderful flight to the mushroom planet
*e. nesbit -- the railway children
  
JULY 2005
paul bajoria -- the printer's devil
susan cooper -- greenwitch
j.k. rowling -- harry potter and the half blood prince
susan cooper -- the dark is rising
susan cooper -- over sea, under stone
elizabeth enright -- return to gone-away lake
  
MAY AND JUNE 2005
gail carson levine -- ella enchanted
cynthia voigt -- the callender papers
*eleanor cameron -- the court of the stone children
j.m. barrie -- peter pan (original play)
  
APRIL 2005
tea benduhn -- gravel queen
sonja sones -- one of those hideous books where the mother dies
e.r. frank -- america
*m.t. anderson -- burger wuss
kieran scott -- i was a non-blonde cheerleader
*jaclyn moriarty -- the year of secret assignments
  
FEB AND MARCH 2005
*nerissa nields -- plastic angel
zilpha keatley snyder -- the magic nation thing
caroline stevermer and patricia c. wrede -- the grand tour
  
JANUARY 2005
wedelin van draanen -- flipped
ann m. martin -- a corner of the universe
  
DECEMBER 2004
kevin henkes -- olive's ocean
mark haddon -- the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
megan mcdonald -- judy moody, m.d.: the doctor is in!
natalie goldberg -- the great failure
  
FALL 2004
e.r. frank -- friction
lois lowry -- the messenger
amélie nothomb -- the book of proper names
*amy goldman koss -- the cheat
francesca lia block -- wasteland
cynthia voigt -- when she hollers
joan bauer -- hope was here
  
AUGUST 2004
peter lerangis -- spy x
  
JULY 2004
noelle howey -- dress codes
gennifer choldenko -- al capone does my shirts
*caroline stevermer and patricia c. wrede -- sorcery and cecelia
dar williams -- amalee
  
JUNE 2004
eoin colfer -- artemis fowl
carol plum-ucci -- the she
carol plum-ucci -- the body of christopher creed
philip pullman -- lyra's oxford
cynthia voigt -- it's not easy being bad
  
MAY 2004
sharon creech -- bloomability
*beverly cleary -- ramona the brave
blue balliett -- chasing vermeer
beverly cleary -- ramona quimby, age 8
ellen raskin -- the mysterious disappearance of leon (i mean noel)
beverly cleary -- ramona and her father
beverly cleary -- beezus and ramona
donna shirley -- managing martians
  
APRIL 2004
*lynne truss -- eats, shoots & leaves
kimberly willis holt -- when zachary beaver came to town
katherine paterson -- jacob have i loved
carl hiaasen -- hoot
lois lowry -- gathering blue
*han nolan -- when we were saints
davida wills hurwin -- the farther you run
eireann corrigan -- splintering
*david levithan -- boy meets boy
maud hart lovelace -- betsy-tacy and tib
maud hart lovelace -- betsy-tacy
  
MARCH 2004
gordon korman -- no more dead dogs
sid hite -- the king of slippery falls
lisa yee -- millicent min, girl genius
*stephanie s. tolan -- surviving the applewhites
e.l. konigsburg -- the outcasts of 19 schuyler place
willo davis roberts -- hostage
polly horvath -- everything on a waffle
eleanor estes -- ginger pye
noel streatfield -- dancing shoes
jennifer holm -- our only may amelia
noel streatfield -- ballet shoes
  
FEBRUARY 2004
nancy garden -- annie on my mind
art spiegelman -- maus ii
art spiegelman -- maus i
megan mcdonald -- judy moody
  
JANUARY 2004
ruth s. gannett -- my father's dragon
e.l. konigsburg -- the dragon in the ghetto caper
  
DECEMBER 2003
jennifer richard jacobson -- winnie (dancing) on her own
*e.r. frank -- life is funny
veronica tennant -- on stage, please
  
FALL 2003
l.m. boston -- an enemy at green knowe
m.t. anderson -- the game of sunken places
philippa pierce -- tom's midnight garden
zilpha keatley snyder -- the egypt game
*e.l. konigsburg -- (george)
cynthia voigt -- bad, badder, baddest
l.m. boston -- the river at green knowe
*l.m. boston -- the treasure of green knowe
  
AUGUST 2003
*l.m. boston -- the children of green knowe
*philip pullman -- the amber spyglass
*philip pullman -- the subtle knife
lemony snicket -- the bad beginning
adele griffin -- amandine
  
JULY 2003
jeannette winterson -- sexing the cherry
*sharon creech -- walk two moons
e.l. konigsburg -- father's arcane daughter
e.l. konigsburg -- t-backs, t-shirts, coat and suit
roderick townley -- the great good thing
*cynthia voigt -- bad girls
*e. nesbit -- the magic city
*mark dunn -- ella minnow pea
philip pullman -- the golden compass
e.l. konigsburg -- about the b'nai bagels
alice hoffman -- indigo
karen hesse -- out of the dust
alice hoffman -- green angel
**carol plum-ucci -- what happened to lani garver
louis sachar -- holes
j.k. rowling -- harry potter & the order of the phoenix
  
JUNE 2003
e.l. konigsburg -- journey to an 800 number
sharon creech -- love that dog
*e.l. konigsburg -- the view from saturday
blake nelson -- the new rules of high school
e.l. konigsburg -- jennifer, hecate, macbeth, william mckinley, and me, elizabeth
edward bloor -- tangerine
*e.l. konigsburg -- silent to the bone
laurie halse anderson -- fever 1793
e.l. konigsburg -- up from jericho tel
neil gaiman -- coraline
  
SPRING 2003
cynthia voigt -- sons from afar
betsy lerner -- food and loathing
e.l. konigsburg -- from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankenweiler
**m.t. anderson -- feed
michael ende -- the neverending story
davida wills hurwin -- a time for dancing
joan bauer -- rules of the road
zibby oneal -- a formal feeling
zibby oneal -- the language of goldfish
  
JANUARY 2003
astrid lindgren -- pippi longstocking
francesca lia block -- echo
  
FALL 2002
*ann cameron -- the secret life of amanda k. woods
e. nesbit -- house of arden
judy blume -- double fudge
ellen raskin -- the westing game
sarah dessen -- someone like you
sarah dessen -- that summer
barthe declements -- nothing's fair in fifth grade
randy powell -- run if you dare
*han nolan -- dancing on the edge
*laurie halse anderson -- catalyst
*louise fitzhugh -- harriet the spy
jeanne betancourt -- kate's turn
deborah hautzig -- second star to the right
patrice kindl -- owl in love
  
SPRING 2002
c.s. lewis -- the last battle
tuck everlasting -- natalie babbitt
angela's ashes -- frank mccourt
the handmaid's tale -- margaret atwood
afternoon of the elves -- janet taylor lisle
izzy, willy nily -- cynthia voigt
the phoenix and the carpet -- e. nesbit
the little prince -- antoine de st-exupéry
judy blume -- are you there, god? it's me, margaret
the giver -- lois lowry
sarah, bright and dark -- john neufield
seventeen against the dealer -- cynthia voigt
  
SUMMER 2001
*the perks of being a wallflower -- stephen chbosky
two towers -- j.r.r. tolkien
mutts sundays -- patrick mcdonnell
the tao of pooh -- benjamin hoff
the phantom tollbooth -- norton juster
*dogsbody -- diana wynne jones
power of three -- diana wynne jones
skating shoes -- noel streatfeild
between dances -- karen strickler dean
cut -- patricia mccormick
maggie adams, dancer -- karen strickler dean
angie and me -- rebecca c. jones
the lives of christopher chant -- diana wynne jones
witch week -- diana wynne jones
the fellowship of the ring -- j.r.r. tolkien
charmed life -- diana wynne jones
the girl with the silver eyes -- willo davis roberts
if on a winter's night a traveler -- italo calvino
*daphne's book -- mary downing hahn
anastasia on her own -- lois lowry
  
SPRING 2001
the bell jar -- sylvia plath
wild mind -- natalie goldberg
harry potter books I-IV -- j.k. rowling
the romance of tristan and iseult -- (retold by) joseph bediér
writing down the bones -- natalie goldberg
*long quiet highway -- natalie goldberg
baby be-bop -- francesca lia block
missing angel juan -- francesca lia block
cherokee bat and the goat guys -- francesca lia block
witch baby -- francesca lia block
weetzie bat -- francesca lia block
  
FALL 2000
*speak -- laurie halse anderson
sophie's world -- jostein gaarder
go ask alice -- anonymous
girl, interrupted -- susanna kaysen
stick figure -- lori gottlieb
*the hanged man -- francesca lia block
nell's quilt -- susan terris
*the bigger book of lydia -- margaret willey
perk! -- liza f. hall
dumb house: a chamber novel -- john burnside
*the passion of alice -- stephanie grant
tuesday -- david wiesner
anastasia krupnik -- lois lowry
*wasted -- marya hornbacher
the best little girl in the world -- steven levenkron
the luckiest girl in the world -- steven levenkron
a wind in the door -- madeleine l'engle
arm of the starfish -- madeleine l'engle
dragons in the waters -- madeleine l'engle
swiftly tilting planet -- madeleine l'engle
a wrinkle in time -- madeleine l'engle
who will run the frog hospital? -- lorrie moore
tumble home -- amy hempel

 

Last updated August 20, 2007
email: megan@somethingsbegun.com