M&N: Opening Presents

Opening presents is a very serious business.

Books for 2013

Good :) Not so Good :( Ok :/
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde :)
Dracula, Bram Stoker :/
Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand :)
The Noticer, Andy Andrews :/
Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah :)
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Hurston :(
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller :) a life changer for sure.
The Walk (#1), Richard Paul Evans :)
The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton :)
Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia :/
Heaven is Here, Stephanie Nielsen :)
The Love Dare, Stephen and Alex Kendrick :)
Aura Personalities print#2, Staci Sadler :)
The High King, Lloyd Alexander :)
Taran Wanderer, Lloyd Alexander :)
The Castle of Llyr, Lloyd Alexander :)
The Black Cauldron, Lloyd Alexander :)
The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles #3), Rick Riordan :)
Still Alice, Lisa Genova :)
Clockwork Prince, Cassandra Clare, :/
Clockwork Princess, Cassandra Clare :(

Books for 2012

Total: 22
Good :) Not so good :( Ok :/
The Lost Legacies 1-3, Pittacus Lore :)
The Rise of 9, Pittacus Lore #3 :)
The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander :)
The Arcade Catastrophe (candyshop wars #2), Brandon Mull :)
The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh :)
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict , Arbinger Institute :)
No Apology, Mitt Romney :)
Aura Personalities, Staci Sadler :)
Dressing Your Truth, Carol Tuttle :)
101 Famous Poems, Roy J Cook :)
Letters in a Jade Dragon Box, Gale Sears :)
City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare :(
Sweet Misfortune, Kevin Milne :) (Couldn't put it down)
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley :(
Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion, Brandon Mull :)
Her of Ages, Brandon Sanderson :)
Pope Joan, Donna Woolfolk Cross :)
The Well of Ascension, Brandon Sanderson :)
Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson :)
The Power of Six, Pittacus Lore :)
I am Number Four, Pittacus Lore :)
Clockwork Prince, Cassandra Clare :)

Books for 2011

Total: 20
:) Good :( Not good :/ OK
Okay for Now, Gary D. Schmidt :)
The Continuous Atonement, Wilcox :)
And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie :)
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak :)
The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt :)
The House at Riverton, Kate Morton :)
The History of Love, Nicole Krauss :)
I Hope You Know How Much I Love You, John Bytheway :)
Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn :)
The Throne of Fire, Riordan :)
My little red book, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff :)
The Midwife's Apprentice, Karen Cushman :)
A World Without Heroes (Beyonders #1), Brandon Mull :)
The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan :)
The Midwife's Apprentice, Karen Cushman :)
The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan :)
Slathbogs Gold, M.L. Forman :)
Three Cups of Tea, Mortensen and Relin :/
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck :/
Left to Tell, Immaculee Ilibagiza :)

Books for 2010

Total 43
:) good :( not so good :/ ok
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott :)
Cartels and Combinations, Mike McPheeters :/
The Princess Academy, Shannon Hale :)
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque :/
The Digital Photography Book, Scott Kelby :)
Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows :)
The Princess Bride, William Goldman :)
Brave New World, Huxley :(
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins :)
The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton :)
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee :)
Linger, Maggie Stiefvater :/
Goose Girl, Shannon Hale :/
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling (i lost count as to how many times I've read it) :) Super good as always
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain :/
The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom :)
The Baseball Box Prophecy, Newbold :/
Everything is Fine, Ann Dee Ellis :)
The Remarkable Soul of a Woman, Dieter F. Uchtdorf :)
A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner :)
The Mark, M.R. Bunderson :)
The Help, Kathryn Stockett :)
The Hot Zone, Richard Preston :(
Candy Shop War, Brandon Mull :)
Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison, Brandon Mull :)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingslover :)
James and the Giant Peach,Ronald Dahl :)
Fallen, Lauren Kate :/
Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater :)
Mr. Darcy Vampyre, Amanda Grange :/
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins :)
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins :)
Hush Hush, Becca Fitzpatrick :/
1984, George Orwell :)
The Last Olympian, Riordan :)
Specials, Scott Westerfeld :)
Pretties, Scot Westerfeld :)
The Battle of the Labyrinth, Riordan :)
Uglies, Scot Westerfeld :)
The Titan's Curse, Riordan :)
The Sea of Monsters, Riordan :)
The Lightning Thief, Riordan :)
Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder, Obert Skye :)

books for 2009

TOTAL 39
:) good :( not so good
The Great Divorce, CS Lewis :)
The King of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner :)
The Queen of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner :)
Around the world in 80 days, Jules Verne :)
Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke :)
Inkspell, Cornelia Funke :)
The Giver, Lois Lowry :)
The Count of Monte Cristo, (long version) Alexander Dumas :(
The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner :)
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold:)
The Undaunted, Gerald Lund :)
Tallgrass, Sandra Dallas:)
These is My Words, Nancy E. Turner:)
City of Glass, Cassandra Clare:)
City of Ashes, Cassandra Clare:)
City of Bones, Cassandra Clare:)
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy:)
Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini :)
Inkheart, Cornelia Funke :)
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Mary Bray Pipher :)
The Ladies Auxiliary, Tova Mirvis :)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, JK Rowling :) good every time
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini:)
Enders Game, Orson Scott Card:)
All over but the shoutin', Rick Bragg:(
Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me, Richard Paul Evans:)
The Zoo Keepers Wife, Diane Ackerman:)
Fablehaven, Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary,Brandon Mull:)
Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell:)
The Galway Chronicles 1-4, Thoene:)
The Zion Chronicles,1-5 Thoene:)
The wonderful wizard of oz, L. Frank Baum:)

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